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Shrimper Ricky Robin rode out Hurricane Katrina on the trawler he built himself nearly 30 years earlier. Over the course of the storm, he helped rescue people from the parish and gave them food and shelter on his boat. Three years after Katrina, Robin's story is the basis of a new book, The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous, by Ken Wells.

The Minnesota congresswoman held on in Tuesday's primary. Omar's race gained significant attention after losses by other members of the progressive group of House lawmakers known as the "Squad."

WHO says there's strong evidence that excessive sugar is bad for us. So it's recommending that we cut back significantly.

The chances of developing lingering symptoms after COVID appears to fall sharply from the first to the second time someone gets sick, new research finds. The risk is still significant.

With shipments through the Strait of Hormuz stalled after the Iran war began, fertilizer shortages are deepening across India.

When Air France flight 358 from Paris to Toronto had a bumpy landing that ended with the plane skidding off the runway, the passengers and crew remained calm -- but didn't waste a chance to evacuate. Olivier Dubois was sitting in the rear of the A340 Airbus.

Three more Florida cities are challenging a state law prohibiting them from enacting gun regulations.

The powerful chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee filed a proposal Friday that would repeal the state’s long-controversial “Best and Brightest”…

Voters were asked to do away with electing county commissioners in single member districts less than four years after they voted in favor of them.

Earlier this week, Mark Harlan was named as the new University of South Florida Athletic Director.One of his first jobs is going to be finding a…

Pointing to what it says will be long-term savings for customers, Florida Power & Light said Friday it is seeking to buy a coal-fired power plant in…

Editor's note: A previous version of this story contained incorrect enrollment dates for the Affordable Care Act. The error has been corrected. The...

Floridians in August would get a 10-day sales tax “holiday” for back-to-school shopping, under a bill proposed Tuesday in the Senate.

Floridians in August would get a 10-day sales tax “holiday” for back-to-school shopping, under a bill proposed Tuesday in the Senate.

Federal officials say they've arrested a 29-year-old Wisconsin man in connection with the May 2022 incident. They found him with the help of forensics and fast food.

The Trump administration is considering ending a program that offers a fast track to citizenship for foreign nationals who honorably serve in the U.S. military.

The Food and Drug Administration and the Center For Disease Control and Prevention are poised to sign-off on Johnson & Johnson and Moderna booster shots this week.

Kids who are dealing with grief say it really helps them to be around other children who understand what they're going through. Camp Erin provides that experience in cities around the country.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Matt Zemek, editor for Trojans Wire, about the cardiac arrest scare of top USC basketball prospect, Bronny James.

The 2020 election may seem like a long way off. But, in fact, the campaign has already kicked off. So with the clock already ticking, what are federal officials doing about foreign interference?

Danny Ross, 58, says he heeded his extended family's warnings to abandon his own 30-foot boat to stay with two friends aboard their larger 50-foot yacht. It didn't help.

When he was appointed attorney general, William Barr inherited the Mueller probe. Since then, he has won the confidence of President Trump but Democrats view him with deep suspicion.

Elise Stefanik, a four-term congresswoman, is replacing Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in party leadership over Cheney's ongoing criticism of former President Donald Trump.

The U.S. Education Department is going back to the drawing board on some basic rules of higher education.

House Speaker Paul Ryan's decision to retire is throwing House Republicans into chaos at a time when the party is deeply worried about losing control of that chamber.