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Bishop Gregory Parkes of the Diocese of St. Petersburg led a prayer service on Sunday, decrying racism and praying for peace, both in the Tampa Bay region…

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says affected Texans are owed an investigation into what went wrong with evacuating flooded areas and how it can be prevented from happening again.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with D.C. AG Brian Schwalb about the new lawsuit against TikTok alleging that the social media platform causes harm to kids and operates in an illegal virtual economy.

A small team of researchers responsible for keeping clinicians up to date on contraception research has been cut. Doctors say they rely on the team's guidance when advising women about contraception.

President Trump's sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, likens it to The Art of the Deal — on steroids.

Scientists are building autonomous robotic labs powered by artificial intelligence. The goal, they say, is for these robots to take over human researchers' most laborious, time-consuming tasks.

Harlequin editor Patience Bloom maps romance novels onto her own loves in Romance Is My Day Job — from tragic heroes and beta males to the one true Mr. Right. Reviewer Bobbi Dumas says Bloom doesn't quite pull off the romance novel parallel — but most readers will find something to identify with in this brave and likable woman.

Referenda began in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine today. The flu might be coming back strong this year. Leaders meet in Pittsburgh for climate talks.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point Wednesday in an effort to combat stubbornly high inflation. It's the biggest rate increase in 28 years.

Children's author Kwame Alexander discusses last week's killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille, in addition to the shootings of the Dallas police officers.

In Pennsylvania — a pivotal state in this year's tight election — Puerto Ricans wield significant clout. A comedian at a Trump rally called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

Family members said Victor Shaw, 66, was shy and reserved in nature, but had a deep love for sports and a tight-knit bond with his younger sister.

Earlier this year ICE arrested 600 immigrants over a two week period. Most migrants had no criminal records and, since then, West Virginia has decided to not hold ICE detainees in their jails. A look at West Virginia post Operation Country Roads.

Hundreds of Florida waters are considered “impaired” for fish consumption. As a result the Florida Department of Health advises that most fish caught in the state’s waters shouldn’t be eaten more than twice a week. But that message does not always get through to subsistence fishers.

The GOP has won back control of the White House and the Senate, and they're within striking distance of taking the House. It will all make for a dramatic shakeup in Congress for the next two years.

As Nike targets a new generation with a revised slogan, "Why Do It?," NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to consumer trends expert Casey Lewis about what brands get right and wrong about Gen Z.

What's it like to live next to a pope's childhood home? It's full of challenges -- and opportunities, neighbors say.

The sound of fear is universal. Screams of mammals have similarities -- irregularities in the sound -- that are meant to draw attention.

A landmark verdict orders Chiquita, one of the worlds largest banana companies, to pay millions of dollars in damages to the relatives of eight Colombian men murdered by a paramilitary death squad.

For over seven straight hours in Chile, the electricity went out and plunged the country into chaos.

People often say dogs and their owners look and act alike. Now there's science to back that up.

Atlanta University Center's Woodruff Library will be the custodian of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers. Local donors joined forces to avoid a public auction that might have sent the documents to another city.

Marvel's latest superhero film, Spider-Man: No Way Home finds its hero battling foes he thought he'd already vanquished.

The former vice president is out with a book that recounts in heart-wrenching detail his son Beau's diagnosis and death from brain cancer — and his deliberations about running for president.

NPR speaks with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., about his bipartisan bill proposing additional sanctions on Russia and new penalties for its trading partners, including China.