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What we eat plays a role in the health of our environment. Here are some things to consider when trying to make doable changes to improve your impact without breaking the bank.

He ended up at a VA Medical Center in Gainesville seeking a voluntary stay for mental health treatment. Instead, he was involuntarily held under Florida’s Baker Act. Six months later, he killed himself.

UPSIDE Foods filed a lawsuit last month challenging the constitutionality of the law and requested a preliminary injunction. The lawsuit contends, in part, that a federal poultry-products law preempts Florida from imposing such a ban on the sale of “cultivated meat."

Audie Cornish talks to Fla. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, about the latest numbers for people enrolled via HealthCare.gov, and President Obama's announcement for a "fix" to allow people who liked their plans to renew them for one year, despite the termination letters they received in the mail.

The Empath Health facility in Ocala held an open house Friday focused on using art to express those powerful feelings of grief.

Differences in how quickly each state’s counties can report this year’s election results may lead to another “blue shift” or “red mirage” on the presidential electoral map.

The Republican presidential candidate has hammered President Obama's health care law for cutting $500 billion out of Medicare. He has also endorsed Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan, which cuts the same amount out of the program.

A young woman filed suit against the Egyptian military over forced "virginity checks" on female protesters who were arrested last year. While the woman lost her case, there is a growing campaign to put an end to the military's trials of civilians.

One industry that's been a key supporter of President Trump is no fan of the federal shutdown. Oil and gas drilling is booming, but much of it is on federal land and some worry about a slowdown.

Details of the insurance agreement is starting to come into focus for Northeast Florida patients. Meantime, an impasse remains in negotiations between United Healthcare and UF Health.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visits the southern border to check on medical care for migrant children. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Mónica Ortiz Uribe, who's been covering the story for NPR.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with musician Alejandro Escovedo about his latest album, The Crossing. It was inspired by the struggles migrants face crossing the southern border.

The denial means the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for children with gender dysphoria will remain restricted while the federal appeals court considers an underlying case.

Two children recently died in Border Patrol custody. In response, volunteers created pop-up clinics and the Department of Homeland Security ordered medical checks on kids in custody.

The government shutdown is expected to stretch into 2019. The secretary of Homeland Security visits El Paso, Texas, Friday. Stocks end higher after spending much of Thursday in negative territory.

Arab Americans and Muslims have been frustrated with the Biden administration’s response to the ongoing war in Gaza and the expanding conflict into Lebanon.

The renowned North Carolina landmark and tourist attraction was slammed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. The estate says parts of the entrance and farm were damaged and some animals were lost.

In Raqqa, where many streets are still filled with rubble from the battle to force out ISIS a year ago, people are shocked and worried about the U.S. decision to pull out of Syria.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection says medical personnel will immediately examine the hundreds of migrant children under 10 years old in its custody, following the death of a second migrant child.

How long do leftovers really last? Why does coke taste so much better at a restaurant?

After the age of 21, adults with intellectual disabilities are aged out of programs designed to help them. A cafe in Connecticut was recently opened to provide employment and a gathering place.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Mayor Nan Whaley of Dayton, Ohio, after a shooter killed nine people Sunday.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with John Barr, who's been covering the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal for ESPN, about the structures and people that enabled Nassar's behavior.

New details emerged Friday in the criminal case against a felon accused in between stints in prison of submitting false signatures on a petition supporting a 2022 Florida recreational marijuana initiative.

The trade war with China is weighing on America's manufacturers. "[The tariff burden] comes out of our bottom line," says Dan Digre, president of Misco, a speaker-maker in Minnesota.