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Toni Morrison's 1987 work Beloved is the best American novel of the past quarter-century. That's according to a vote of writers and critics who were invited to weigh in with their choices by The New York Times Book Review.

For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Florida universities will share $151 million in funding next academic year that will allow them to recruit top-level researchers and improve professional…

18-year-old Kevin Knox was the ninth overall pick in Thursday's NBA draft. He was selected by the New York Knicks.Knox graduated from Tampa Catholic High…

Mel Brooks' 1968 movie classic The Producers became a Broadway smash. Now comes a new big-screen version that preserves the original's humor and adds the stage show's musical elements.

Florida continues its surge of new COVID-19 cases, as well over 1 million people have tested positive for the virus.

The number of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus topped 1,000, according to the Sunday evening update from the Florida Department of…

The Tiny Desk series producer shares his favorite records of the year.

The invitation came as the Pac-12 looks to relaunch after losing most of its schools during a dramatic round of realignments. American and Mountain West teams were its top targets.

Alberto Moscoso bowed out Nov. 6 amid a reshuffling of personnel at the state agency. He would not elaborate on why he left, or where he was going.

Dr. Mobeen Rathore, chief of pediatric infectious diseases and immunology at the UF-Jacksonville College of Medicine, explains what have we learned about the disease what its future looks like?

The pair led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

More than 2.6 million people in Florida lacked health insurance at some point in 2017, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

No solo estarán disponibles los mismos créditos fiscales durante la próxima década mas o menos, sino que Florida comenzará a distribuir reembolsos de energía doméstica a partir de un fondo de $346 millones de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación que el gobernador Ron DeSantis aceptó recientemente.

Tampa Police have arrested a fast-food worker they believe is connected to the shooting deaths of four people in the city.Updated at 1:05 p.m.…

Tennis's top-ranked Swiatek beat Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the final at Roland Garros. Swiatek's unbeaten run of 35 matches equals one by Venus Williams in 2000 as the longest this century.

Sabrina Carpenter was expected to have a massive week. Still, her journey to the top of the album charts was fraught right up to its final moments, as she fended off a furious challenge from rapper Travis Scott.

Guavaween, Ybor City's annual Latin-themed Halloween celebration, returns Saturday with a few changes. The 27th edition of the event will still feature a…

The two top executives at the South Florida-based online pet store made tens of millions of dollars last year. However, one may miss out on collecting much of the pay as he departs the company.

New details from a Census survey shows just how much more diverse the American electorate is becoming, with political implications still to come.

Federal prosecutors will ask for a 33-year sentence for Enrique Tarrio, the last of the top Proud Boys leaders to be sent to prison for his role in the riot.

As 2016 winds down, Florida Matters is taking a look back at some of the best news stories we discussed throughout the year.This summer you couldn't turn…

Lisa visits the Public Theater in New York for a rehearsal of Top Dog/Underdog a new play by Suzan-Lori Parks. The play features two guys named Lincoln and Booth who live in a claustrophobic New York apartment. It's directed by George C. Wolfe, and stars Jeffrey Wright and Don Cheadle.

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.