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Thanks to all who called in during episode 1 of Florida Matters: The Convention, which aired live from the Tampa Convention Center on Aug. 24, 2012. We…

Voters around the Tampa Bay area are heading to the polls today to decide several key races. Follow WUSF staff and journalism students from the University…

Former President Jimmy Carter talks with Ed Gordon about his latest book, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis, where Carter argues blurring the line between church and state threatens civil liberties. In 1982, Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, co-founded the Carter Center, which works to advance human rights around the world.

The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021 told investigators someone needed to "speak up" for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen, prosecutors said Sunday.

Largely overlooked amid the convention floor fight over Ron Paul's delegates and the delegate selection process was another rule approved at the same time. It would harshly punish any large state that jumps the line on the primary schedule in 2016.

Pointing to an arbitrary process that “ignores substance in favor of blind luck,” an administrative law judge Thursday rejected a state emergency rule...

The tornado touched down in Pinellas Park just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. It then reformed later in the evening over Hillsborough and Polk Counties.

In Gaza City, one business in particular is thriving: Ice Man. People line up to buy bags of crushed ice to cool drinks and keep medications at the right temperature — as long as the owner can get gasoline for his generator.

The 3-year-old colt overcame 12-1 odds at the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby, giving dominant trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh Derby victory.

Rebekah Jones, the widow of a police officer killed in the line of duty in 2014, offers reflections on Thursday's shooting in Dallas.

"Wish-cyclers" are donating millions of pounds of broken goods and trash to Goodwill.

Knitting together Iraq's fractious sectarian and religious groups into a cohesive political body is the goal of Iraq's Dec. 15 parliamentary election. It may only reinforce Iraq's sectarian divisions.

As Russian troops continue to advance, gas lines, checkpoints, and bomb shelters have become a part of life for the people of Ukraine.

In a pre-Christmas offensive to lower prices, the Venezuelan government has taken over a nationwide chain of electronics and appliance stores that it accuses of price gouging. That's led to huge lines outside the stores as shoppers snap up cut-rate refrigerators and computers. As Venezuela's socialist government combats surging inflation, it's warning that more takeovers are ahead.

A collapsed sewer line, about 8 miles from the White House, pumped 368 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of wastewater into the Potomac. Repairs could take longer than previously expected.

Instead of the traditional celebration down Pennsylvania Avenue, the inauguration parade following President Biden's swearing-in ceremony was mostly virtual due to coronavirus-related restrictions.

The Florida Ports Council estimates that the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an economic impact of $22 billion in the state and has affected 170,000 jobs.

He wrote music for The Sting, A Chorus Line and The Way We Were, and won a Tony, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys.

Ice-laden trees have been blamed for widespread power outages in Austin, Texas, this week. More than a hundred thousand households lost power for days.

A powerful low pressure will push a cold front into the Florida Panhandle Tuesday into Wednesday, which could bring strong and severe storms.

"All of us with a memory of the '80s and '90s saw the line drawn from Afghanistan to Sept. 11," says James Comey.

Republicans in the North Carolina House now have a supermajority after Rep. Tricia Cotham switched from the Democratic party to the GOP.

The 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iranian forces in disputed waters are back in London. After nearly two weeks, they were suddenly freed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

At least 40 people have been killed in a suicide attack near the Indian Embassy in Kabul. The car bomb ripped through the front wall of the embassy near where dozens of Afghans line up every morning to apply for visas. Authorities blame the Taliban.

The civil suit filed Thursday seeks a jury trial and "punitive and exemplary damages" to recoup costs and loss of revenue from the deadly wildfires.