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St. Petersburg City Council members are poised to take their final vote on the proposal Thursday.

The rapper, who also serves as the official "hype man" for multiple U.S. Olympic teams, invited the female hockey players to Las Vegas for a "real celebration."

At StoryCorps, a Dominican immigrant speaks with a fellow Spanish speaker who in high school helped him adjust to living in America. Eventually, they helped each other find their own voices.

German scientists say cells from the testes of male mice can behave like embryonic stem cells. If the same holds true in humans, it could perhaps provide a controversy-free source of versatile cells for use in treating disease.

With the delegate race tightening between Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Virginia voters will be in the spotlight as they head to the primaries Tuesday. But no matter who wins, Democrats say the enthusiasm generated by the primary should help their party in this November's election.

In the late 1870s, Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the Mississippi Delta, working first as peddlers, then grocers and restaurateurs. Kibbe, a meatloaf of sorts, is part of the glue that continues to hold the Lebanese family culture together in the Delta and beyond.

Part of a new scene called 'queernejo,' the Latin Grammy-nominated Gabeu is reworking the conservative, macho stylings of sertanejo.

On the first of a two-day hiring event to recruit potential Customs and Border Protection officers, people gathered outside of the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park in protest.

A new animated series on Comedy Central, Lil' Bush, premieres Wednesday night. The show re-imagines the Bush administration as elementary school classmates.

Material used in fiberglass boats has a limited lifespan. Some owners ditch their boats in public waters, causing an environmental hazard. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on Jan. 1, 2023.)

About 1,000 people were injured during Sunday's voting in Spain's Catalonia region. Spain considers the vote illegal, and hundreds of people were injured when the national police tried to stop it.

The Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks began the season with dim prospects for making the playoffs. Now both are in the World Series, and the first game begins Friday night.

Presidential candidate Joe Biden was in Tampa Tuesday, talking to veterans. There, he took aim at President Trump - as well as the high rate of suicides among veterans.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the Trump administration's border strategy, Attorney General Barr's testimony and Benjamin Netanyahu's victory in Israel.

An NPR investigation found that police have shot and killed 135 unarmed Black people since 2015 — with some officers involved in more than one shooting.

Residents of Washington, D.C., and 15 states -- from Georgia to Michigan to New York -- are awaiting a massive, boisterous grand entrance. A group of cicadas that only emerges once every 17 years is making its way out of the ground -- by the billions, at least. NPR's Melissa Block headed out to suburban Maryland for a cicada preview.

Jack Bishop of the PBS show America's Test Kitchen shows NPR's Rachel Martin how to make poached eggs for people who don't like runny eggs.

Uncertainty and unrest during the last year have lead millions of Americans to buy guns for the first time. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to one of them, Ermiya Fanaeian of Salt Lake City.

President Trump has not been popular with black voters, but his campaign is trying to change that. A Black Voices for Trump event in Milwaukee shows why it's going to be a uphill battle.

The tight race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has put the pressure on voters in Texas, which holds its Democratic primary on Tuesday.

New York Yankees star third baseman Alex Rodriguez says one of his goals this season is to win back the trust of baseball fans. In his first news conference since admitting he used performance-enhancing substances, A-Rod says he's hoping fans see his actions as a youthful mistake. ESPN's Bob Holtzman talks with Ari Shapiro about whether A-Rod can start over.

Malaria is still a worry in Sarasota, Fla., where officials recently confirmed the seventh locally transmitted case so far this summer. A 39-year-old woman describes her symptoms and hospital ordeal.

"Our paths haven't crossed — we've beaten a path towards each other," says playwright David Hare. "Bill is my favorite leading man." Nighy is now starring in a revival of Hare's Skylight on Broadway.

The ease with which the attacker gained such close access to the Library of Congress on Thursday raises new questions about security, just seven months after the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The crypto giant's collapse affects on the Miami Heat arena, the county's coffers and Mayor Francis Suarez's plans for the city as a crypto hub.