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In his first high-profile appearance since the June 27 CNN debate, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Doral, Florida, where he made made multiple false statements, particularly on immigration and the economy.

2024 came with a lot of challenges for the Sunshine State, including multiple hurricanes that threatened coastal communities and a contentious presidential election with many local and state seats up for grabs.

The president's arrival delayed the match and left many ticketholders waiting in line. He watched from Rolex's luxury box.

The CDC released a letter that outlines guidance, along with a potential restart date for cruises departing from U.S ports this summer.

A deadly fire and explosion at a German chemical plant has created big headaches for the global auto industry. The recent blast has resulted in a shortage of a chemical compound used in plastic fuel and brake lines. The chemical is hard to replace, and now automakers are scrambling to avoid major production disruptions.

Princes Cruise Lines lawyers are calling for the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging the crew of their mammoth Star Princess cruise liner failed to help a Panamanian fishing boat in distress.

Investigators believe a 1,200-foot cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line.

A cease-fire has been in place for years, but Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers kill each other every week in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The United States, Russia and France have been trying to negotiate a settlement.

Barbara Lynch grew up in a housing project in South Boston, and never finished high school. Now she oversees seven restaurants in the Boston area.

A program that makes poems from our tweets / With rhyming lines and smooth iambic beats ... Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote a program to find tweets in iambic pentameter and retweet them in rhyming pairs. With NPR's Jacki Lyden, he shares some of the resulting couplets.

"Ever since I was five years old, I've dreamed of traveling to space," Bezos said. The 11-minute flight will take place two weeks after the billionaire steps down as Amazon CEO.

Kim Zupan's debut novel is about the relationship between a deputy sheriff and a hardened killer. This book explores the line between good and evil in a manner that's as honest as it is unsettling.

Roddy Doyle's new The Guts revisits the Commitments three decades later, grown up and dealing with life's blows. Mastermind Jimmy Rabbitte is out of the hospital after cancer surgery, and he's living life one day at a time. Critic Alan Cheuse says the dialogue-heavy novel is both foulmouthed and bursting with joie de vivre.

Raw sewage spills into England's rivers doubled last year. Organizers of a famous rowing race on the River Thames have installed a disinfecting station at this weekend's finish line.

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: In 2024, North America experienced four eclipses, including the total eclipse in April. Tune in for music inspired by and composed just for these occasions, with “Eclipse” by Marc Mellits. It’s music that sonically reflects the process of eclipse with hidden melodies, dancing rhythms, and funky lines.Then: we kick off a series of interviews featuring composers from Sarasota’s Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program. Tune in for an introduction by artistic director Max Tan and composer mentor Sean Friar, then we’ll hear from fellows David Acevedo and Daniel Gostelow.

Investigators have removed the flight data recorder from a Delta Air Lines regional jet that flipped upside down and burst into flames upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

The Senate's budget framework is at odds with the House's approach, and both chambers ultimately have to be on the same page to get the legislation across the finish line.

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

The Republican-controlled chamber passed two bills along party lines to carry out President Donald Trump’s directive to rename what has been known as the Gulf of Mexico for centuries.

President Trump's latest executive order on drug prices aims to lower them by bringing them into line with what other developed countries pay. Experts caution that this is no small task.

Has your view of Elon Musk changed now that he is heading up DOGE? Those who do are being called to join picket lines in a "global day of protest" on March 29.

Canadian investigators released a preliminary report into last month's Delta Air Lines regional jet rollover landing crash in Toronto. The plane was descending too quickly before it hit the runway.

A day after Saturday's U.S. strikes, Venezuelans describe fear, confusion, and long lines for fuel and food.

A Civil War battle of Ball's Bluff, near Leesburg, Va., forms the backdrop for the opening scene of Geraldine Brooks' new novel, March. Its principal character, Capt. March, becomes undone by the evils of war and his own moral shortcomings.

NPR's Ari Shapiro spends a day at the Medyka border crossing to see how the flow of refugees has changed over the nearly three months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.