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Collins is retiring after 12 years of leading the federal health agency. He parts with a warning about the dangers of yielding to pandemic fatigue. "The virus is not tired of us," he says.

Pakistan's Oscar submission for the best international feature category is a film that Pakistanis cannot watch — as gatekeepers weed out media that are seen as violating the country's moral code.

Today marks one year since the National Guard was deployed to the nation's capital. Here's what has happened since. And, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake leaves more than 100 people dead in Colombia.

The White House insists that gas prices will fall to pre-conflict levels, but just this week, the average price per gallon hit $4.

A truck driver in Idaho was hauling sand to a golf course when the GPS led him onto a one-lane dirt road in the forest. He couldn't turn around and the rig eventually rolled over.

Two years ago rapper Eminem opened the restaurant Mom's Spaghetti in his hometown of Detroit. Jars of the restaurant's pasta sauce are now available for purchase online.

As states add new groups to vaccine eligibility lists, more city folks are making long drives out to rural towns to take the appointments that vaccine-wary local residents aren't.

Structured and free, sonic and rhythmic, poems and jazz music seem like natural partners. For National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month, here are some notable collisions between the two.

He's considered a legend in Tampa political circles. Saturday, former Congressman Sam Gibbons regaled an audience with tales of how things used to be in…

The Fashionistas line previously featured dolls with hearing aids, prosthetic limbs and Down syndrome. The CDC says about 2 million Americans, including many children, lived with Type 1 diabetes as of 2021.

It hasn't been all fun and Lil Jon cameos.

A massive power grid serves Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Paraguay — tens of millions of people rely on it. On Sunday morning it went dead. By Sunday night most customers had their power back.

Lisa talks with writer T. Coraghessan Boyle about his latest collection of short stories, After the Plague. (Viking Press)

The song "Brandy" by Looking Glass was No. 1 in 1972. For singer-songwriter Todd Snider, the song is a reminder of happy times. He was 6 years old when he first heard the song, but it left a lasting impression.

Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing old craters.

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara founded Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978. The Pritzker Architecture Prize jury called the two Irish architects "beacons" in a male-dominated field.

Robert Siegel talks with Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to both Iraq and Afghanistan, about how lessons learned in those conflicts could inform how the U.S. deals with Syria today. Crocker is now a fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.

Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana launched the "Don’t Let Florida Go to Pot" campaign Tuesday,…

The former chair of the University of South Florida's Board of Trustees is slated to become interim president Monday.

Sonia Gandhi, heir to India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, gives up her chance to become prime minister, reportedly to protect her Congress Party's new government from attacks over her Italian birth. Manmohan Singh, architect of the country's financial reforms, is now seen as the favorite to become prime minister. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

What do rising power bills, soccer fans, highway chaos and Tampa’s twist on Oktoberfest have in common? They’re all part of today’s “Florida Matters: Live & Local,” with Matthew Peddie.

Oil prices were surging, but a dramatic meeting of many of the world's crude producers has thrown things into a bit of turmoil.

The saga over Sen. Joe Manchin's party affiliation comes after an article claimed the West Virginia Democrat had plans to become an independent. Machin has denied the report.

A federal rule that protected coverage for Medicaid recipients during the pandemic will expire on March 31. When it does, tens of millions of people will need to re-enroll or lose benefits.