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The 14-member board includes Sarasota County School Board Chair Bridget Ziegler and Sarasota County state Senator Fiona McFarland.

Most forecasters have decided the disturbance developing in the Gulf of Mexico does not have the time, or the mojo, to undergo the rapid and daunting transformation into an early tropical system and ease the drought.

A debate is developing in the Florida Legislature over a measure that would allow fire stations and hospitals to install boxes where distressed mothers could leave their unwanted newborns.

Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, who was sexually abused as a child, said “there is no statute of limitations” on the suffering of victims.

This will be the 13th time in the DNC's history that Chicago will host a convention. Democrats nodded toward the "Blue Wall" of Midwestern states they need to win in 2024.

"We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America" centers around two families whose children were taken away and adopted by a couple who abused and eventually murdered them.

Florida’s hemp industry is upset over a legislative plan they say will hurt their business. The measure’s sponsor says the bill is meant to keep companies “in your lane.”

WFSU’s Adrian Andrews spoke with a few veterans to get their take on the permitless carry law which goes into effect this summer.

Festivities will include local performances from The Black Honkeys, big names and Grammy winners including Peter Frampton and Gavin DeGraw, and the biggest fireworks show in the city's history.

The numbers are far less than in the U.S. but school attacks are definitely on the increase, prompting soul-searching — and a national debate over strategies to prevent future tragedies.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud last year and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

The House could vote on the measure Friday. The Senate approved its version more than a week ago. If passed, the legislation would go to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it into law.

One veteran says the law will result in more crime, and "no one wants to try to deescalate anymore."

Sanctions backfire. So why do we keep using them?

The country's largest newspaper company, Gannett, is once again forecasting it will sell off more of its daily newspapers. It's prompting fears of news deserts and a weakened democracy.

The London-based group brought intensity and energy to its long-awaited set behind the Tiny Desk.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat, about her weeks-long filibuster over a bill she says is "legislating hate."

The U.S. government is investigating a leak of classified documents that appear to give a snapshot of the intelligence community's understanding of the world in late February and early March.

NPR's Linda Holmes and Eric Deggans recap the new explosive episode of the HBO series Succession.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state board of pardons to review the case of Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was convicted Friday of killing Garrett Foster during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with lawyer Adam Unikowsky about a Texas judge's ruling overturning FDA approval for the abortion pill mifepristone.

The navy is renaming the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory. It will now be the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate ship.

Getting around rural America without a car is hard — especially for older residents. It makes public transportation especially important in rural areas, but providing the resource can be challenging.

For more than 20 years, Mifepristone was widely and safely used as a drug in medication abortions.

The aim of "National Financial Capability Month" is to highlight “the value of high-quality financial education in improving Americans' financial capability.”