Search results for

For more than two decades, the Florida governor's mansion has been occupied by a Republican. Today, two of the state's more high profile Democrats hope to take a step closer to changing that.

Higher gas prices may not be the main driver of the Biden administration's decision to sell new oil and gas leases on public land, but inflation is a significant political liability.

For the first time ever, "Jeopardy!" is giving a second chance to past competitors who lost. But for some, this competition means something more than a shot at redemption.

Efforts by states to to raise the minimum age for buying a long rifle have been challenged in court by gun rights activists.

In West Africa, tiny Benin is riding a coastal building boom — but beneath the cranes and construction, new inequalities are taking hold.

In 1944 an attack on a London Woolworths killed 168 people. In his new novel, Francis Spufford explores what "might have been" for five young casualties of war.

Republicans in some states are pushing to count ballots the old-fashioned way — which experts say would bring a level of chaos to elections not seen in decades.

In the coming weeks, candidates will bombard your mailboxes with ads. It may seem old-fashioned, but the consultants who devise direct-mail campaigns have become sophisticated about knowing whom to reach and what to say.

An ambulance in Sierra Leone is sent out to pick up a suspected patient. But after two wrong turns and several stops for directions, it arrives at the home of a 14-year-old boy with no signs of Ebola.

Several top U.S. officials are in Israel to shore up the Gaza ceasefire and attempt to bring about a permanent end to the war. They acknowledge the next phase poses serious challenges.

A group perinatal care program in Oakland is trying to lower the maternal mortality rates for Black women. State officials are looking into expanding it to more public hospitals in California.

Mermaid, which is screening Wednesday and Thursday (May 6 and 7) at the Beach Theatre, is Tampa-bred writer/director Tyler Cornack’s third film.

Federal regulators are trying to prevent bad actors from switching unknowing consumers' Obamacare coverage. Their fixes risk making enrollment so cumbersome that people won't want to sign up.

Genetic ancestry tests, changes to how census responses were categorized and more children born to parents who identify with different racial groups led to a 276% jump in the multiracial population.

Singapore and Switzerland have at least one thing in common.Both countries boast a low unemployment rate for young adults and some researchers say that's…

The change came in response to Georgia's controversial new voting law, which the MLB says is against its values.

The news site Colorado Sun was created by Denver journalists dismayed over slashing cuts by the Denver Post's hedge fund owners. Now The Sun and a new foundation are taking over 24 suburban papers.

Democrats voted to approve legislation named after the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. It's aimed at protecting the right to vote, but the bill faces steep Republican opposition in the Senate.

A new study shows that as people mostly remained indoors during lockdowns last year, many bird species found less noisy and polluted cities more inviting.

NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says

The agency acted after an independent panel of scientists strongly supported the move. Kids could start getting vaccinated within the week.

Bald eagles, hailed an "American success story" were removed from the endangered species list in 2007. Now, researchers have found that lead ammunition has reduced their population growth.

By a 6-to-2 vote, the justices said Google's use of Oracle code did not infringe copyright laws.

The wildfire tore through Greenville, a town dating back to the Gold Rush Era, in the northern Sierra Nevada. The wildfire is currently the largest in California.

The mailbox was a key reason why labor officials ruled to re-do a union election at Amazon's Alabama warehouse. For the re-vote, the mailbox got moved. The union wants it gone.