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Author Kathleen Flinn comes by her love of cooking the natural way. Her mom, dad, grandmother and grandfather all cooked. Flinn grew up on a farm in...

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s officials are calling Saturday's killing of Fred William Turner, Jr. on Interstate 4 an apparent case of mistaken…

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports on a Massachusetts-based internet startup that plans to take the idea behind frequent flyer programs and apply it to an entirely new area: college savings. UPROMISE says it is signing up credit card companies, grocery chains, car companies and will take the rebates these companies offer and put them in a college savings investment account. Financial advisors are skeptical that such programs are a good idea for most people.

Amazon.com just turned five years old and the company may have reached a pivotal moment. As NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports, the Internet pioneer has experienced phenomenal growth, gaining some 20-million customers. But it has piled up lots of debt, is struggling to control its massive inventory, and still hasn't earned a dime. Some analysts say Amazon could run out of cash as early as next year. Amazon boosters disagree and insist the company is on the path to profitability.

Both sides on November's referendum to replace property taxes with a sales tax hike in Pinellas County are gearing up their campaigns. The opposition has…

Novelists Aatish Taseer and Naomi Benaron portray life amid sectarian violence in Pakistan and Rwanda, respectively, while Glenn Carle reflects on being a CIA interrogator, novelist Jonathan Lethem explores his influences, and David Bellos probes translation's complexity.

UPDATE at 12:38 PM Monday, July 1st: According to a release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, an arrest has been made in connection with…

But the property owner can appeal the decision and reapply in the future.

Three environmentalists with the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition have wrapped up seven days trekking through Florida's urban midsection. Their…

At the age of 15, Cristel attacked a rival classmate with a razor blade. The crime was one of the most violent acts ever committed by a young girl in Rhode Island. After three years of incarceration in the Rhode Island Training School (for juveniles) in Cranston, RI, Cristel is getting ready to be released early. Many in the state consider her to be a poster child for rehabilitation.

Podcaster Wailin Wong recommends the podcast's "I Got Divorced" episode, in which a Glamour editor describes what she wore to her Orthodox Jewish divorce ceremony.

Los investigadores están produciendo nuevos corales utilizando los genes de aquellos más resistentes al calor; han establecido dos bancos de genes y están realizando experimentos de enfriamiento, como toldos que flotan sobre el agua.

NPR commentator and Hall of Fame sportswriter Frank Deford died in Key West over the weekend.In 2008, he spoke to a group of students from the University…

On Tuesday, reporters, editors, advertising, and circulation staff went on strike at Seattle's two daily newspapers: the Times and the Post-Intelligencer. Within an hour, they'd set up a website under the old (the name dates back to 1919) Union Record name and reporters who'd been competing for scoops just hours before were working together on an online alternative to the two dailies. The Times and Intelligencer are still being published, but in pared down form, by management. From member station KUOW FM, Marcie Sillman reports.

Gov. Ron DeSantis asked an appeals court Friday to continue preventing felons from voting while the state appeals a federal judge’s finding that a law…

Florida drew 26.162 million domestic and international visitors from Jan. 1 to March 31, down from 30.4 million tourists during the first quarter of 2020.

The six-mile-long widening near Disney World should help lessen the gridlock drivers typically deal with from U.S. 27 in Polk County to World Drive in Osceola County.

Expert on aging Jim Firman, president of the National Council on Aging, says a program established by the new health law may help meet seniors' needs and keep them in their homes.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sephora's Artemis Patrick and designer Aurora James, creator of the "15 Percent Pledge" to support Black-owned brands, about how the initiative is going.

Host Robert Siegel talks with Jonathan Abrams, founder of Friendster.com. about the site, which matches up potential friends. The site has registered nearly a million users in just a few months.

The veteran film, television and stage actress died Wednesday morning at the age of 82, after a brief illness.

Thousands of Airbnb hosts received an email invitation to buy company stock ahead of its initial public offer. Many, though, didn't take the email seriously.

Ciertas prendas de vestir, útiles escolares, computadoras y accesorios de computación estarán libres de impuestos del 20 de julio al 20 de agosto.

Susan Stamberg gathers recommendations from booksellers Rona Brinlee, Lucia Silva and Daniel Goldin. Their selections for summertime reading include books about small-town America, a polygamist father in over his head, and a postmistress in New England during World War II.