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Among other accusations, the committee found Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl and used or possessed illegal drugs on multiple occasions. Gaetz fiercely denied the allegations.

Sauk County Sheriff's Office says Audrey Backeberg, now in her 80s, is living outside of Wisconsin. The detective who managed to track her down says she "had her reasons for leaving" in July 1962.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Frank Bruni about his new book The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found, a memoir about the author partially losing his eyesight.

Taryn Smith, a 26-year-old TikToker, was in the shower when she had a funny thought: What if she died in a chicken suit? What happened next represents the way we use social media to mourn.

In Genius Factory, author and Slate columnist David Plotz traces the history of a so-called "Nobel Prize" sperm bank. Plotz tells Jennifer Ludden of his quest to find the bank's "genius" donors — most weren't what they were represented to be — and their offspring.

A new program being piloted in a handful of Connecticut classrooms, called Feel Your Best Self, is using the joy of puppetry to teach children how to manage their feelings and empathize with others.

The investigation of the AGGA involved interviews with 11 patients who said they were hurt by the device and dental specialists who said they’d examined patients who had experienced severe complications using the AGGA.

More than 2 million people a year have been sent notices that Social Security overpaid them and demanding they repay the money. That’s twice as many as the head of Social Security disclosed at a hearing in October.

Insurers’ failures to update their provider directories have led to dire consequences for people seeking mental health care. Here's how you can navigate these challenges to find treatment.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mac Warner, West Virginia's secretary of state, about a bipartisan campaign by state election officials to fight misinformation ahead of the 2022 vote.

Esther Phillips was a hugely popular teenage R&B singer who, in 1962, recorded the top-10 hit "Release Me."

As The Life of a Showgirl's numbers dwindle, some fresh voices liven up the song and album charts this week.

A Habitat for Humanity chapter “was misled” when it purchased a piece of property from the brother of Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, according to a board…

The Florida Department of Transportation is working on new technology that will detect wrong way drivers on Florida highways. An increase in wrong way…

Days before Hurricane Irma hit last September, a lifeguard was entrusted with translating a public announcement in sign language to residents of Manatee…

Florida's 29 electors cast their votes for Donald Trump inside the state Senate chambers as about 200 people protested outside the doors.The ceremony took…

It’s been about three years since Edward Snowden became a household name, when the National Security Agency contractor leaked 1.5 million classified…

Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit.Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes…

Anglers take note: You now have six additional recreational red snapper fishing days to take advantage of this year.

Taxpayers in Tampa Bay have never given the “green light” to a transit rail system, but maybe fast, cheap buses will prove more popular.This week on…

Parents against masks have been vocal at school board meetings, but county officials have opted for the advice of medical experts in crafting their policies.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will allow 2,800 more fans into Amalie Arena for the first round of the playoffs.

As more people get vaccinated and cities lift COVID-19 restrictions, NPR's Weekend Edition wants to hear what "firsts" you're looking forward to again.

Data, numbers, algorithms are supposed to be neutral ... right? Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini discusses the way biased algorithms can lead to real-world inequality.

In 1998, Alasdair Harris went to Madagascar to research coral reefs. He's worked there ever since. He explains the true meaning of conservation he learned from the island's Indigenous communities.