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Alachua County is moving forward with requiring students to have doctors’ notes to avoid wearing masks, while Leon County backed away from a similar plan and will comply with the state’s demands.

Tourists hoping to get close to the Trevi Fountain had to pay 2 euros starting Monday as the city of Rome inaugurated a new fee structure to help raise money and control crowds.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson about how armed protesters arrived at her home and shouted obscenities as she was putting up Christmas decorations with her son.

On TikTok, the hashtag "dementia" has 3 billion views. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias have been using the site to swap tips and share the burdens of life with dementia.

Julia Glass, the acclaimed author of Three Junes, talks with Lynn Neary about her new novel, The Whole World Over. Glass says she stopped writing her book when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occured. Then she incorporated the event into her story when she felt compelled to start writing again.

Republican organizations and lawmakers have been pouring campaign money into a special election next week for a state House representative in a central Florida district considered competitive for both parties.

A grand jury found Wells' cause of death "consistent with drowning," and decided not to bring indictments. The teenager was found dead on Horn Island, after he boated there with friends to celebrate Independence Day.

Evening Masterworks: Edouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in d minor

While Chantal moves away, there will be plenty of moisture being pulled over Florida on Saturday that, combined with local effects, could mean stormier conditions for some areas.

Reed Holway served in Iraq, where he developed PTSD. His symptoms worsened back in the U.S. He got in trouble and ultimately received a bad-conduct discharge. Now Holway is stuck: He can't get medical care from the VA for the disorder that he says caused him to get kicked out of the Army in the first place.

The Mexican city of Mazatlán is the first place the total solar eclipse will be visible as it emerges over the Pacific Ocean today, and the weather here is perfect.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Post columnist and CNN host of GPS Fareed Zakaria about how the coup in Myanmar presents a test for President Biden.

The team behind the new video game talks about adapting the sounds and music for this cult-classic horror film for a new audience.

It's another discombobulating moment in the pandemic, with conflicting signs of where the virus is heading and what people should do about it on a daily basis. Here's how to cope.

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Serena Williams' retirement announcement and a baseball all-star's 80-game suspension.

Lawyers representing 22 states and a coalition of research organizations were in federal court Friday trying to retain science funding the Trump administration wants to cut.

The veteran reporter became one of Hollywood's top journalists as founder of the entertainment trade website Deadline.com. She was the most-feared columnist in show business.

With the deadline looming to enroll in Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, Ed Gordon talks with Willie Coburn, a senior citizen in Phoenix, Ill., who still has questions about which of the dozens of plans is right for him.

The pipeline's fate looms large in Washington. But for people living in Keystone XL's proposed path, the project will alter livelihoods and legacies — for better or worse, depending on whom you ask.

Evening Masterworks: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor Op. 23

Texas recovers from another mass shooting. Pandemic border rules are set to lift, and could lead to an influx of migrants. Closing arguments begin Monday in E. Jean Carrol's case against Donald Trump.

In Rock the Kasbah, he plays a tough-luck talent agent who finds a special voice in Afghanistan. In real life, the agentless Murray found something else after losing a phone: a "vacation from myself."

The new book "Critical Hits: Writers Play Video Games" features essays about video games from acclaimed memoirists and fiction writers.

A special commission set up by Congress to study the accuracy of the consumer price index has concluded the C.P.I. overstates inflation by approximately 1.1%. The commission, headed up by former Bush Administration economic advisor, Michael Boskin, made several recommendations for correcting the upward bias...which costs the federal government billions of dollars every year because the C.P.I. is used to adjust benefit payments to millions of American retirees and veterans. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

In dramatic fashion, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers Thursday night to force the first game 7 in the World Series since 2002. Michele Norris talks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the game — and how it ranks among other thrilling World Series games of the past.