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The August unemployment rates for Florida were released today. Changes were minimal from July to August.Florida’s unemployment rate for August is 6.3%,…

Evening Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 for October 28, 2022

On the second anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill, the proceedings of Congress have once again ground to a halt.

On 9/11, 38 planes were rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland. More than 6,000 passengers and crew were taken in by families there. Their story is the subject of a new musical called, Come From Away.

Britain asks Russians to spy. Biden invites Bibi to the White House.

In the era of streaming music, everything ever recorded is supposed to be at our fingertips. So how did one of the biggest names in the Classic Rock canon go missing?

More than 150,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944 — 80 years ago this week. A small handful told NPR about their experience.

Spring is in the air--and so are graduation caps.The Spring 2019 graduates from the University of South Florida will make their mark as the largest…

Some major performing arts venues in the greater Tampa Bay region are reopening, while others continue with virtual offerings.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office asked a U.S. district judge to issue an emergency injunction against the vaccination requirement while the appeal is being considered.

Since the conventions, Donald Trump has stumbled badly. That has moved voters in the direction of Hillary Clinton, giving her a sizable lead in the key states.

Girls in the U.S. are getting their first menstrual period about 6 months earlier on average than they did in the 1950s and '60s. And the number of girls starting their period before age nine has doubled. Researchers say parents can help prepare their kids for early puberty.

The brief declaration of martial law in South Korea last month has drawn comparisons to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The attempted power grabs could hold lessons for other democracies.

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

John DeMarsico is the broadcast director for Mets baseball -- and he shoots games like they're movies.

A former fierce critic of the FBI, Kash Patel is now leading the agency and making drastic changes.

For those reading tea leaves from the presidential election, here's something else to digest from the swing state of Florida: There are signs that the long relationship between politically active Cuban-Americans and the Republican Party is beginning to fray.

If all goes well, an unmanned capsule will become the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. SpaceX and NASA have been working together to make this launch happen, navigating cultural differences between the young startup and the veteran agency.

In Florida’s education policy world, state Rep. Chris Latvala has sway.Latvala is the House’s chief education budget writer as chairman of the PreK-12…

Sixty percent of the nation's heavily polluted Superfund sites—nearly 950 of them—are at risk from the impacts of climate change, including hurricane...

The legislation removes cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and expunges low-level convictions and arrests. But the GOP Senate is not expected to take up the bill.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Los Angeles Times political reporter Seema Mehta about the leader of the House Republicans, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, and the future of the GOP.

The Florida Legislature has a little more than a week to decide on several initiatives, including teacher pay raises and how to spend federal money received from the American Rescue Plan.

A single Republican, Sen. Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg, crossed party lines and joining Democrats in voting against the bill.

Colonial Pipeline says it has "initiated the restart" of operations at the pipeline affected by a cyberattack as a wave of panic-buying empties out many gas stations across the Southeast.