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All this week we are remembering our favorite moments during the 21-year-run of Talk of the Nation. Former Editor Barrie Hardymon says working with Neal was a true highlight.

Chip Starnes had laid off some workers at his Chinese factory and paid them severance but remaining workers were afraid they'd lose their jobs, too. They were so angry they wouldn't let him leave the facility for six days.

George Zimmerman's defense attorneys pointed to several inconsistencies Thursday in the story of a friend who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin at the…

Over the next five years, more than one million men and women will leave the military and re-enter civilian life. For some, that is not an easy…

So far this year, 15 children have died in the U.S. after they were accidentally left behind in hot cars. Florida has had four of those deaths, more than…

The National Hockey League 2013-2014 season will be different in several ways this year in Tampa.There's re-alignment -- which takes the NHL's…

A witness in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial told jurors Friday he saw Trayvon Martin on top of Zimmerman during the deadly scuffle.…

Wallenda put his circus family back on the map with his high-wire trip across Niagara Falls in 2012. Last week, it was a walk across a 1,500-foot gorge near the Grand Canyon. Of course he gets butterflies, he says, but there's no fear.

After traveling 125 million miles in orbit, the shuttle is now on display about 10 miles from where it launched and landed on its final mission just under two years ago.

As many as 400 firefighters, still mourning those lost, are now battling the massive Arizona wildfire. Since it began Friday, the Yarnell Hill Fire has grown to more than 8,000 acres, destroying an estimated 200 homes.

UPDATE at 12:38 PM Monday, July 1st: According to a release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, an arrest has been made in connection with…

It seems EVERYONE has a blog these days, even the newest four-legged recruit for the Tampa Police Department.10-week-old Blu, the Bloodhound and his human…

Florida’s private homeowners’ insurance market is “the worse it’s ever been” in the past five years according to Michael Letcher, president of the Home…

HLN network chief executive Scot Safon resisted any impulse to call his boss, Jeff Zucker, to say "What are you doing to me?" when he learned that CNN…

Over 150 new laws went into effect in Florida today. One of them was the option to covert faster golf carts - or similar low-speed vehicles - to even…

A celebration of atheism in Florida draws the critical eye of commentator Barbara J. King. She says that one of the quotes carved on a new monument is both unfortunate and divisive.

As often as they can, Kelly Woodward and her fiance hop on Skype at 3:05 in the afternoon. Their chats are a excuse to catch up, but it's mostly about Cuban coffee.

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on NPR's Code Switch blog, which explores race, culture and ethnicity.Last week, Rachel Jeantel took the…

Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett said he will recommend changes to the state’s A through F school grading system by the end of the week.Bennett…

Hurricane storm surge can inundate the narrow, low-lying Florida Keys, but that is far from the only water worry for officials.A tidal gauge operating…

We've all been there: an appointment downtown lasts longer than you were expecting. Your only options are to duck out early to feed the parking meter, or…

A medical examiner testifying in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial Tuesday described Zimmerman's injuries from the night he shot 17-year-old…

The Lakeland Police Department is coming under increasing public criticism as reports of a years-long sex scandal and other high-profile incidents…

Florida Covering Kids and Families, which has helped thousands of uninsured children in Florida get enrolled in a health plan, has won a $1 million…