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Indian authorities have detained at least 1,500 people in India-administered Kashmir after a militant attack killed 26 people this past week, a top police officer told NPR.

The two countries will begin having experts meet to discuss details of a possible deal over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, the top Iranian diplomat said after a second round of talks.

NPR's David Greene talks to Irish Times journalist Hugh Linehan after exit polls in Ireland's parliamentary elections showed the top parties are in a very close race.

The WNBA playoffs are underway with eight teams in the postseason. League officials are hoping to build off last year's record-breaking season.

Bobbys were inescapable in music in the '50s and '60s: Bobby Sherman, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin and more. NPR critic Bob Mondello looks back to an era when everyone seemed to share his name.

Brad Pitt stars in F1, a film about a Formula One racing team from the director of Top Gun: Maverick.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to former top FBI lawyer Andrew Weissmann about the federal indictment of John Bolton, the former National Security Adviser under President Trump during his first term.

NPR talks to Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about Trump's election success. Bonjean held top communications and strategy positions in the House and Senate.

Top state-level election officials react to the Jan. 28 raid on the Fulton County, Ga, elections office. The FBI executed a search warrant seeking ballots from the 2020 election.

In a primetime address Wednesday, President Trump said the nation is on the brink of an economic boom and claimed prices are falling quickly, even as affordability remains a top concern for voters.

St. Petersburg city officials are weighing a shortlist of four proposals for the redevelopment on Tropicana Field. And as the process picks up steam, two prominent members of the city's African American community discuss their hopes for and fears about the project.

The Tampa Bay History Center recently hosted a panel discussion on the now-closed Dozier School for Boys. The reform school in the Florida Panhandle has…

The last time you felt dizzy or experienced an unusual pain, be honest. Did you Google it? Or have you ever read a post on Facebook that got you worried…

Many baby boomers are looking for work to do after they stopped working full-time.This week on Florida Matters (Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday,…

This Florida Matters segment originally aired on June 28, 2016.A massive fish kill in the Indian River Lagoon in spring has been linked to fertilizer use,…

Gov. Rick Scott delivered his eighth and final State of the State address Tuesday on the opening day of the 2018 legislative session.Florida Matters…

Juneteenth has only been recognized as a federal holiday since 2021. But Black American communities have marked the occasion for more than 150 years.

If you are planning to register to vote today, you won't be the only one waiting until the last minute. But don't wait any longer. Hillsborough County's…

In recent months, an arrest warrant scam has stirred up trouble in Tampa Bay. The scam involves a phone call from somebody posing as a law enforcement…

3M settled an even more massive case this year over PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals” that contaminated drinking water in the U.S.

Health officials in Houston, Texas, have discovered mosquitoes carrying the virus that causes St. Louis encephalitis in seven areas of the city. NPR's Wade Goodwyn travels with one of the health department's "mosquito men" as he makes his way through Houston's extensive sewer system, trapping mosquitoes and sending them back to the lab for testing. (6:15) CORRECTION, aired on All Things Considered Sept. 6, 2001: Wade Goodwyn's report about a mosquito surveillance officer in Houston brought out the science police in the audience. Dr. Victor Sloan of Scotch Plains, N.J., writes this: "In Wade Goodwyn's excellent story on Houston's mosquito hunters, he said 'when the dry ice melts.' Melting is the act of a solid becoming liquid. Dry ice does not melt, it sublimes. That is, it goes directly from a solid to a gas, without ever becoming liquid. When I was about 10, my father tried to explain this to me. It took me years to believe him."

It's ahead of the Aug. 20 Florida primary and runs through next weekend.

This week we hear from a St. Petersburg couple about what makes state parks so special. We also get an update on primary race results in the Tampa Bay area.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on decision-making by state election officials across the country about which of the two Reform Party candidates to recognize on their presidential election ballots. Both Patrick Buchanan and John Hagelin claim to be the real Reform Party candidate. This dispute -- which has some 12-point-6 Million dollars in Federal funds ((ed: *NOT* "Federal matching funds")) riding alongside it -- will wind up in courts across the country before election day.

A jury in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho has found the leader of a white supremacist group, and his former employees are liable for more than 6-million dollars in an attack on a woman and her son outside the group's headquarters. The case involves Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler, his former chief of staff and two security guards. Noah Adams talks to NPR's Andy Bowers about the verdict and the lawsuit.