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Brandon Scott is the city's youngest mayor in more than a century. The 36-year-old campaigned on an unprecedented platform of curbing mayoral power.

Joe Biden is expected to nominate a retired four-star general as defense chief. Vaccinations against the coronavirus have begun in the U.K. Plus, new data show how COVID-19 is stressing hospitals.

The pandemic has hit Native American communities hard. Among those affected are speakers of the endangered Cherokee language. Edna Raper was a fluent Cherokee speaker. She died of COVID-19 at age 67.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with a group of Democratic voters she met during the primary season to see what their takeaways are from the Democratic National Convention.

Forty deaths from complications related to COVID-19 were recorded in the greater Tampa Bay region, including 15 in Hillsborough County, bringing the county's death toll to more than 1,000 people.

Some people who have recovered from COVID-19 have lingering symptoms. A clinic at Johns Hopkins University is helping patients get to the bottom of their ongoing mental and physical struggles.

With a spike in COVID-19 cases colliding with cold weather and the holidays, many Americans are facing difficult decisions about whether and how to socialize.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with filmmaker Ryan White about his documentary Assassins, which explores the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother at a Malaysian airport.

The money will go to about 50 cats that live in the basement of the State Hermitage Museum in Russia. Cats have been living in the museum since the 1700s.

The Food and Drug Administration has released detailed information about the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The material will be evaluated later this week by an independent committee of experts.

Bob Dylan sold his song catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group. David Crosby says he's in the process of selling his publishing rights too — as the pandemic reshuffles the music industry.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as his defense secretary. If confirmed, Austin would be the first African American to head the Pentagon.

The U.K. has begun inoculating people against COVID-19 using the Pfizer vaccine, amid concerns that future supplies of vaccines might be disrupted by Britain's exit from the European Union.

The tornado touched down in Pinellas Park just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. It then reformed later in the evening over Hillsborough and Polk Counties.

Common devices to measure oxygen in the blood don't work as well in people with darker skin, according to a new study. They are useful, but experts warn readings should be interpreted more carefully.

Long-term care residents’ participation in the vaccination effort is clouded by a significant complication: More than half have cognitive impairment or dementia.

Dr. Regan Schwartz has been treating COVID-19 patients since March. He says the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh its minor side effects.

City and county leaders are taking a regional approach with more consistent messaging and similar ordinances for mask wearing and physical distancing.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Bob Bauer, a legal adviser to President-Elect Joe Biden, about the legal maneuvering by the campaigns since the presidential election last month.

Thursday's hearing was the first time members of the Sackler family faced a public accounting for their alleged role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.

SpaceX is set to launch its last rocket of 2020 from Cape Canaveral Thursday morning with a boom. There’s the chance residents along the space coast could hear a sonic boom shortly after liftoff.

Many favorite holiday traditions could be treacherous this year because of the coronavirus. Here's how experts view the risks — and some creative, safer alternatives to keep up a festive mood.

Supporters say it will help reduce duplication over state and federal permitting and give Florida more control.

Despite being founded a decade ago, Moderna has never had a product make it to market. And the company registered its first factory with the Food and Drug Administration just this week.

A large leap in COVID-19 cases in the greater Tampa Bay region was reported Thursday — the second most in a single day.