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Three weeks after the Parkland high school shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has a gun-control bill on his desk that challenges the National Rifle...

George Floyd's death isn't just a story about a black man and the white cop charged with his murder. Among Asian Americans, the involvement of Hmong officer Tou Thao is stirring a racial debate.

How can one company be so wildly successful — and so thoroughly distrusted? Tech writer Steven Levy reflects on Facebook's enigmatic leader and its drive for expansion in his new book.

He warned that the Biden administration "plunges this country into a recession."

Officials are assessing the damage after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5. And, how the government shutdown is impacting air traffic controllers.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison labor force in Alabama.

"Boy, the truth of that song really came out," says the 71-year-old soul artist and former lead singer of The Persuasions. He spent three months in a hospital due to an infected esophagus.

With a fast-growing winter surge upon us, self-testing kits remain expensive and hard to find. The reasons go back to the approach the U.S. took from the outset in developing tests.

Winning Florida's electoral votes this November could come down to winning the favor of a newly potent bloc: Puerto Ricans in and around Orlando.

Most children returned to school in Newtown, Conn., on Monday as some families buried victims of the last week's shootings.

USF president Rhea Law tells trustees the university has prepared for a scenario where state leaders may determine that transferring the Sarasota-Manatee campus would be in "the best interests" of Florida.

Possible ethical lapses in the way South Korean researchers obtained women's eggs for their experiments threaten to derail international collaborations in stem cell research. Last year, Korean scientists stunned the world by announcing that they'd cloned a human embryo -- a feat only the Koreans have managed.

A group of Afghans who fled to Turkey are facing deportation back to their home country: a plight faced by thousands who have sought refuge in Turkey over the last decade and as U.S. troops withdraw.

The Miami-Dade commissioner behind a straw poll asking if voters want more rapid transit has a ballpark figure for how much it could cost.

In honor of World Sleep Day, here's a famous saying: Ben Franklin said, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." When does that start working?

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater refused to go along with Gov. Rick Scott's nominee for state insurance commissioner on Tuesday, maintaining...

Dealing with two major issues in Florida's health-care system, federal officials Thursday approved a five-year extension of a statewide Medicaid managed...

Dealing with two major issues in Florida's health-care system, federal officials Thursday approved a five-year extension of a statewide Medicaid managed...

Freight railroads could stop rolling at midnight Friday if negotiators don't stop a looming strike over working conditions. Congress could end a strike quickly, but a brief shutdown hurts the economy.

Nadal's 21st Grand Slam title broke a three-way tie he shared entering the final with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. It was the Spaniard's first Australian open win since 2009.

Parents wait for state-covered services designed to their children foster independence and job skills for adulthood. But they must think years ahead while their families are under stress.

India is trying to track — and help — the hundreds of children orphaned by the pandemic. Are the government efforts enough to protect them?

It was fun while it lasted. Once a cornerstone of its marketing strategy, Netflix is rolling back access to shared passwords.

People in Gaza talk about what life is like as Israeli airstrikes continue, taking lives and degrading infrastructure.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Dr. Elizabeth Hawse, a pediatrician in Lexington, Ky., about how her office is preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to kids.