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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.

The tornado originated in Largo and moved across Tampa into Polk County, causing widespread damage, according to the National Weather Service.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard, about the bureau's role in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and its plans for the next year.

In Georgia, many Republicans are promising to end no-excuse absentee voting, enact photo ID laws for those who qualify for mail-in ballots and potentially strip power from the secretary of state.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor Kaley Cuoco about her new miniseries, The Flight Attendant. It's a twisty caper that starts when her character wakes up next to a murdered man.

Data also show more than 230,000 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday and that 113,090 Americans were hospitalized with the virus — a number that's been on the rise.

Job changes caused by the pandemic meant people who normally relied on employer-sponsored insurance needed a new way to get coverage.

Arizona State football fans are buzzing over new Sun Devils player Jackson He. The running back is believed to be the first Chinese-born player to score a touchdown in an FBS game.

To figure out why evergreens are so costly this year, the Planet Money team decided to get into the tree business. NPR shares what they've found.

Healthy Little Havana has received funding from the Health Foundation of South Florida, which is spending $1.5 million on several groups to do outreach and get more people tested for COVID-19 in hard-hit communities that have mostly Black and Latino residents.

The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay operates a 2-1-1 emergency call center and connects people to mental health resources. We first talked to them in April and we're checking back in.

When Sandy Baker left her marriage, she and her daughter moved into a hotel. They were homeless for over 2 years, and that, they said, left them with what mattered: Those who loved them the most.

At StoryCorps, Eddie Chang tells his daughter Tria how he finds comfort in the pain surrounding her mother's death: "When you stop grieving is when you start losing contact with the person."

"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's finest players, innovations and triumphs against the backdrop of injustice," said the MLB commissioner.

French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine for a week, his official residence announced.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, about the scale and significance of the recent cyberattacks on government agencies and what actions are crucial moving forward.

This year, Congress passed a tax break to encourage more people to make donations. The break is about to expire, leaving Congress to rethink how to help boost charitable giving in the pandemic.

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20-0 to recommend that the agency authorize Moderna's vaccine for emergency use during the pandemic. There was a single abstention.