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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Tom Smith, executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, about the current state of the nation's infrastructure. The group issued a report card in 2017.

Ryan Murphy's trashy melodrama further cements his parallels with Lee Daniels and Tyler Perry. But even fans of "so bad it's good" trash TV would throw their hands up in agony at Murphy's new show starring Kim Kardashian.

Actor André Holland imagined professional basketball if athletes had real agency. So he teamed up with director Steven Soderburgh for a movie which imagines what that might look like.

U.S. speed skaters competed in the team pursuit Tuesday. The U.S. men are taking home a silver medal in the speedskating Team Pursuit, and more exciting races are coming up this week.

New audio recordings of Rep. Kevin McCarthy call into question his honesty and integrity, as well as his ambitions to become House speaker should Republicans win control of the chamber in November.

This week on Florida Matters, we hear why Black Americans get arrested at a rate higher than other groups.It's a very complex issue, and there there are…

With the 2023 Hurricane season underway, we discuss what causes storms to spin up in the Atlantic and lessons learned from Hurricane Ian.

Located about an hour north of Tampa at the crossroads of U.S. 19 and State Road 50, WeekiWachee is more than just a mark on a road map. The state park is…

After school "learning hubs" are helping some high school students in North Carolina catch up on academic time lost due to COVID — and stay on track for graduation.

Seeing Trump in the dock in a criminal case enrages his core supporters and the GOP officeholders who depend on them. But it could also breathe new life into candidacies that offer alternatives.

As more and more people filter back to the workplace, many face a tiny space that can create a large logjam: the elevator. Even the lobby is fraught with coronavirus questions. We have answers.

WUSF will be providing the latest news and information on coronavirus in Tampa Bay and across the state. Here are the latest developments:Total positive…

Hundreds of medical centers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts face serious risks from even relatively weak storms as climate change accelerates sea-level rise — not to mention big ones like Category 4 Hurricane Ian.

The woman next to me, who described herself as knowing "zero" about the economy, asked whether I thought the Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates. I felt an acute sense of dread.

President Biden and former President Trump took questions from CNN moderators for 90 minutes. Biden started out hard to follow. Trump confidently made assertions that were often factually wrong.

While only Congress can shutter the department, the president is reportedly considering executive action to severely scale back its responsibilities and staffing.

Despite the encouraging trend, the percentage of Black-owned businesses in the Tallahassee area falls well short of the percentage of African Americans in the city's population.

With lyrics poking at the ways young women are scrutinized and exploited, Happier than Ever finds Eilish in some dark corners — but the pop supernova tells NPR she's got lots to feel hopeful about.

Seattle Pacific University Board of Trustees Chair Cedric Davis says the trustees made their decision based on what they believed was most in line with the college's mission, according to a statement.

The Diamond Princess cruise ship is currently quarantined in Japan because of 175 confirmed cases of the coronavirus — the infectious disease the World…

During the hearing, the judge chided the state for issuing a comment last week that mediation efforts had reached an “impasse” when they had not.

The fifth-graders’ work was featured on a Guy Harvey line of travel cups.

The world's oldest drawing was made 73,000 years ago in a South African Cave on a rock with an ocher "crayon."

The Taliban beat him for being Hazara. He spent his life savings to smuggle his family to Turkey — climbing over its border wall — to find a community of Afghans that helps each other get settled.

A killer Eddie Van Halen solo has an air of rawness and immediacy, but what made the late pyrotechnic guitarist iconic was his ability to balance spontaneity with carefully-honed precision.