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Tens of thousands of Muslims begin a three-day march to mourn Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim, a revered Iraqi Shiite cleric killed by a car-bomb attack Friday. Al-Hakim, a long-time opponent of Saddam Hussein, was one of more than 100 people killed in the bombing of the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

For many, summer is a time of transition: weddings, graduations, job interviews. And that means it's also a season for thank-you notes. Despite the ubiquity of e-mail, experts tell Michele Norris that a handwritten note remains the best way to express your gratitude.

Songwriting brothers Richard and Robert Sherman were honored at the White House Monday for all the songs they've written for family movies, including the theme for the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The brothers, who also wrote "It's a Small World (After All)," received the National Medal of Arts from President Bush.

The 68-team fields for the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments will be unveiled Sunday night, and the games begin next week.

Want to stay on top of the Republican National Convention?Of course there's an app for that. Several, actually.WUSF Public Media took several of these…

By Bradley GeorgeFlorida attracts newcomers from everywhere in the U.S. and around the world. An apartment rental website has released a report that looks…

Each year on Memorial Day weekend, West Virginia's best storytellers compete for the prestigious title of "Biggest Liar," in a tall- tale contest that draws large crowds. Two contest judges, including a five-time champion, spin a couple of whoppers.

Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Michael Grego has been named Florida’s 2018 Superintendent of the Year.Earlier this month, Grego was selected as…

A Norwegian cross-country skier is on track to become the winningest winter Olympian ever. Johannes Klaebo is a talent the likes of which the world has never seen.

Supermarket produce shelves can be bleak in December, but the humble cauliflower is in season. Top Chef finalist Carla Hall shares her recipe for a cream of cauliflower soup to warm the winter nights.

In an interview with NPR, The New York Times' new executive editor, Dean Baquet, said Jill Abramson was fired because of her failed relationship with the publisher and with senior editors.

Heidi Brown's Army uniform is decorated with one small star, which marks her as a brigadier general. But at this point in her career, "gender now shuts the door for me," she says.

Elizabeth Warren faced new scrutiny, Pete Buttigieg controlled multiple exchanges, and the potential conflicts of interest of Joe Biden's son got relatively little focus.

Robert traveled to the 6th Congressional District in Southern Ohio ...site of a hotly contested race between an incumbent Freshman Republican, Frank Cremeans, and Ted Strickland, who held the seat from 1992 to 1994. The balance of the House of Representatives could be at stake in next Tuesday's election. This race is widely regarded as a bellwether race in a bellwether state for determining which party will control the next Congress.

Florida’s medical-marijuana patient database has hit the 100,000 mark, according to a weekly update issued by the state Department of Health’s Office of...

The company announced it was ending production of its higher-end Model S and Model Y, and turning that production space over to making humanoid robots.

Efforts to pass other federal voting rights legislation have stalled in the closely divided Senate, as Democrats try to counter voting restrictions enacted in Republican-led states.

From a white-knuckle Wall Street chronicle to a modernized Shakespearean war story, the films on David Edelstein's best-of-the-year list tell solid stories new and old.

Tim Heaphy was the lead investigator for the House Jan. 6 committee. He also looked into the violence in Charlottesville in 2017. He's got a new book out with insights into that experience.

Legislation filed this week by Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana is getting pushback from top city...

Douglas Letter spent 40 years defending the executive branch at the Justice Department. Now, he'll become the House's general counsel, as challenges over subpoenas and executive privilege are likely.

Political leaders are reacting to what the Department of Justice says is its last release of files related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.

School spirit at Penn State was dealt another blow Saturday when it lost its last home game of the football season to Nebraska. The loss comes just days after the firing of the university's iconic head coach Joe Paterno and the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on 40 counts of abusing young boys. NPR's Jeff Brady reports on the game's aftermath.

Last semester, USF St. Petersburg students stressed out by final exams got a chance to unwind with a visit from therapy dogs.With finals approaching once…

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to NPR's Ann Powers and Marcus Dowling of The Tennessean about how two country songs sit atop the Billboard Hot 100, and the context for this moment.