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By Carrie PinkardThe United States of America is turning 243 years old this year, which means it’s time to celebrate.All around the Tampa Bay area there…

President Biden encouraged restaurant owners who have been affected by the coronavirus crisis to apply for a grant under the $28.6 billion program.

In response to former President Donald Trump's claims that Mike Pence could have overturned the 2020 election, the former vice president spoke out in his strongest remarks yet.

The administration's proposed adjustment to the wage index, a key factor used to set hospitals' Medicare payments, could help rural facilities while hurting those in cities.

NPR's Scott Simon and Michele Steele of ESPN talk about the final rounds of March Madness, the men's and women's college basketball tournaments, and Major League Baseball's new season.

Mississippi, Missouri, Alaska and Iowa are ending the extra $300-a-week unemployment benefit provided as part of COVID-19 relief in a controversial bid to get people back to work.

Silicon Valley Bank was not a household name. For four decades, SVB successfully competed with big name financial institutions only to come crumbling down in a matter of days.

A powerful earthquake struck Christchurch, one of New Zealand's biggest cities, Tuesday at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing at least 75 people in one of the country's worst natural disasters.

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks sports with ESPN's Michele Steele the end of college amateurism, the French Open women's final, the NHL's Stanley Cup finals, and pro softball.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about the Supreme Court decision to hear former President Donald Trump's immunity arguments against criminal prosecution.

A Tallahassee-area prosecutor says there is insufficient evidence to prove that former state Senator Jack Latvala traded sexual favors in order to help…

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the most widely used school-based drug education program in the nation, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, known as DARE. DARE is a "just say no" curriculum taught in middle schools by police officers. Critics of the program say the DARE approach is too limited to be effective, especially with children who are likely to use drugs. Research released Monday by the US Department of Education confirms the program does not change kids' attitudes and behavior in the long term. But DARE is popular with schools and with Clinton's top drug advisors, who say it should continue to receive federal suppport.

Hidilyn Diaz set a record Monday, winning the Philippines' first gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The country had been trying to reach the podium's top spot for nearly 100 years.

When the Intelligence Identities Protection Act was written, its authors were hardly picturing its use to prosecute top officials in the White House. But the current grand jury has been considering that possibility in the case of CIA operative Valerie Plame. To understand how this came about, a look back to the events of 2002, when the administration was building its case for invading Iraq.

Five must-hear songs, including a Belgian artist with more than 180 million YouTube views, a wry outsider's take on "sweet France" and an earworm from American Top 40 rooted in the Balkans.

While filming in South Africa, Tom Cruise thanked his fans for making Top Gun: Maverick a box office hit as he jumped out of an aircraft. He is shooting the new Mission Impossible movie.

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer capped off a big night at the Oscars by being the popular and highly regarded director's first film to win the top prize.

Two families are battling for bragging rights as the inventor of the wildly popular dish. Will the truth come out? Or it could be there's another origin story involving ... British tastebuds?

A top priority of Florida’s Senate President is now ready for a floor vote. But after some political maneuvering, the bill also contains a controversial...

The killing of a top Iranian scientist last week will likely complicate efforts to restart the Iran nuclear deal. Will Iran really throw out nuclear weapons inspectors?

Biden has signed 15 executive actions on priorities including COVID-19, climate change, racial justice — and rolling back Trump rules.

While the White House instructed Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney not to comply with a subpoena to testify in the impeachment probe, a transcript was released of a top State Department aid's testimony.

Top legal experts say Florida law’s restrictions on social media companies was clearly unconstitutional.

Two days of congressional testimony from the country's top military leaders has put the battle for that narrative on center stage.

The continuing toll of dead fish piling up on the city's shorelines has prompted St. Petersburg officials to ask the governor for help in combating red tide. That comes on top of a similar request by one of the top Democratic contenders for governor.