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Police in Hillsborough County say a 4-year-old child fatally shot himself with a gun he found in his house.

The residential real estate listing website Trulia is riding the recovery in the housing market. Trulia's initial public stock offering is the first real test of the market's appetite for technology start-ups since Facebook's rocky debut.

The president mentioned the Brussels attacks during a historic address to the Cuban people at the Gran Teatro on Tuesday. Latin America expert Christopher Sabatini and NPR reporters provide analysis.

Commentator Shai Oster visited a Chinese fortune teller and learned the secret to a long life.

Tens of thousands of new immigrant students enrolled in Miami-Dade County Public Schools last year, after leaving behind economic crises, political repression and rampant violence in their home countries. Now the school district is rolling out new strategies to support these "newcomer" students.

WUSF is honoring Women's History Month by speaking to people who've impacted the community.

Michigan is a key state in the 2024 elections. How is the war between Israel and Hamas registering with voters there, particularly Arab Americans?

The father and sports legend has been outwardly supportive of his daughter Zaya as culture wars surrounding trans rights have continued to swell.

For the fourth year, the anti-Trump Women's March will stage events in Washington, D.C., and other places. After years of controversy, the group now has new leadership and a new focus.

Blazes in Oregon and Washington were among some 60 large, active wildfires that have destroyed homes and burned through close to a million acres.

Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 15 days in jail for disobeying police orders on Tuesday, the day after his arrest. The opposition leader has been speaking out against Russia's war in Ukraine.

Nov. 19 is World Toilet Day — officially declared by the United Nations to bring attention to the 3.4 billion people who live without "safely managed sanitation."

Read an excerpt of William Cohan's book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.

The 6-week abortion ban went into effect on May 1. It replaced the 15-week ban that went into effect in July 2022, just after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The closest state that allows a longer gestational limit is North Carolina at 12 weeks.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has managed to hold onto power after Monday's election, but by a very slim margin. He will now have to work with a minority government.

More than 2,500 champion show dogs have descended upon Madison Square Garden for the 129th Westminster Kennel Club's dog show. One of the top African-American handlers in the sport is there, hoping to make history. Allison Keyes reports.

By age 15, Killian Mansfield of Woodstock, N.Y., was a prodigy. This despite being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that would take his life. But he hung on long enough to achieve his dream: to make Somewhere Else, his star-studded debut album.

The Chicago-based 40+ Double Dutch Club has more than a hundred chapters across the country and two internationally. Founder Pamela Robinson says it's about more than just jumping rope.

Tampa Bay had to wait until the second round, but traded up six spots to take the forward, who will play at UMass this season. Kulebiakin and the other picks will be at this week's development camp in Brandon.

Getting by in Venezuela gets harder by the day with deep shortages of food and medicine and a currency that's just about worthless. Perhaps it's no surprise that betting shops are thriving.

A pickup pulling a trailer carrying live monkeys in Pennsylvania on Friday was hit by a dump truck, setting several of the animals loose. The last of the monkeys were located the next day.

It's impossible to keep up with TV options. These shows are worth catching up on — or revisiting.

In 2023, six nations were able to eliminate virtually all cases of at least one of the illnesses on the World Health Organization's priority list of "neglected tropical diseases."

Humpback whales are washing up on east coast beaches. Boats, fish, and their growing population may be to blame.

That's the finding of a new study in Bangladesh, which gave reading glasses to hundreds of people and then measured their earnings.