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PolitiFact fact-checked DeSantis’ statements about Florida’s insurance rates, workforce, education policy and gun laws. For the Democrats’ response to DeSantis, we fact-checked state Sen. Jason Pizzo’s statement about law enforcement salaries, human trafficking and homeowners insurance.

When the AIDS crisis started in the 1980s, the official response was tepid. Then activists channeled their anger into into one of the most effective protest movements in recent history.

The Bulls, who finished the regular season at 6-6, will spend part of the holidays 4,200 miles away in Honolulu for the Dec. 24 matchup. ESPN will televise the game, the only bowl played on Christmas Eve.

Several of the players marked firsts for the sport's history, while for Serena Williams, the tournament may have been her last match.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana about whether he will vote to convict ex-President Donald Trump on the single charge of "incitement of insurrection."

Coach Alex Golesh said he hasn't had time to process "outside opportunities" before USF rolled to an easy ninth victory on Senior Night. Byrum Brown became only the 12th player to reach the 3,000/1,000 mark.

DeSantis marked his final State of the State address kicking off Florida's 2026 legislative session talking about illegal immigration, election integrity and more.

Chef Amanda Cohen's Dirt Candy is a turducken of a book: graphic novel, cookbook and memoir in one. Cohen's East Village restaurant in New York City is focused entirely on vegetables — and with just nine tables, it's become a foodie destination.

In the biggest Capitol riot case yet, 11 Oath Keepers stand charged of seditious conspiracy. The government faces steep challenges in proving them guilty of the hefty and rare charges.

Andrew Leland started losing his sight 20 years ago. He's now legally blind, although he still has a narrow field of vision, which allows him to see about 6% of what a fully-sighted person sees.

Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season in their initial 2024 forecast. The team cites record warm tropical and eastern subtropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures as a primary factor for their prediction of 11 hurricanes this year.

An outbreak of Arctic air brought harsh weather of all kinds from blizzards to snow and sleet. Forecasters say the extreme cold will continue into the week in the Midwest and the South.

A shirt button, a plaque saying “at rest” and a stone marble found in what’s believed to have been the coffin of a 6-year-old boy are just some of the…

As the country faces slowing economic growth and a trade war with the U.S., China has taken pains to reassure entrepreneurs by telling them they can start businesses, create jobs and benefit society.

Gage Goncalves scored off his own rebound at 9:02 of the extra period to end a scoreless tie and keep Tampa Bay alive for a series finale on Sunday at Benchmark International Arena.

Clint Watts developed online relationships with terrorists and their sympathizers in order to understand and undermine terror networks. He also researched Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.

Masih Alinejad discusses her campaign against a law requiring that Iranian women and girls to cover their heads and necks with a hijab. Her new memoir is The Wind in My Hair.

A new report by WalletHub measured how much people pay in property, income and sales tax in proportion to the amount of money they make.

The latest data from the state Department of Health showed yet another decrease in cases during over the past month, with 6,380 positives during the week that started Oct. 6.

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

A Univision interviewer asked President Obama if it wasn't true that he had broken his campaign pledge to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform package early in his presidency. That was a place Obama wasn't willing to go.

“Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Sabal Trail has got to go…”About 50 protesters in downtown Tampa in November chanted as they marched up and down Ashley Drive with…

"I did that completely out of a selfish act," said James Shaw Jr. after disarming the gunman. "I was completely doing it just to save myself. Now, me doing that, I did save other people."

The woman, a 51-year-old illiterate farmhand, was convicted in 2010 after an argument with her Muslim co-workers. The country's religious right has called for her execution.

Pretty Bitches, a new essay collection edited by Lizzie Skurnick, explores how words that sound complimentary can actually be loaded with sexism. "These words are code," Skurnick says.