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Some of the greatest summer food experiences take you outside — from shucking corn and barbecuing to spitting watermelon seeds. Chef Bill Smith says his favorite summer memories took place at picnic tables over messy bowls of his grandmother's crab stew.

The man the U.S. alleges is the top al-Qaida operative who orchestrated the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania has pleaded not guilty to the charges at a federal court in Manhattan. The case has brought the High Value Interrogation Group back into the spotlight. It was created by the Obama administration to extract valuable intelligence from terrorists, but national security experts say there have been too few cases to judge its promise.

The Senate GOP leader told NPR in an interview that nothing he heard in a secret briefing changed his mind about the integrity of the Russia and Justice Department probes. "I support both," he said.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he never applied to West Point, although in his book, he had written that he was "offered a full scholarship" to the elite military academy.

Twenty years ago, Italian food was regarded as cheap, peasant food. Now it's served on menus worldwide and considered to be one of the healthiest cuisines. Esquire Magazine's food critic John Mariani chronicles the story of pizza, macaroni and red sauce in How Italian Food Conquered the World.

Significant aftershocks continue to rock Chile two days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake brought down buildings and bridges, and triggered a tsunami. And yet it's already clear the devastation won't reach the levels seen in Haiti. Walter Mooney, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, explains the differences between the two quakes.

A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that seniors should start paying more for Medicare to help the nation's deficit. It also wants the government to check the growth of both Medicare and Medicaid programs in the future.

Raegan Miller said local school officials' process to remove Amanda Gorman's poem, along with several books, lacked transparency and amounted to censorship.

Cargo and cruise traffic hit record highs last year at Florida seaports. Port Tampa Bay reported more than 35 tons of total cargo coming through in 2023 - the most of any port in the state.

The Olympic sport of curling is a combination of bowling, bocce ball, billiards and chess — all on ice, and with some sweeping involved. NPR's Tamara Keith spent some time learning how to curl, and put together this cheat sheet.

Lawmakers in Congress this week failed to pass a measure on border security. Voters are not happy about the latest setback.

One case alleges a scheme in Florida to distribute misbranded HIV drugs. Attorney General Merrick Garland says anyone profiting off the unlawful distribution of controlled substances "will be held accountable.”

Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning.

John McEnroe, Billie Jean King and other tennis legends discuss their legacies in a new PBS documentary series.

During her grilling before Congress, CEO Mary Barra insisted the new GM is different and better than the old GM. But are the company and its cars really new and improved? The answer is complicated.

Reuters editor Chrystia Freeland traveled the world, interviewing multimillionaires and billionaires for her new book, Plutocrats. She says there's a startling disconnect between those at the very top and the rest of us — one that has the power to transform society in unfortunate ways.

Two degrees from Stanford aren't your usual recipe for hip-hop credibility, but Korean rapper Tablo found success at the top of the charts. That was, until a single rumor set websites ablaze with pop-culture paranoia and conspiracy.

The breach left military and intelligence experts asking the same questions as the public: Why would top U.S. officials use a free messaging app to discuss classified military plans?

Long before the University of South Florida began efforts to consolidate the accreditations of its three campuses and offer programs system-wide, USF St.…

It's peak season for returns, which are setting a new record. Some end up back on shelves or get resold to other merchants, and some wind up in landfills or sail overseas.

Miami isn’t known for its majestic mountains. The tallest peaks in the South Florida landscape, in fact, are a series of landfills. The highest point south of Lake Okeechobee is the dump at Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park, better known as Mount Trashmore, which towers 225 smelly feet above northern Broward County.

Those two systems were first and third, respectively, in the nonprofit's biannual top 10, and reflected a national trend of excellence by larger hospital chains.

President-elect Biden promises a diverse Cabinet. Coronavirus cases continue to soar as Rudy Giuliani is the latest Trump official to test positive. Plus, California issues new stay-at-home orders.

The first transcripts from the impeachment inquiry are now public. Four states are choosing governors and state lawmakers. The U.S. formally tells the U.N. it's leaving the Paris climate accord.

Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie about Moscow project, BuzzFeed sources say. Secretary of State Pompeo is to meet with his North Korean counterpart. March for Life will kick off its annual rally.