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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…

"Allo" is Greek for "other." Alloparents are helpful relatives and neighbors. In a study from Congo, babies had 8 alloparents on average. Perhaps the self-reliant nuclear family is a societal misstep.

The airport is growing fast, tripling traffic in the last several years. And New College of Florida is also trying to expand. The deal aimed to satisfy both, but was nixed by federal aviation authorities.

The court reversed the conviction of a sergeant who used his police car computer to access and then sell a license plate number in exchange for $5,000.

The controversial practice to stop a Senate proposal from being brought to a vote has caused some infighting among Democrats.

Attorneys for former President Trump, his aide Walt Nauta and the federal government were in court in Florida on Tuesday for the first pretrial hearing in the classified documents case.

The Senate agreement is now before the House, which needs to act by midnight to avert a shutdown. The deal appears to include almost every health priority Democrats have been pushing in recent months.

From autoworkers to actors. Nurses to newspaper reporters. More than half a million workers went on strike this year, and many emerged with big wins. Is this a union comeback?

The variants — BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1 — have been detected in New York and other states as well as 5 other countries. One has a mutation that seems to give it an edge in evading the immune system.

Two prominent state senators intend to release proposals for the 2020 legislative session that would set up the Republican platform on immigration, a key…

The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the prominent Russian opposition leader was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent previously used by Russian agents, and says Moscow has some explaining to do.

As lawmakers met to debate House rules, one proposed requiring women to wear jackets. They ultimately passed a modified amendment (permitting cardigans), but not without vocal pushback from Democrats.

While the report called Florida a 'solar powerhouse,' its numbers fall behind other states when averaged out per customer.

It's decision day for millions of federal employees who find themselves at a "fork in the road." And, the Trump administration's plans to shut down USAID could have devastating consequences worldwide.

"The RNC and Republicans on Capitol Hill know they are poised for a great election year and what's the biggest thing that could be a hurdle to that? Donald Trump," says one longtime GOP consultant.

The BBC has apologized to President Trump for the way it edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech but says it won't pay compensation. Trump has threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster.

Are you in love? Out of love? Alone? In a partnership? No matter your love status, you deserve something sweet, something special.

Many Girl Scout councils are raising the price of their popular cookies from $5 to $6 a box. The increase offers Girl Scouts and their customers a bittersweet lesson in inflation.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with the International Rescue Committee's country director of Afghanistan, Sherine Ibrahim, about the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern mountainous region.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with reporter Alana Casanova-Burgess about her reporting on efforts to possibly change how we categorize hurricanes as they become more powerful.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing the endangered status of manatees. Tonight on Florida Matters on WUSF 89.7 FM at 6:30 p.m., a panel of…

The race between Georgia incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker is too close to call and will go to a runoff election this December. What does that mean?

Software company SAS is No. 1 again — in large part because "its perks are epic." Boston Consulting is No. 2 and Wegmans Food Markets comes in at No. 3.

Planning is continuing on building three new toll roads, which would become the biggest road construction project in Florida since the Interstate Highway…