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The plan could include cash payments to individuals and communities that have been affected by the outbreak. But it has its critics.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Charles Chavis Jr. of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is beginning its two-year investigation of the state's harrowing history of lynching.

On Friday, authorities launched the largest police operation in Canadian history, arresting at least 191 people and towing about about 80 vehicles until the streets in front of Parliament were clear.

Commentator Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the military has a legitimate role when a massive disaster hits American soil. He argues for another exemption to the 130-year-old law that prevents U.S. troops from being used to enforce domestic law.

The CPB Board is facing a new set of questions as a result of recent audits of its financial conduct. They show that the two most recent chief executives have received compensation in excess of their published annual salaries of $170,000 -- and such compensation could be illegal.

If Mayor Villaraigosa ends up running the Los Angeles public school system, he can draw on the experiences of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Claudio Sanchez reports on what has happened in the Chicago and New York City school districts under mayoral control.

Would-be borrowers who have iffy credit ratings are turning to those with strong credit for help — and a cottage industry of credit-for-rent companies has sprung up to match them. Federal regulators are investigating the practice, but they haven't banned it.

President Trump's rally in Iowa on Tuesday brings his message to a state disproportionately affected by his economic policies and whose voters could help determine control of Congress.

As early as 2015, firms with more than 200 employees may have to automatically enroll their workers in a company health plan. Though workers can opt out, some still find the provision patronizing.

The flamboyant and populist former U.K. prime minister quit his parliamentary seat. He called the panel examining whether he lied to fellow lawmakers about COVID social gatherings a "kangaroo court."

Lemon, a 17-year veteran of the cable network, said he was "stunned" when his agent told him Monday morning that he had been terminated.

Former columnist E. Jean Carroll sued the former president for allegedly raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. Donald Trump has said she made it all up for publicity reasons.

A Syrian American is suing the Syrian government for torture he says he suffered in custody there to raise awareness of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who still suffer in prisons.

State Rep. Fred Hawkins, R-St. Cloud, sponsored the bill that gave Gov. DeSantis authority to appoint the board of the former Reedy Creek Improvement District. The college has campuses in Highlands, DeSoto and Hardee counties.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he's doing all he can to make sure the Justice Department recovers from months of scandal. Mukasey testified Wednesday for nearly three hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but Senators got few of the answers they were looking for.

A bill that would lead to the creation of a slavery memorial at the Florida Capitol began moving Tuesday in the state Senate.

House Bill 7055 has been a lightning rod for controversy. The measure is known for a move to offer bullied students scholarships for private or charter...

The Florida legislature is poised to pass a program that would encourage charter schools to set up near academically troubled traditional schools. The…

House and Senate leaders unveiled budget proposals Friday that stand almost $1 billion apart, clarifying differences in overall approaches to the spending…

The hospital where a black woman died after she was forcibly removed from the emergency room by a white police officer was cited for 10 "deficiencies,"...

All session long, Florida's legislative leaders have frustrated advocates for the poor, as well as much of the business community, by declining to talk...

I finally know my worth as a teacher—and now that the “value-added model” scores mandated by our state legislature are public, everyone else knows,…

A long wait may be ahead for broad federal relief for Florida's beleaguered citrus industry, “decimated” last week by a lethal hurricane that crossed...

Jonathan Martin abruptly left the NFL team last season. He said teammate Richie Incognito had made his life miserable. Investigators say Martin and two others were the targets of racial slurs and other taunting.

While Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Mary Mayhew will take the helm at the state Agency for Health Care Administration, it hasn’t been made clear when...