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Bill sponsor, Sen. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, said addressing unscrupulous contractors and litigation costs are key to reducing property insurance rates.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to student journalists at the University of Georgia about entering the field when trust in the media is low, disinformation is rampant, and what they see for the future.

President Biden is in Cornwall, England, for the G-7 summit. Israel's parliament is set to vote Sunday on a new government. Wildfires burn in 11 states, including California, Arizona and Colorado.

In his resignation letter, Dr. Aaron Kesselheim calls it "probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history." An FDA official says the agency found the benefits outweighed the risks.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other key House members are jumping on board with a plan by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a day after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin voiced support for a crucial part of it.

The Gaza Strip needs major reconstruction after the Israeli military hit buildings and infrastructure. Experts say the U.N.-backed process of vetting projects ends up increasing costs and delays.

New hospice programs may now be coming to seven counties, including Broward, Lee and Manatee, which were not included in a Feb. 5 list of areas that needed new programs.

CEO Michael Bayley wrote on social media that the ship returned Tuesday to PortMiami after testing CDC safety and health protocols put in place due to the COVID pandemic.

June 19, 1865, marked a huge turning point for Black people in America. But many slave owners refused to comply. And even celebrating the date was discouraged in the years to come.

It calls for a $1.1 billion increase in base-rate revenues in 2022 and a $607 million increase in 2023

The state will kick off the rulemaking process for Black farmer applicants within “weeks to months” and set the stage for another set of licenses that would nearly double the number of operators.

In the wake of 9/11, Congress approved two measures giving the president expansive war powers. The House voted to repeal one of those measures, the 2002 authorization of force in Iraq.

Many Republican legislators maintained that the requirements stifled competition and created monopolies in the hospital industry. A

Hundreds of U.S. military veterans have been deported for committing crimes, sometimes decades after they left the service. Now, many are hoping the Biden Administration lets them return to the United States.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports on a U.S. District Court judge's decision to allow Timothy McVeigh's to end the appeals process and expedite his execution. The judge felt McVeigh was competent enough to seek this outcome, but is giving the convicted terrorist until January 11th to change his mind.

A year ago, WLRN and NPR member station KQED worked on a project to document decisions made at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in both Democratic-led California and Republican-led Florida. Now, a year later, we wanted to understand how the pandemic progressed in our respective regions.

Why are so many low-income and minority kids getting second-class educations in the U.S.? That question is at the center of the heated debate about tenure protections and who gets them.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, the Rev. Thomas McKenzie and Imam Rizwan Ali about the impact the pandemic has had on them and their congregations.

Shelby Houlihan says her positive test for the steroid nandrolone followed a visit to a food truck for a pork burrito, and is pointing to studies that show nandrolone occurs naturally in some pigs.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kenisha Tucker, co-founder of the Hidden Figures of Madison, a project that highlights the contributions of African Americans to the history of Madison, N.J.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about the U.S.-Russia diplomatic relationship and how it changed under the Trump administration.

Advocacy groups claim the bill will impose unconstitutional burdens on voters, especially people of color and voters with disabilities.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Lori Windham about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of her client, a Catholic agency that had refused to work with same-sex couples applying to be foster parents.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has voted to move forward with a process that could call into question the eligibility of politicians like President Joe Biden to receive Communion.

Military hospital ICU resources are at full capacity and the embassy has been forced to "create temporary, on-compound COVID-19 wards," according to a note sent to embassy staff.