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The shortest month of the year is packed with highly anticipated new releases, including books from Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones and the late Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.

The Florida Senate dropped “veggie disparagement" language from a sweeping agriculture bill after concerns it could suppress criticism of the industry.

Una nueva ley de Florida que dificulta la inclusión de enmiendas impulsadas por ciudadanos en la boleta electoral enfrenta un desafío en un tribunal federal. El juicio comenzó el lunes. Esto es lo que está en juego:

Mayor Ken Welch said now is not the time to stop any progress that has been made in what would become the largest redevelopment project in the city's history.

Texas' Bluebonnet curriculum uses the Bible to teach math and language arts.

The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to eat fewer ultra-processed foods. But when it comes to carbs, many people don't know which ones to avoid.

The controversial new Introduction to Sociology textbook, created by the state of Florida to meet its new academic restrictions, is missing entire chapters like Race and Ethnicity, Global Inequality and Gender, Sex and Sexuality, WLRN found.

You can learn a lot about people and the times they lived in by looking at what they ate. That includes presidents.

U.S. Bank court documents show that The Oaks Mall is under receivership after its owners at Brookfield Properties have failed to repay the remaining $78 million balance on a 2012 loan.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care.

Thunderstorms are forecast to move across Florida on Sunday with damaging wind gusts as the primary threat, but there is a slight risk of an isolated tornado.

"I see there is a brokenness to the system," West Broward County Senator Barbara Sharief told the head of the Florida Department of Children and Families about the state's foster care system. She voted for the DCF head but asked her to commit to making changes at the senate hearing.

NPR's Short Wave talks about babies' perceptions of rhythm, how sleep may help us solve puzzles and why snakes may be able to fast so long.

Israel will begin a contentious land regulation process in a large part of the occupied West Bank, which could result in Israel gaining control over wide swaths of the area for future development.

As Israel and Hamas settle into the first phase of the ceasefire, residents in those areas are waking up to very different realities after nearly two years of war.

The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.

Tens of millions of voters have had their information run through the tool — a striking portion of the U.S. public, considering little has been made public about the tool's accuracy or data security.

As budget talks start in Tallahassee, an early rift involves the governor’s emergency fund — its size, and a House bill that would limit how it can be used.

The proposal comes as the state insurance program faces a $350 million budget shortfall for 2026-27. State Rep. Shane Abbott said it could save over $125 million annually.

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis. People with this condition, such as 9-year-old twins from Massachusetts, need lifelong care.

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.

A proposed rule could put nearly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, many of them U.S. citizen children. Undocumented immigrants don't get rental aid but can currently live with family members who do.

African penguins helped the Florida Aquarium make its case at the Florida Capitol, urging lawmakers to continue funding coral reef restoration and invest in hurricane protection for the aquarium.

The major election bill being pushed by Florida Republicans in the Legislature this session would require proof of American citizenship to register to vote, similar to federal legislation advocated by President Trump and Republicans in Congress.

The move is another Trump administration effort to limit legal pathways to migration or resettlement, after already curbing the number of admitted refugees and re-reviewing those admitted under the Biden administration.