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WUSF will be providing the latest news and information on coronavirus in Tampa Bay and across the state. Here are the latest developments:45 – Florida…

Student athletes normally are ineligible to continue playing after graduation. But with college careers cut short by the coronavirus, the NCAA may allow Division 1 seniors to play next year.

As Gov. Ron DeSantis increasingly points to young adults as the source for a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida, public universities across the state…

Researchers say airborne transmission is possible, especially in cramped indoor settings, but it's unclear how much it contributes to the spread. Here's how to lower your risks, just in case.

"Rayshard Brooks is the latest high-profile casualty in the struggle for justice and the battle for the soul of America wasn't just running from the police," the Ebenezer Baptist Church pastor said.

WUSF will be providing the latest news and information on coronavirus in Tampa Bay and across the state. Here are the latest developments:Here are the…

A federal civil rights trial wrapping up in Tallahassee may resolve the question of whether felons in Florida who have served their prison sentences – but…

Recent track forecast improvements prevented millions of Floridians from unnecessarily evacuating ahead of Hurricane Dorian last year, but a new report…

Following a messy election, a fresh political season is set to begin in Florida. New state leaders will be sworn in Jan. 8, including incoming Florida...

The director of Harvard's Healthy Buildings program tells Steve Inskeep that updated CDC guidance on reopening schools during the pandemic may not help to return more kids to the classroom right away.

Halfway through the spring semester, questions such as "Why are students cleared for campus before receiving their COVID-19 test results?" remain largely unanswered.

In autumn, the publishing industry kicks into high gear, rolling out "big books" — the titles that publishers hope readers will buy through the all-important holiday season. NPR's Lynn Neary follows the path of Emma Donoghue's novel, Room, a book that has generated some serious buzz.

Marvin Kalb's new book is about a very interesting year — 1956 — that he spent on a diplomatic mission to what was then the U.S.S.R. It's part memoir, part context for understanding the Cold War.

The austere proposal would whack funding for hospitals and reduce spending on services meant to keep people with intellectual and developmental disabilities out of institutions.

A ton of new vehicle start-ups are trying to follow in Tesla's footsteps but a battle between one electric pickup maker and a short seller shows how the heavily hyped industry is also a risky one.

Researchers have quantified the price paid for fast-spreading COVID-19 infections. Patients who might have survived otherwise perished in crowded ICUs.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Imam Suhaib Webb about the nature of grieving and loss during the pandemic.

Fay Wells, an African-American woman who lives in California, wrote about her experience with police in the Washington Post. Her white neighbor called police when he thought she broke into her home.

Dracula has had many incarnations, among them Jesus, a woman and a dog. Andrea Seabrook learns about Dracula and his many vampire brethren from Eric Nuzum, author of The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula.

After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in federal camps. Internment changed the traditional Japanese diet and erased the family table.

Introvert Susan Cain is here to make the case for people who like to work in peace and quiet. Today's workplaces are designed for extroverts, she says, and put too much emphasis on group work. Cain's new book is called Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking.

Generations of systemic discrimination have decimated the number of Black farmers in the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked with NPR about new funding for debt relief.

The Twitter account had been silent since March 11 after a second cease-and-desist letter was sent. It showed signs of renewed life after news reports and expressions of public support.

Michael Evangelista Ysasaga's construction company has put in a bid to build a massive wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He has family members in the U.S. illegally. He talks about how they reacted.

Democrats and Republicans alike know that Jackson is on President Biden's Supreme Court shortlist should there be a vacancy.