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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ukrainian refugee Daria Bietschasna about what life is like some two months after she fled Ukraine.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Republican political strategist Scott Jennings about how Republican leaders have responded to the latest events involving former President Trump and his allies.

In a major win for the Biden administration, the court ruled Texas and Louisiana lack the standing to challenge the administration's immigration enforcement guidelines.

President Barack Obama unveils a plan Wednesday in Arizona to help end the housing crisis and fight foreclosures. The state has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. Nationwide, more than 2.3 million homeowners faced foreclosure proceedings last year, an 81 percent increase from 2007.

A final report from Gov. Rick Scott’s Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding is recommending that Floridians should be able to find out ahead of ...

After more than a year of public criticism of its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld said Friday that it will build new, larger environments at its…

The authors of a new book argue that efforts to raise achievement for students at the bottom have come at the expense of the most gifted and talented.

Scientists say temperatures that have gone "crazy haywire" hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It's so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off.

A divided Supreme Court relies on the 14th Amendment in rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order. What's the fallout? Legal and immigration experts join the show.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law two years ago removing references to “climate change” from statutes. Now, a WUSF investigation shows how textbook authors were asked to do the same.

Ever look at a big rig and think, “That sure looks fun”? We meet a newly graduated driver from a local trucker school and hear why America needs more licensed operators.

Pinellas had recommended cutting funding for Weedon Island and Shell Key, state-owned preserves that the county leases and operates. But there has been a reprieve.

Polls show most Americans think young adults today have it harder financially than past generations. A majority of parents help their grown children with expenses, even if it hurts their own finances.

The family of jailed Egyptian human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem says she is being held on unspecified charges in a women's prison north of Cairo.

Spiny lobster season in Florida ends with the month of March. And the first full pandemic fishing season saw mixed results, with prices bouncing back but lobster missing from some key areas.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Matthew Moore, former chair of South Carolina's state GOP, about Nikki Haley's decision to stay in the presidential race ahead of the South Carolina primary.

President-elect Biden is heading to Washington from Delaware as President Trump works through his last full day in office. Washington, D.C. is locked down ahead of Wednesday's inaugural ceremonies.

Some safety experts want California to stop the cutting of quartz countertops saying it can't be done safely. Lawmakers, meanwhile, contemplate a ban on workers' lawsuits against quartz manufacturers.

A Ukrainian company that got rich making smartphone-controlled cameras to watch pets at home now outfits first-person-view drones with an image recognition system powered by artificial intelligence.

Former Congressman Adam Kinzinger often found himself in opposition to his party. Now, the Illinois Republican has written a book about his life and career called Renegade.

The early start to the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season — the sixth in a row and the first with three named storms by June 1— has rekindled calls to move...

The Biden administration is looking to extend Medicare and Medicaid coverage to include obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound. Weight loss drugs are now excluded from mandatory coverage.

Jade Jacobs is a fourth year broadcast journalism student at Florida A&M University. Before interning at WFSU, Jade worked at Antioch Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church as a media intern in Dallas, Texas. She has also served as a live shot reporter on FAMU TV News 20, a writer for the FAMUAN and Journey Magazine and a radio personality on WANM 90.5 The Flava Station's Saturday Morning Show. After graduation, she plans to continue to work in the journalism field as a news reporter. She enjoys shopping, inspirational quotes and traveling.

Mortgage interest rates are the lowest they have been in a generation. Even the indexes that many adjustable-rate mortgages are tied to are down. For many, this is excellent news. But for those in the biggest trouble, great rates aren't enough to solve their problems.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta about President Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship with a new executive order.