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A new NPR/Ipsos poll looks at the public's feelings around federal student loan forgiveness, and what borrowers chose to do with their money when loan payments were put on hold.

Americans agree students should be prepared for school shootings, but a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds they differ in how to approach the issue.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds about 6 in 10 Americans are opposed to training teachers to carry guns in schools. But two-thirds of Republicans, including 71 percent of Republican men, are in favor of it.

Massive hurricanes, corrupt politicians and the tragic death of a famous manatee – there was a lot of big news in Florida this year. This week on Florida…

COVID-19 infections show no signs of slowing in Florida.Monday evening’s report from the Florida Department of Health said 13,629 people have tested…

Reverend Carroll Pickett has stood alongside 95 inmates during their executions in Huntsville, Texas. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Reverend Pickett about Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to allow injured victims and victim family members in the Oklahoma City Bombing to watch Timothy McVeigh's execution next month. To hear more from Reverend Pickett and other observers of Huntsville's death chamber, you can listen to the radio documentary Witness to an Execution produced by Stacy Abramson and David Isay. Just go to www.soundportraits.org.

Electric vehicles are caught up in the culture wars. Data from Ipsos shows the percentage of Americans who believe EVs are better for the environment than gas cars has dropped 5 points since 2022.

Some of the biggest issues up for debate include new rules on carrying concealed weapons, affordable housing, sweeping changes to education and more.

The top Non-Commissioned Officers from the Florida Army National Guard this weekend are at Camp Blanding vying for the title of “Florida NCO of the…

Florida universities will share $151 million in funding next academic year that will allow them to recruit top-level researchers and improve professional…

Just in time for Mother's Day, participants in the StoryCorps national oral history project make special recordings with, and for, their moms. Hear a sampling of the conversations recorded in a booth at New York City's Grand Central Terminal.

NPR's Rachel Martin asks Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, to respond to the first session of the January 6 hearings.

The University of South Florida now ranks 25th among the country's public research universities for research spending, up two spots from a year ago.The…

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that half of Americans say there's an "invasion" at the southern border. And that false and misleading claims about migrants are taking hold, particularly with Republicans.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.

The invitation came as the Pac-12 looks to relaunch after losing most of its schools during a dramatic round of realignments. American and Mountain West teams were its top targets.

A year after a pro-Trump mob invaded the U.S. Capitol, teachers say they want students to grapple with the uncomfortable facts of the day.

Dr. Mobeen Rathore, chief of pediatric infectious diseases and immunology at the UF-Jacksonville College of Medicine, explains what have we learned about the disease what its future looks like?

On "Florida Matters: Live and Local," we hear about an ER doctor's heart-wrenching mission to Gaza, a great find at TPA, the latest in a political investigation and modern library makeovers.

Recommendations include "Fargo" and "The Crown."

The two top executives at the South Florida-based online pet store made tens of millions of dollars last year. However, one may miss out on collecting much of the pay as he departs the company.

Florida continues its surge of new COVID-19 cases, as well over 1 million people have tested positive for the virus.

Dig below the strata of pop songs so ubiquitous you can't stand to hear them anymore, and you'll find plenty of riches in the Top 40, from country crossover to innovative R&B and classic pop.

More than 2.6 million people in Florida lacked health insurance at some point in 2017, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.