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The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago. Gooding's lawyers had insisted that his encounter with the woman was consensual.

Newly released data from national test scores in reading and math show a worrisome picture of student learning loss since the pandemic.

The White House on Tuesday backed Florida’s effort to secure federal funding for a reservoir intended to move water away from Lake Okeechobee and reduce...

From sports stadiums to Donald Trump, the three Republican candidates vying for the only open seat this year on the Pinellas County Commission are finding…

Beijing hoped that by ending its infamous policy restricting women to one child, it would see a quick turnaround in the number of births. But the old policy has had a lasting impact.

FLORIDA SNAPSHOTS - A WLRN Original Production - Short stories that capture Florida's unique and colorful past.

Despite the growing number of women in the military, the Pentagon does not track how many deployed women are also mothers. It also doesn’t count the…

The U.S. lost an average of 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands from 2004 to 2009, according to recent government data. In a recent period, more than 70 percent of the estimated loss came in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Colin left Florida early Tuesday but it continued to cause problems on roads around the Tampa Bay area throughout the day.Lingering rain…

NASA is a giant step closer to launching Americans again from U.S. soil.On Tuesday, the space agency announced it has picked Boeing and SpaceX to…

A Florida lawmaker has proposed allowing students to attend college tuition-free, and then repay the cost with a percentage of their salary after…

Lenny Pozner and his family moved from Connecticut to Florida after his 6 year-old son Noah was killed in the Sandy Hook School shooting. Pozner had hoped…

Homeschooling entered the mainstream in the 1980s and was led largely by white evangelical Christians. Today, the U.S Department of Education says…

This is the time of year when here at WLRN we like to look back at all the news that happened over the past year and remember the stories that we found...

Three people were killed in 2015 because of what they looked like. In November 2016, signs saying “whites only” and “colored” were taped on the wall...

Hurricane Irma impacted the entire Tampa Bay area. WUSF has reporters spread out across the region. This county-by-county breakdown will be updated…

On Monday, FBI investigators said they had not found any trace of ricin in a search of Paul Kevin Curtis' home.

Thanks to a budget surplus and an election year, Florida's children could gain protection, education, developmental screening and other services during…

Today, Oct. 15, is the first day of open enrollment for Medicare beneficiaries to choose their drug plan and HMO-style Medicare Advantage plan for 2014.

With fuel prices down, profits are up. But that doesn't mean you'll be able to find cheap airfares, especially over the holidays: The airline industry is predicting its busiest season in years.

There are various events this weekend around Tampa Bay, celebrating the Fourth of July:Fireworks CruiseChannelside, TampaJuly 3Tickets include a 2.5 hour…

UPDATE AT 3:30 p.m. with comments from the announcement ceremony Last year, the University of South Florida College of Business became the Muma College of…

The state reported 2,564 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours, including 468 in the greater Tampa Bay region, along with 38 deaths statewide.

The state says the positivity rate for those who were tested for coronavirus the first time came in at 5.26 percent Monday, the highest single-day level since Sept. 23.

While Gov. Ron DeSantis says he can’t afford a Tesla, he’s all in on adding electric-vehicle charging stations to the state’s highways.On Friday, DeSantis…