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Appearing at an Orlando Health hospital in Seminole County, Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined several steps the state plans to take to amplify vaccination efforts.

The nearly $900 billion package includes an extension of jobless aid. The president's criticisms of the bill, including that relief payments would be too small, caught much of Washington by surprise.

Online purchases drove this year's sales, and they are much more likely to get returned than items bought in person. Plus, people are shopping like Goldilocks.

The announcement that the state is partnering with Publix on vaccination sites comes a month after the supermarket chain made four $25K donations to governor’s political committee.

Law enforcement officials say they expect to make more arrests following last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol. Security officials are also examining some militia groups' call for more rallies.

Money-in-politics groups have welcomed this unusually widespread — and self-initiated — reckoning by corporations over their own role in contributing to the nation's current political state.

"I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution," the vice president wrote on Tuesday evening.

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran accused some teachers unions of putting raises on hold while teachers in other districts had salary increases in time for the holidays.

Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Oregon have the highest risk of seeing increased militia activity around the elections, according to a new report obtained exclusively by NPR.

As part of our "Nation Engaged" project, we're asking what does it mean to be an American? For one answer, we meet a prolific political talk show caller known widely as "Carl from Nashville."

The president-elect's history-making picks include the first Latino nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security and the first woman to lead the intelligence community.

Noel King talks to Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, about the rise in hate crimes, and the outlook for 2019.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ruling alliance handily won Sunday's general election, and at least 17 people were killed during voting. The main opposition party rejects the results.

Rachel Martin speaks with Hadi al-Bahra, leader of the Syrian Opposition Coalition, who is in New York this week to address the United Nations General Assembly.

Among other things, the proposal would expand school vouchers and allow parents to use education savings accounts to pay for private schools and other costs.

When Ellis, a second-grade teacher from Vermont, gifted her senator a pair of wool mittens in 2016, she never imagined the viral sensation they would go on to become.

Authorities say Nikolas Cruz, 19, is a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and he had been expelled for disciplinary reasons. He was arrested on Wednesday without incident.

Newly discovered variants of COVID-19 in South Africa and Brazil could make the virus more infectious and may decrease the efficacy of vaccines.

Travis View hosts the conspiracy-debunking podcast QAnon Anonymous. He says QAnon persists because its delusional ideas don't come from a single leader, but are "self-generated" and "crowdsourced."

Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust is a chronicle of not only finding one's voice, but of learning to make others understand that voice.

Just 12 days after Bhutan launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on March 27, health officials said 93% of eligible adults had received one dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.

After the recent mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, it was tough for workers' friends and family to get in touch with their loved ones. That's because of a company cellphone policy.

According to Scott, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado is grateful for President Donald Trump's "bold action to hold Nicolás Maduro and his thugs accountable and work to restore freedom and democracy in Venezuela." She also demanded that the Venezuelan government immediately release all its political prisoners, including Americans.

Robinson, a former two-time chair of the commission’s board of directors, led the county's athletics department since 2006. He replaces Rob Higgins, who became USF's CEO of Athletics.

After a year and a half of pandemic life, many people are nervous about in-person socialization. Experts explain the factors influencing our awkwardness and exhaustion, and the best path forward.