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In the early 2000s, war games about pandemics started popping up. But at the time, the outbreak threat couldn't compete with more visible national security concerns like wars and terrorist attacks.

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich is on trial for espionage in Russia. A mysterious metallic monolith appeared in Las Vegas this month.

After weeks of start and stop negotiations between Congressional Democrats and the White House, there's an emerging proposal to fund the majority of DHS and tackle ICE enforcement funding separately.

Newman was a founding member of the improv group The Groundlings and an originalSaturday Night Livecast member. She's voiced dozens of animated characters and has just published a new audio memoir.

Like Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein, today’s committed daytime snoozers often sneak in short rest breaks because they think it will improve their cognitive performance, but it still carries a stigma.

On April 14, Blue Origin plans to launch a space flight with a crew that includes the singer behind the 2010 hit "Firework." But we can think of many other artists who deserve to be among the stars.

UPDATED Sun 6/10 4:30 pm with more info from Speer In addition to the ducks, squirrels and Bulls that populate USF's Tampa campus, there's another species…

Last week, we reported that Tampa Bay's roads were among the most congested in the country. But new numbers suggest bay-area traffic is more than just…

Florida fell from 6 th to 13 th place in the latest state-by-state ranking and report card on the quality of nursing home care. The report comes from...

St. Petersburg residents will get to have their say on the four proposals to redevelop the land where Tropicana Field now sits.

After playing a three-day match, he falls to an unranked player.

Our annual requirement to uphold the name ALL THINGS CONSIDERED is met again today - we chronicle a few tabloid items that we would have otherwised missed: JUNIOR ROYALS TO SPLITSVILLE; MADONNA & CHILD; STERN SHOCK - GUN THREAT. (2:30) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. UNABOM PROSECUTOR - NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the case against Theodore Kaczinski, the man suspected of being the Unabomber...and on the New Jersey prosecutor who has been tapped to try the case. He also delves into the likely investigative and trial strategies.

Noah Adams talks with Tim Cohen, a political correspondent with Business Day in Cape Town. Cohen has being following the constitutional process in South Africa. Today, South African politicians passed the post-apartheid constitution. The constitution will be phased in between now and 1997. The constitution is loosely based on the our Constitution and has a Bill of Rights that protect basic freedoms. (4:30) -b- 6. FREEBIES ON THE STUMP -- The Democratic Party hopes to raise $11 million at a Washington, DC shindig tonight, just a little less than Republicans hauled in at a gala of their own early this year. What do donors get for the checks? What about voters? Peter Overby reports.

A government report finds that efforts to limit human exposure to toxins aren't helping kids as much as they are helping adults. The report, issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that children between the ages of 6-11 are sponging up the chemicals found in cigarette smoke and soft plastic toys. It also found that Mexican-Americans have abnormal levels of the pesticide DDT in their bodies and that pregnant women carry more mercury than expected. NPR's John Nielsen reports that federal officials say they are concerned but not alarmed by the findings.

In April of 1970, blues pianist Otis Spann flew to Boston to play a gig. With him were his wife, Lucille, and his band. The concert would be Otis' last. Before he flew to Boston, doctors had diagnosed Spann with terminal liver cancer -- he died three weeks after the concert. Peter Malick was one of Spann's guitarists. He recently found the recordings of the concert. Noah talks with him about the last days of the blues guitarist, and the meaning of that last gig. (6:15)Find out more at: http://www.otisspann.com.

This Friday will mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the historic military landing at Normandy during World War II. This week on Florida Matters, we'll…

Update at 8:00 p.m. December 5:Power was finally restored to all areas of the USF Tampa campus shortly after 7 p.m.Update at 6:20 p.m. December 5:Tampa…

Polls are open until 7 p.m. in the special election for Congressional District 13 and several municipal elections. Here is an update on turnout, which…

Political trouble persists for Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS). The White House is holding Lott at distance. A Jan. 6 vote will decide if Lott stays as Senate Republican leader. Many in the party are worried that a continuing focus on Lott's racially insensitive remarks will alienate minorities. NPR's Michele Norris talks to Al Bartell, a member of the Grassroots Leadership Initiative for the Georgia State Republican Party; GOP fundraiser Harold E. Doley Jr.; and Michael Brady, president of the Palm Beach county chapter of the Florida Black Republican Council.

The National Weather Service predicts as much as 6 inches of rain, with flash flooding possible in urban settings just weeks after Hurricane Ida pummeled the area.

Fox News had begun to distance itself from Trump recently, as the Jan. 6 panel cast him in harsh light. The FBI raiding Mar-a-Lago has right-wing media, including Fox, snapping back to his defense.

Gonçalo Ramos scored three goals - the first hat trick of this World Cup - to power Portugal past Switzerland 6-1. Ramos was playing in place of star Cristiano Ronaldo who did not start the match.

A private, European collector bought the rare skeleton for more than $6 million at an auction in Switzerland. "Trinity" is estimated to be between 65 and 67 million years old.

Paris officials would have stopped you from swimming in the Seine because they said it was too dirty. In 2025, folks will be able to swim at three places, due to a $1.6 billion restoration project.

For the first time in five years, the poverty rate in the United States did not increase, according to new numbers released by the Census Bureau. The national poverty level remained steady at 12.6 percent. That's about 37 million people living in poverty, the U.S. Census Bureau says.