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Veterans and dozens of lawmakers say they're afraid the promise they made to protect families who assisted U.S. forces is being broken.

Most of the class of 2020 experienced canceled or online-only graduation ceremonies, but this year many colleges are finding creative ways to celebrate their graduates in person.

Outgoing state Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-Pinellas County, talks about his bill that recently passed in the Senate that would allow applicants for university president to keep their names confidential. And his expectations for a new University of South Florida president.

Amid multiple excessive heat warnings, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district is emphasizing heat protocols for athletes and students who do activities outside as the new year begins.

Fall is a huge season for books, leading up to the holidays. We take a look at some of the most anticipated nonfiction titles coming out in the next few months.

WUSF is honoring Women's History Month by speaking to people who've impacted the community.

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas are set to carry out the first stage of a prisoner exchange Tuesday, with nearly 500 Palestinian prisoners and one Israeli soldier being freed. Most Israelis support the move, but some say it will only lead to more attacks.

There's a big national competition in Atlanta this week in puzzling. Teams will race to put jigsaw pieces into place, assembling 500 and 1,000 piece puzzles they've never seen.

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded today two three professors -- two in the U.S. and one in Europe -- for their research on how technology and "creative destruction" fuels economic growth.

Most county health departments no longer offer services to pregnant women. But on Florida’s Space Coast, the opposite is true: The county health...

"I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect [Kamala] Harris," Joe Biden said in a statement.

MIT bioengineer Linda Griffith spent years in debilitating pain before she was diagnosed with a condition often neglected in research. Her focus on the basic biology could lead to better treatments.

Outlaws. That's what they were called when they plastered their art on buildings and subway cars. Now, a Los Angeles exhibition looks at the studio work these artists created later in their careers.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Christian Cooper, an avid birder who asked a woman to leash her dog, which led to a verbal altercation he caught on tape.

Three actors continue a discussion on their traveling production that is raising eyebrows and generating lots of laughs.

When the post-Thanksgiving dinner board games come out, one Word You'll Hear could be: Pandemic Legacy. That's a hot new board game where players team up to contain epidemics worldwide.

Electricity prices are rising more than twice as fast as overall inflation. That's especially costly during the dog days of summer when air conditioners are working hardest. In addition to hot weather, a variety of factors are causing power bills to climb, including the high cost of natural gas used to generate electricity and soaring demand from data centers.

This election cycle, AI-generated images have proliferated on social media platforms after politically charged news events. They often spread partisan narratives rather than facts.

NPR talks with Majed Al Ansari, adviser to Qatar's prime minister and official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about Israeli strikes on Qatar targeting Hamas officials.

From trade talks to the fate of his legislative agenda, what happens over the next 10 days or so, domestically and abroad, could come to define Trump's presidency.

A new exhibition in London shares David Bowie's archive, tracing his personas and evolution as a musician and artist.

Gospel music has always played a big role in American culture. Now, the music's wide-ranging history is being celebrated at Nashville's new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music.

On the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn, Native American youth gathered at the site of the battle to mark the historic victory and celebrate the resilience of their culture.

Among the hundreds still missing on Nepal's border with China are Hindus from India and beyond, participating in a journey of devotion to a sacred mountain.

The story takes place in Newark, over the course of a single day in 1957, which we experience from the two spouses' alternating points of view. Jessica Anthony's novel deserves to become a classic.