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A Russian missile slammed into the top floor of an apartment building in the capital, killing at least one person and injuring several others.

Summer is hot in Rio, but this is hotter than normal. Mercury could top 107 degrees. And the record heat is triggering alerts and safety warnings.

Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing ended the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher, making it the second-largest in U.S. history.

Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat serving on the House Armed Services Committee, says Trump administration officials offered "vague talk" in briefing about the long-term strategy for Venezuela.

Enrollment is under way for plans on HealthCare.gov for the third year, and consumers are seeing many changes in the plans companies are offering. It’s…

What are the pros and cons of the Tampa Bay Express project, which includes adding express toll lanes on interstates around the Tampa Bay area?This week…

Florida's candidates for Attorney General met for their first and only debate earlier this month in the studios of Bay News 9.We will bring you the…

This November, voters in Pinellas County will decide whether or not to raise the county's sales tax to 8 percent -- the highest in the state -- to fund…

For Republicans especially, the pressure is on to make the most of their nascent campaigns to make it into the first presidential debate on Aug. 6.

A recent series of stories by the Miami New Times found that police in Miami-Dade County have made tens of thousands of arrests for small amounts of...

Former President Donald Trump skipped Wednesday's inauguration, defying a long-lasting tradition. He held his own farewell ceremony before going to Florida.

Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana last month, leaving a long trail of devastation. Public schools closed after the storm, but reopen this week with many buildings still damaged or destroyed.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Diane Orentlicher, international law professor at American University, about the International Criminal Court's investigation into war crimes in Israel and Gaza.

Oklahoma is seeing a spike in childhood cases of the respiratory virus RSV. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Cameron Mantor of the Oklahoma Children's Hospital about the outbreak.

Author Elliot Ackerman is a veteran, and his latest novel is about an injured soldier just regaining consciousness. But it's really about something else. "This book really isn't about war," he says.

President Obama put forward a plan to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay — something he promised to do at the very beginning of his presidency. But the plan landed with a thud in Congress, raising questions about what happens next.

The situation in Haiti remains unstable after political leaders announced a power transfer that has yet to occur. Authorities announced a new round of arrests for the assassination of Jovenel Moise.

President Trump said in the wake of George Floyd's death that police nationwide have to "do better." But the Justice Department under Trump has backed away from the Obama-era police reforms.

Musk, who has been scuffling with the media since acquiring the platform last year, asked if NPR was going to start tweeting again.

A commission investigating a Florida high school massacre has concluded that the suspect's connection to a student diversion program played no role in...

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday approved a sweeping measure that will tighten restrictions on Florida abortion clinics to the point that some say they will be...

Former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor has been arrested trying to cross the Nigerian border with Cameroon. He vanished after authorities in Nigeria reluctantly agreed to transfer him to a U.N. war crimes tribunal. Renee Montagne talks to Ofeibea Quist-Arcton.

Madeleine Brand talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the significance of Tuesday's indictment of accused terrorist Jose Padilla. The American citizen was indicted in federal court on conspiracy charges after more than three years of detention on U.S. soil as an "enemy combatant" for allegedly scheming to create a nuclear "dirty bomb."

A bill before Canada's Parliament aims to stop the spread of handguns — but one of the most difficult challenges for Canada is the guns being smuggled over the border from the U.S.

Some have required rescues, while others are hunkered down and depending on generator power as crews begin to sort through the damage.