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The plan, called the "Limit, Save, Grow Act," would lift the debt limit by $1.5 trillion and is the Republican Party's plan to avert a catastrophic default on the U.S.'s debt obligations.

Dr. Regina Benjamin founded a rural health care clinic in Bayou la Batre, Ala., 15 years ago. Katrina's 25-foot storm surge flooded her modest office, but she's still on the job, tending to people who fall between the cracks of Medicaid and private insurance.

Federal Reserve policymakers raise a key short-term interest rate by one quarter of a percentage point, putting the Fed Funds rate at 1.5 percent. In a statement, the Fed said the economy seems "poised to resume a stronger pace of expansion" despite a recent slowdown in growth and job creation. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that the freedom granted to the 15 British sailors and marines held captive in Iran is a 'gift' to the British people. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is pleased with the news, but what will be the long term consequences of the soldiers capture mean for Iran?

The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.

News Service of FloridaAfter successfully pushing through a controversial law that bans so-called sanctuary cities, the chairman of the Republican Party…

The weather is fooling many Floridians today, and it's not just a mean joke. A strong cold front has moved into the Sunshine State, producing rain and...

Bernardo Arévalo, who won the Guatemalan presidency by a landslide, says what is happening in his country is a "coup in slow motion."

Enrique Tarrio said his group in Miami will continue focusing on "local issues," including alleged indoctrination of children.

Brian Nathan won a special election Tuesday for Senate District 14 in Hillsborough County against Republican state Rep. Josie Tomkow. The margin of victory was so thin that an automatic recount could be called on Friday.

NPR's Ari Shapiro looks back on his talk with Jonathan Ward on his 100-track compilation of early recordings from around the world called Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music.

Writer, actor, lawyer Edwin John Wintle has written his first book, a memoir about what happened when his 13-year old niece came to live with him. His book is Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir.

Marite Sanchez was one of the few people picked out of thousands to help decorate the White House. She knew right away who she'd bring with her: Hugo, her husband. They tell the story of how they met.

As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.

Robert Hur is authorized to probe "possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records."

Plaintiffs including 17-month-old boy nicknamed Woodpecker bring landmark climate litigation in South Korea, the first in Asia to get a public hearing.

What if what appears to be "whiteness" is only skin deep? This comic tells stories from people of color with albinism whose experiences challenge what many people think they know about race.

Richardson has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana.

The Washington, D.C.-based painter became famous for his Drape works — vibrantly painted pieces of fabric that he hung by clips and could never be presented the same way twice.

The Kennedy Center has announced Adam Sandler as the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler's credits include SNL, Happy Gilmore, Grown Ups, The Wedding Singer and Hustle.

As the sun rises above San Juan’s Peninsula de Cantera neighborhood, stray pigs roam the streets looking for scraps of food.In one yard, nearly a dozen…

President Bush invites 15 countries to the White House to talk about ways to slow global warming. But he has been criticized for moving too slowly to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. There's skepticism that the meeting will bring real progress.

Leon is forcing its employees to be vaccinated or be fired. Meantime, Orange is requiring its nonunion workers to get the shots and Miami-Dade is mandating indoors masks in county buildings.

Shirley Hazzard's 1980 novel Transit of Venus tells a sweeping, decades-long tale of two Australian sisters and three men, with a dash of astronomy thrown in. Author Roxana Robinson says the novel entranced her with tragedy, complexity and elegant, arresting prose.

Many activists praised President Obama's plans to expand U.S. efforts to fight AIDS at home and abroad. The announcement comes at a time when experts and activists believe that the goal of an "AIDS-free generation" may be achievable.