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David Padilla is adjusting to life back home in Northeast Philadelphia. After nearly 20 years in prison, he won clemency last year, freeing him from two life sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.

A wide array of apps will display your vaccination status, but privacy experts say they don't all do the same thing. Some require more personal data, and leading brand CLEAR uses facial recognition

One of the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tampa Bay area is a patient who has no recent history of travel. The man is in his 60s, and is a resident of…

Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina's music as The Evens is quiet and spare, but it preserves the intensity of their past bands, Fugazi and The Warmers. Here, the husband and wife discuss their latest album, The Odds.

America has seen decades of consolidation of its hospitals, raising prices for consumers. President Biden now wants to do something about it.

Part of Philadelphia's budget for the Democratic National Convention was set aside to help tackle homelessness. The money temporarily paid for more outreach workers and shelter beds.

Critic Alan Cheuse reviews the new novel by British novelist Sebastian Faulks, called A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Parts.

Workers in London warily return to the city's transportation system following Thursday's terrorist bombings. The normally packed double-decker buses carried far fewer passengers than normal -- as was the case with subway trains.

The state is urging providers to require proof of state residency, but some legal experts say the people left out are far more important to protect with a vaccine than the tourists.

Recent winter storms failed to produce the snow that farmers, cities and skiers rely on in much of the west. It's stirring climate change fears in snow-dependent economies.

In a new report released Wednesday, the inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs says that the department has frequently manipulated records to hide medical care delays. Investigators focused their probe on a hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.

Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.

Complaints are growing on college campuses that charges of racism are being met with a lack of empathy. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Slate chief political editor Jamelle Bouie about activism and safe spaces.

Christopher Campbell is one of at least nine Americans known to have died fighting for Ukraine since Russia's invasion began in February 2022.

The dynamics on display between the leaders can give clues on relationships and the status of talks on the world's weightiest issues.

A business that traditionally provided line standers for Broadway shows and other events, now serves people who don't want to wait hours outside a health clinic.

For many Americans, this week's attack was shocking. But for the millions of Americans born in countries with a history of political instability, the event has carried a different resonance.

One in three Native students are what's considered "chronically absent," in this state. Educators on the Wind River Indian Reservation say that's a major factor holding back student achievement.

The regular session was Gov. Ron DeSantis’ last as governor, but he could have as many as three special sessions to strong-arm his "medical freedom" policies through a reluctant Legislature.

FEMA says its new rates better reflect the risk from more intense and frequent rain and floods. The increase could make housing unaffordable for some in the most flood-prone areas.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests forced him from office.

Pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers and rent-to-own companies take in $33 billion a year. In writing his new book, Broke, USA, Gary Rivlin discovered how the businesses justified making huge profits off the working poor.

This November, Floridians will vote yes or no on allowing adults 21 and older to use recreational marijuana.

The conservation effort to protect millions of acres of wildlife habitat illustrates how expeditions, fundraising, media storytelling, and local, state and federal governments can work together.

The staff is focusing on WUSF’s Spring Fund Drive, so it’s a great time to give another listen to some of our favorite "Florida Matters Live & Local" interviews.