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The pristine white sand dunes of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park are bordered by thick jungle on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. Thousands of lagoons fill up after the rainy season.

Local TV giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival Tegna won speedy approval from Trump administration regulators. But it faces a tough challenge from a pair of antitrust lawsuits.

Some mothers-to-be have planned to induce labor early to avoid giving birth on June 6 of this year, sparing their babies the 6-6-06 birthdate. Some parents concerned about the stigma of a "mark of the beast" date are taking other measures to delay birth.

Grab your blanket, your cocoa, your snuggler of choice – holiday movie season has arrived. Here's a rundown of the standard and not-so-standard offerings you'll find on TV this year.

This week on Florida Matters we're talking about how the retail industry is changing in an increasingly digital world.We also discuss the role retail…

The biggest song of 2025 is a straightforward ode to marriage, but the charts and algorithms are filled with love songs expressing something messier.

Americans are divided on lots of issues. But a new survey shows people across partisan lines agree that the U.S. health care system needs fixing.

Pascale Sablan was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.

The USS Boxer, carrying thousands of Marines, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks. This, as the energy crisis pushes the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments March 6 in a dispute about whether a controversial 2017 change to the state’s “stand your ground” self...

Lots of people are surely looking at today's jobs headlines somewhat puzzled, asking one significant question: How can it be that hiring was much worse than expected in March and the unemployment rate still fell — to 7.6 percent?

Florida's second Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday of the year runs from Aug. 24 to Sept. 6.

About 17 percent of the 5,539 cases reported in Florida on Sunday were in the greater Tampa Bay region.

A new review by a task force school officials will assemble “is critical to ensure the policy advances the university’s interests while protecting academic freedom.”

Rob Porter was working at the White House with a temporary security clearance. Throughout the government, though, there is a big backlog of background checks that is hampering its function.

President Trump made energy a top priority on his first day in office, declaring a national emergency – which no president has ever done before. The implications aren't clear.

The federal government is close to a shutdown. President Trump met Monday with top Congressional leaders from both parties in the Oval Office, which ended with both sides dug in.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials in Beijing.

Top Democratic leaders are calling for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, but his campaign says he is not going anywhere. And, key takeaways from the RNC.

With Beyoncé on top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Francesca Royster, author of Black Country Music, about the history of Black women in country music.

Climate change is a top issue for young voters across political parties, but most of the Republican presidential candidates avoided the question.

Republicans are spending more money and running more ads on immigration than Democrats are ahead of the November midterm elections, according to an NPR analysis of advertisement data.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Céline Gounder about lawmakers' contentious questioning of former top U.S. health official Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday.

As cities continue relaxing shelter-in-place mandates and reopening, sports leagues are cautiously readying to compete again.