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With the start of hurricane season about three months away, many people are asking whether repairs to New Orleans' flood-protection system will be ready in time. NPR Science Correspondent David Kestenbaum provides an update on efforts to restore the city's levees.

Una corte de apelaciones está deteniendo la orden de otra jueza para detener el desarrollo en un centro de detención de inmigrantes en el sur de la Florida. La decisión es parte de una batalla legal en curso para proteger los Everglades de lo que las autoridades apodaron "Alligator Alcatraz".

Avenue Q, an adult musical featuring naughty puppets, wins the prize for best new musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards. In a major upset, Idina Menzel -- who plays the green-skinned Elphaba in Wicked, a retelling of the Wizard of Oz -- wins in the toughest race of the night, best actress in a musical. Phylicia Rashad becomes the first African American to win best actress in a play for her role in a A Raisin in the Sun. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Estos eventos te inyectarán energía y te facilitarán el camino hacia la temporada navideña.

La expansión incluye cuatro de los quirófanos más grandes del hospital, diseñados para necesidades avanzadas de neurocirugía y ortopedia.

El taller del martes en la Comisión del Condado de Sarasota es el primero de varios esperados este año, mientras se consideran cambios en el departamento de aguas pluviales de $27 millones y sus políticas.

Campaigning for Thursday's national election in Britain has proven particularly contentious in areas such as East London's Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, where the Iraq war is a key issue.

Un proyecto visual documenta a familiares, hermanos, padres y amigos de víctimas de crímenes de género en Argentina

A war and famine in Sudan have displaced over 10 million people, with no sign of letting up. It's the largest displacement crisis in the world, and refugees have fled as far as Europe.

It's open enrollment season for people who buy their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces . After a series of repeal efforts...

In a statement Tuesday morning, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said "the situation is stabilizing" for the banking sector after a tumultuous two weeks.

We caught up with House Speaker Will Weatherford at yesterday’s meeting of the Suncoast Tiger Bay civic club.Weatherford, a Wesley Chapel Republican, took…

La elección se llevará a cabo este martes de 7 a. m. a 7 p. m.

La Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida (FHP, por sus siglas en inglés) relajó recientemente su política de persecuciones policiales.

La demanda alega que el gobierno federal ignoró los requisitos para permitir audiencias públicas y comentarios de la ciudadanía sobre el fallo.

Low-wage fast food, retail and home care workers have formed a new union in the South.

Noted Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has penned a massive new novel. It's titled 1Q84, a nod to George Orwell's 1984. A young woman plunges into an alternate universe filled with love, mystery, fantasy and self discovery.

Desde una base de datos de maltratadores de animales hasta la rendición de cuentas sobre la asequibilidad de los condominios, estas son algunas de las leyes que entrarán en vigor el 1 de enero.

Cullen Hoback followed the growth of QAnon for three years. He speaks with NPR about the dangerous conspiracy theory and his six-part series on HBO.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Arin Dube, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, about how wage growth is breaking down some barriers in the job market.

One of the most enduring and endearing characters of author Ian Fleming's books about super-spy James Bond is Q, the brilliant gadget man. Today, Q's influence reverberates throughout government agencies in the United States and abroad.

The composer's music strives to reconcile a fascination with the past with a stylish, pointillist craftsmanship. He says he takes the same care in surrounding himself with objects he loves.

Chad Widmer, a senior aquarist at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium in California, talks about the pervasive creatures, and how, in normal conditions, jellies are good.

Despite the fossil fuel-friendly cabinet shaping up under President-elect Donald Trump, renewable energy companies aren't as pessimistic as you might think. They say market forces are on their side.