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NPR visited a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C., to see how residents and staff are faring during a cold emergency. The shelter is busy year-round, though the frigid weather brings in more people.

Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity.

If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: Charles Dickens.

A report from the Helios Education Foundation finds that the Tampa Bay region could gain nearly $1 billion in economic gains if more students went to college.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Demi Moore's Golden Globes win, Funny Story by Emily Henry, the film Hard Truths, and more.

The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service wants to delist the wood stork from endangered to threatened, which has Florida conservation groups at odds

The latest figures are showing that 56 manatees have been found dead so far in Florida this year — even more than last year during the same time frame. That's worrying since last year was Florida's second-deadliest year for manatees on record.

Most Floridians see manatees as cute, roly-poly animals that hang out in crowded springs and get too close to boats. Travel south a bit - to Cuba - and…

Manatees are still facing die-offs from a lack of seagrass they eat, collisions with boats and red tide. A new facility opening around the first week in June will help at least some of them survive.

A “living seawall” — developed by a Miami-based tech start-up called KindDesigns — exemplifies cutting-edge in both its design and how it is made.

Outgoing FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has rejected petitions to rebuke four local TV stations. She says they were efforts to punish broadcast networks' coverage of presidential politics.

Steve Coogan plays a gazillionaire who throws himself a party that is the very picture of wretched excess in the satirical comedy Greed.

When you go to the doctor in pain, you'll probably be asked to rate your discomfort on a scale of 0 to 10. But doctors say there may be a better way to assess pain.

The 7-2 decision carving out a religious exemption could potentially affect other employees of religious hospitals, universities and charities.

As Latin America endures its worst moment in the pandemic, NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalists Dan Collyns in Peru and Nicolle Yapur in Venezuela about the spread of COVID-19 in each country.

While the increase is good news, some education advocates point out that the statistic is just one measure of student success.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Morning Edition co-hosts Michel Martin and Steve Inskeep about their reporting from the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania two weeks before the general election.

America has seen a major re-alignment among how people with college degrees and people without degrees vote. What's behind this shift and what will it mean for either party moving forward?

While the players and coaches may take center stage, it’s the volunteers, made up of family members, friends, school staff and people from the community who form the backbone of the operation, ensuring that every game runs smoothly.

Winter is the perfect time to visit Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park, where new accommodations and a new tour catamaran named in honor of a key conservationist bring nature even closer.

The winter storm that crossed the Gulf coast and landed in Florida earlier this week is one for the record books, smashing the previous all-time high for snowfall in the Sunshine State.

The previous agreements exchanged guilty pleas from the men for sentences of at most, life in prison.

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is underway this week — and there are calls for taxing the extremely rich to address global inequality.

More Puerto Ricans are coming to the mainland U.S. than just a decade ago, and many are settling in Southwest Florida. Here they seek to build a community that always remembers their homeland.

A precise record of the last major reversal of the Earth's magnetic poles can be found in ancient trees. Researchers say this event 42,000 years ago had a huge impact on the planet and ancient humans.