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In total, 67 infants had to be evacuated from Southwest Florida hospitals to regions throughout the state. All Children's in St. Petersburg has 21 of them.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is in a close race against challenger Lee Zeldin, a GOP congressman who says criminal justice reforms have caused a crime emergency in the state.

People using online identities to deceive Wikipedia users, according to the Wikimedia Foundation. Several hundred user accounts have been suspended because of suspicions that these "sockpuppets" were using the site to promote clients and/or give misleading information. Host Rachel Martin talks to foundation executive director Sue Gardner.

Disagreements emerge over Gaza's post-war leadership. Criminal prosecutors in Ohio violated defendants' rights. The lawmaker leading the probe into Hunter Biden is accused of owning a shell company.

Renee Montagne talks to Rajaai Bourhan, a 26-year-old teacher living in the Syrian city of Madaya, for an update on conditions there. Images of starving children captured the world's attention.

Black architects who helped shape the modern architecture movement have often been overlooked. One effort preserves the structures they designed and tells their stories.

High unemployment, a weak central government and recent Taliban gains are creating a growing apprehension on the streets of the capital, Kabul.

When writer Jonathan Evison reads a book, he wants full immersion — emotionally, intellectually and sensually. He suggests three wild, Western adventure tales that will pick you up, knock you down and leave you breathless.

Gabrielle Hamilton is the chef and owner of Prune, a popular restaurant in New York City's East Village. She also has an MFA in fiction writing, something she put to use in writing her first book, the aptly titled Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef.

Crucial aid shipments carrying much-needed medical supplies have finally reached Yemen. NPR's Tamara Keith talks to Nuha, the humanitarian coordinator for Oxfam in Yemen.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with the Rev. Al Sharpton about his time with the family of Irvo Otieno, the 28-year-old man who died in police custody in Virginia.

President Trump surprised lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday when he called for a strong package of gun control measures. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and chair of the House Second Amendment Caucus, about his reaction to those comments.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Florida Education Association president Andrew Spar about how teachers and principals in the state are adopting and adapting to new state standards.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with transgender teenager Nola Rhea and her mother Heather Rhea about a new Nebraska law restricting gender-affirming care.

The Pentagon has approved plans for a five-fold increase in its cyberwar fighting force. The U.S. Cyber Command would see its ranks jump from 900 to 4,900, including both uniformed and civilian personnel. Defense officials say the boost in the cybersecurity force is necessary because of the nation's growing vulnerability to cyber attacks and also the need to prepare for more offensive cyber combat operations. But there is already a shortage of cyber specialists, and the new recruitment effort would increase the competition for skilled personnel within the government and the private sector. Audie Cornish talks to Tom Gjelten.

The fate of Biden's Build Back Better bill is uncertain. Professor Christelle Khalaf tells NPR's Michel Martin that it could have huge effects on day to day life in this country.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Freyja Steingrímsdóttir, the communications director for the Icelandic Federation of Public Workers. The union helped organize a strike to protest gender inequality.

Insurers and some Democratic senators say people should have a cheaper option on the health exchanges. But those plans may leave people with painfully high copays and deductibles if they get sick.

The president offered a fix for people whose insurance coverage has been canceled because it didn't meet the minimum standards of the federal health law. But will insurers follow through? And even if they want to, will state regulators let them?

"Relationships with animals are simple," notes one researcher. In a year when life feels fraught, pets have been healers, helping human companions get exercise, quell anxiety and make new friends.

We explore what the generation gap in Arizona's voters means on the hot-button issue of border security.

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody was then Florida's attorney general, and her office approved the settlement. The deal said $10 million would be donated to the Hope Florida Foundation.

Americans long to travel like they did pre-pandemic. Travel blogger Gabby Beckford has been visiting other places, and shares her experience of what it's been like.

Acclaimed Israeli author and peace advocate Amos Oz has died at the age of 79. His novels and other works portrayed the characters and developing national identity of Israel in its early years.