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Coal miners will press members of Congress to fully restore a coal excise tax that supports miners diagnosed with black lung. The tax was cut more than 50% at the end of last year.

Morning Edition hosts Steve Inskeep and Michel Martin both reported from the Sept. 11 terror attack sites. Steve recalls reporting outside the Pentagon and Michel recounts her time in lower Manhattan.

Voters will decide on three constitutional amendments, including two that would provide property-tax breaks and a third that will decide on the future of the Constitution Revision Commission.

The attorney for a former Florida sheriff’s deputy is arguing that his client had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago.

Our kids' books columnist reports that amidst the messes and fights that result from kids in lockdown, Matthew Cordell's gentle new picture book biography of Mister Rogers has the power to soothe.

New owners? Sure. But the Rays also have new TV access, new technology and, in many ways, a new Trop. We'll try to get you up to speed before Tampa Bay and St. Louis take the field for the first of 162 games.

NPR's A Martinez talks to David Becker from the Center for Election Innovation & Research about the constitutionality of Colorado's decision to remove former president Trump from the 2024 ballot.

How did the cost of life in America change this year? Prices overall continued to climb, though more slowly than they had been. And some actually fell.

Student government representing all three USF campuses passed a resolution saying it should be involved in the decision-making after the idea appeared in Gov. Ron DeSantis's proposed budget.

The Republican-led panel could make Florida's Republican-favoring congressional map even more Republican.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia has written a bill introduced in the legislature that would increase penalties for undocumented workers.

The FEA mid-school year count found teacher vacancies statewide increased by about 100.

Uthmeier accused the Tampa Police Department of having "sanctuary policies" regarding immigration enforcement.

A psychiatrist says calling it a disease takes important attention away from racism and other things that are often associated with addiction.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Mellencamp returns with his first album of original songs in five years, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack.

As Memphis braces for video footage and protests, pastor and police reform advocate Earle Fisher says he's "seen far too much Black death as a spectacle." He shares his concerns and hopes in the case.

If you find yourself having trouble affording food, there are options. Kevin Curry of Fit Men Cook talks about strategies for finding no and low cost groceries.

Thomas Cahill is a noted historian of ancient civilizations. But in 2003, his life took a turn when he met a death row inmate, Dominique Green. Green became the subject of Cahill's new book, A Saint on Death Row: The Story of Dominique Green. The author tells how Green inspired the lives of those around him in prison.

The annual Pint of Science festival sees scientists and local communities gather in bars, cafes and other places to talk science. But in 2020, the festival will be online due to the pandemic.

A new study shows an increase in suicidality among children as young as five and investigates the shared characteristics among kids who die by suicide. Researchers hope to improve prevention efforts.

Written around the time of World War One, Sergei Rachmaninov's "All Night Vigil" is an extraordinary choral music composition. A new recording of Rachmaninov's work from conductor Paul Hillier and The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is out, and music critic Tom Manoff says it's magnificent.

Gibraltar has been the focus of territorial disputes for centuries. But the European Union, Spain and Britain have announced a deal to resolve border issues after Brexit.

A small group of presidential hopefuls get most of the media attention, but there are a lot of unknown people who also want the top job and filed the necessary paperwork. One of them is Deez Nuts.

The U.S. Army War College has determined in a preliminary review that Sen. John Walsh of Montana appeared to have plagiarized his final paper to earn a master's degree. An investigative panel is reviewing the evidence.

Scores of children have been released after unidentified gunmen kidnapped them early Monday in Cameroon. Their seizure came amid tensions between Anglophone regions and the French-speaking government.