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An equity commission created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released over 60 recommendations it says will finally bring more fairness to policies affecting farming and rural America.

ExxonMobil is suing two investors over a shareholder proposal that called for it to reduce emissions. If Exxon succeeds, advocates worry the case could chill shareholder activism on climate change.

The county commission plans to use about $4.5 million in leftover money from the American Rescue Plan. Orange would be the first Florida county to do so.

The treatment involves implanting electrodes in the brain that are attached to a device placed under the skin in the chest. Recent research is promising, and doctors believe federal approval may come soon.

President Biden told governors that he's looking for ways to take executive action to reduce the number of migrants crossing the southern border — but he's limited by laws and lack of funding.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to math historian Glen Van Brummelen about his finding that the decimal point appeared in the 1440s, earlier than thought.

Reverberations of the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn federal abortion protections are likely to figure into November's elections.

Hear (and download) profoundly moving performances of music by Basinski, Marshall, Golijov and Schnittke — met by a deeply reflective and attentive audience.

Florida's latest education controversy involves a bill moving through the state legislature that would require public schools to teach kids about communism as early as kindergarten. Two academic experts discuss whether children and their teachers are prepared for these conversations.

A medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders says a ceasefire is the only way aid workers will be able to treat patients and feed a starving population in Gaza.

A pair of bills, HB 621 and SB 888, moving toward a vote by the full House and Senate would make it easier to remove squatters from residential property. Some worry that authorities could unfairly apply the rules to renters.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still in Cuba recovering from cancer surgery. Nowhere in the U.S. is the political instability in Venezuela more apparent than in South Florida, home to hundreds-of-thousands of the country's expatriates. They are concerned about the instability Chavez's absence has caused in their homeland.

Many of the lines on tax forms like the 1040 seem oddly specific. Some are for farmers, some for divorcees, some for servicemen and women. Behind each of those we can see the process that shapes our tax code. NPR looks at one line — for performing artists — and how it came to be.

A debate was held Monday, Feb. 12 at the Orlando Public Library. Participants discussed Florida's book bans.

The executive director of the Florida Ethics Institute and former deputy executive director of the Florida Commission on Ethics, speaks about ethics in government and an unprecedented threat via the Florida Senate’s recent passage of Senate Bill (SB) 7014.

Around 90% of the flowers sold at florists and supermarkets in the United States actually pass through Miami International Airport, arriving on hundreds of flights from South America.

University of Florida scientist Tracie Baker, canoed the same extremely remote 130-mile path that explorer Hugh Willoughby traveled 125 years ago — with the goal of comparing water in 2022 with 1897 and assessing the intrusion of modern chemicals into some of the most remote wilderness in America.

Several environmental groups say they plan to sue the federal government for failing to regulate waste produced by phosphate mining. The move comes after they had asked the feds to toughen industry standards.

Federal agencies have deemed lab-grown, or cultivated, meat safe to eat. But the legislation, supported by the state’s agriculture industry, “pumps the brakes” on the food to ensure it is safe.

Barely one-fifth of the staghorn corals survived. And elkhorn corals weren't even found at two of the five reefs surveyed. These are the biggest, most visible corals found in the world's third-largest reef.

Taiwan has endured a long history of colonization. As a trip to the culinary center of Tainan reveals, those outside forces have helped create a cuisine that is distinctly Taiwanese.

A new batch of AI-powered devices known as AI agents are all the rage in Silicon Valley. They're devices with a voice assistant that can complete real-world tasks for you.

In early January 2023, John Cheeks saw that the winning Powerball numbers online matched his lottery ticket. But when he tried to redeem the prize, he was told it was a "mistake." Now, he's suing.

Scientists say the fish kill that started in November and spread among dozens of species is unlike anything they've seen before.

Portugal cut drug deaths by 80%, using free health care and addiction treatment. The U.S., meanwhile, focused on drug busts and tough crime laws. Overdose deaths keep rising catastrophically.