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The markers went up on Sunday - one for each of Florida's fallen from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If the photo from the Marine Families Facebook…

Last week Gov. Rick Scott asked three dozen parents, educators, lawmakers and business leaders to take a look at state education policies at a three-day…

Congressman Alan Grayson is back in the news. The rather verbose Democratic Congressman from the Orlando area came to national fame a few years back, when…

Corrections officials in Ohio say Castro is believed to have committed suicide in his cell Tuesday night. He was serving a life sentence for holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for more than 10 years.

It would seem like an unlikely location for bed bugs, but the University of South Florida's Business Administration building has been hit by the critters.…

Florida is home to around 1.6 million military veterans. That's a point of pride among state officials who like to say Florida is the "most…

In a plea deal agreement that will drop a murder charge down to product tampering and mail fraud, John Andrew Welden admitted he tricked his ex-girlfriend…

Gov. Rick Scott will visit Tampa Thursday, the third stop in his round-the-state tour touting tax cuts.A news release from the governor's office says the…

U.S. News and World Report's annual list of the country's best national universities is out and, no surprise here, Ivy League schools dominate the top…

Friday the 13th is a lucky day for WUSF. On this date in 1963, WUSF Public Media first hit the airwaves. Now, 50 years later, members of the Tampa Bay…

Richard Gonzmart knows a thing or two about being an institution:"Hi, my name is Richard Gonzmart. I'm the fourth-generation owner/operator of the…

Straz Center CEO Judy Lisi applauds WUSF Public Media's 50th anniversary."Hello, I'm Judy Lisi. I am the CEO of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.…

A community outreach worker from Tampa's Moffitt Cancer Center was honored this morning as a "Champion of Change" by the Obama Administration.At the…

NPR's Robert Siegel has been working in radio news for 40 years -- almost as long as WUSF Public Media."Hi, this is Robert Siegel, host of NPR's All…

You can still view the "Tampa Bay Times" online for free. But only 15 pages per month.To see more of the online version of the newspaper you now have to…

Investigators say they're confident only one gunman was responsible for the deaths of 12 people and wounding of others. The man who authorities say carried out the attack, 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, is also dead after a gun battle with police.

Friends and family are shocked that he's said to have killed 12 people Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. Was Alexis a gentle man who studied Buddhism? Or a violent man prone to outbursts? The suspected killer's past points to both.

New federal health insurance rules are inching closer to a January 1st deadline. The requirement that most Americans obtain coverage is feeling very real…

Businesses and healthcare industry leaders on Tuesday publicly urged Florida lawmakers to use billions of dollars in federal funds to provide health…

The chairman of the Senate education committee is asking residents to send him their questions about Florida’s new math, English and literacy standards,…

Two Florida lawmakers were in Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning to share their perspective on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. State Sen.…

While staff and faculty at the University of South Florida have $8 million in raises to look forward to, the looming specter of a $12 million budget…

A former USF Health librarian accused of using her university purchasing card, or "PCard," to run up hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses…

Florida's attempt to pull out of the depths of the Great Recession continues to be uneven and bumpy.The state released new unemployment rates on Friday…

The history of Florida is in a sense the history of America - St. Augustine was settled long before the English landed at Jamestown. A new exhibit at the…