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It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic. This week takes us to a librarian and a bus driver.

U.S. Capitol Police will open a field office in Tampa to investigate threats to members of Congress. Most the threats came from Florida and California.

The August decline in traffic follows a strong summer that saw a rebound in air travel.

Michele Norris says she's had enough of chatty dolls, singing globes and anything else with a talking microchip. All those annoying playthings make her wonder: Why are toys so loud?

The 69-year-old cabinet member asked to be tested after learning he may have been exposed to the virus and he is not experiencing symptoms.

May 9 marks the 35th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge accident that killed 35 people.A memorial for the victims will be unveiled Saturday at 11…

Students aboard the Florida Insitute of Oceanography's Weatherbird II research vessel helped rescue a distressed boater near Egmont Key on Saturday…

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments April 28 on the issue of same-sex marriage. Several cases from Cases from Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan and…

The environmental group Speak Up Wekiva has filed a federal lawsuit contending that a water-protection bill signed this week by Gov. Ron DeSantis could…

On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi made history as the first female speaker of the House. She talks with Deborah Amos about her new book, Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters. Pelosi comes from a devoutly Democratic family, and she charts her journey from stay-at-home mom to politician.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce later this week that it is authorizing boosters for people 18 or older, even if they aren't at risk for severe disease.

An issue with the rocket's ignition system Monday caused a scrub. The issue was resolved and the crew launched successfully Thursday.

For three of the teams, it is the first time in school history their men's basketball teams have been to the Final Four.

Colson Whitehead's new book was born of an assignment to write about the World Series of Poker for Grantland. It's a sharp observational tale of the game, those who play it and how it changed him.

The Nashville-based musician talks about her new record and performs in front of a live studio audience at World Cafe.

Many rich countries, like the U.S. and Japan, are getting old. Meanwhile, countries in the developing world are staying young. Here's what that looks like over the course of a century.

This is a news release from the Department of Homeland Security:Law Enforcement and Public Safety Agencies Announce Security Restrictions and…

Florida's unemployment rate dipped again last month, dropping from 8.7 percent to 8.6 per cent.After an April slump, The Florida Department of Economic…

1 in 6 cases of Alzheimer's may be inherited through the gene APOE4.

Pending FDA approval, it could receive shipments of a coronavirus vaccine in the next 3-6 weeks.

Tokyo-area hospitals "have their hands full," the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association says in an open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The group represents some 6,000 primary care doctors.

Today General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement that could end the seventeen-day strike against two parts plants. The strike has idled most of GM's North American plants and furloughed more than one hundred seventy five thousand workers. Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea about what will happen after the union votes on the agreement. (3:30) 6. IMMIGRATION -- The House is due to vote today on a bill overhauling immigration laws. One of its provisions would allow states to deny public schooling to children of illegal immigrants. In addition, the House may follow the Senate's lead by splitting the measure into two parts, separating rules dealing with legal immigrants. The separation could kill attempts to sharply limit the number of legal immigrants. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. Updates are expected. Please be prepared to do new BBS if you use any of these details.

NPR's Steve Inskeep profiles Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, a moderate Republican who cast a crucial vote against President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut proposal. Sen. Jeffords' tie-breaking ability on close votes in the evenly divided Senate gives him considerable influence. He used it to help reduce the size of the tax cut by about a fourth and divert more than $200 billion of it to pay for special education. Jeffords was just re-elected and has received less criticism in his home-state than from conservative Republicans in Washington, D.C.

Two shootings wounded five people in the city this past weekend. A curfew will go into effect late this week requiring that people be off the streets between midnight and 6 a.m.

Four days of pomp and circumstance start today as over six thousand students across the University of South Florida system receive their diplomas. USF…