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Online voting for the fattest bear at Katmai National Park is on, as the chunks race to get big before hibernation.

Online sales have exploded this year, which means an increase in shipping volumes. As the holiday season approaches, NPR discusses how shipping delays may affect small businesses.

The R&B star's new song, written for Morning Edition's Song Project, is about working — alongside the whole world — to get through a year of challenges and loss.

Winds brought so many tumbleweeds to a Melbourne suburb that people reported being trapped in their homes. The influx of tumbleweeds, known as a hairy panic in Australia, were 14 feet high in spots.

When Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes office, she brings with her what stepdaughter Ella Emhoff describes as a "big blended family." Other blended families are celebrating that visibility.

Described asPitch Perfect meets March Madness, the competition received performance videos from hundreds of groups. Groups can win cash prizes for charities.

Even though many students are taking classes online, some schools are still embracing Snow Days, in part, so students can still enjoy the magic of an unexpected break.

Vilsack served as secretary of agriculture during the Obama administration and has been a trusted adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. But critics say his time has passed.

U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack removed Acting Voice of America Director Elez Biberaj, part of a broad effort to install Trump supporters before the Biden administration comes to power.

The Tampa Bay region marked its second highest number of cases in a single week, nearing the peak for weekly cases that came in mid-July.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristin Urquiza of Marked By Covid and Sallie Lynch of Tuesday's Children about meaningful ways to grieve the nearly 300,000 Americans who've died from COVID-19.

Despite the low number of COVID-19 cases in the "Atlantic bubble," residents have to endure personal sacrifice to keep the numbers as low as they have been.

Attorneys for the couple disagree with allegations they illegally obtained material, maintaining the information they sold and used was already on the Florida Department of Education website.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with radio documentarian Eve Abrams about her podcast "Unprisoned," which explores issues around the criminal legal system in New Orleans.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Rainer Eudeikis explains how the pandemic has changed the way they're bringing music to their audience.

An independent federal advisory committee to the CDC recommends the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people over 16. But state health leaders say distribution and funding challenges remain.

A synthetic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine appears to relieve depression and addiction without producing hallucinations or other dangerous side effects — at least in rodents.

Five Florida hospitals are in line to get the initial distribution of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the coming days. The remainder of that first allotment — 70,000 doses — goes to nursing home residents and staff.

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court decision that sided with a series of defendants, including Broward County, Superintendent of Schools Robert Runcie, former Sheriff Scott Israel and former school-resource officer Scot Peterson.

President Trump's campaign event is technically outside of the "no solicitation zone," but Hillsborough elections officials are warning voters the rally could cause traffic delays.

Here is how Florida voted on the ballot amendments during the 2020 general election.

The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Google face skepticism from a Senate committee over their decisions about what content to allow and what to take down from their platforms.

If approved, the ballot initiative will change the state’s primary-election system to a top-two primary.

Veterans traditionally are more likely to vote for Republican candidates. But polls suggest their support for President Trump has eroded.

You would rather be Democrat Joe Biden heading into Election Day than President Trump, but there's lots of uncertainty. It's possible to see Biden win a blowout or Trump again eke out a win.