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Australian officials said the restrictions, which include a ban on bauxite, is designed to curtail Russia's ability to produce aluminum — a vital ingredient in arms and munition manufacturing.

A close friend of Princess Diana, Patrick Demarchelier was one of the leading fashion photographers of his era.

Mayor Ivan Fedorov was abducted on Friday, according to Ukrainian officials. He was reportedly seized by approximately 10 people while in the city center, and they put a plastic bag over his head.

Writer Joseph McElroy's latest work is Actress in the House, another in a series of complex novels. He discusses the writer's craft with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

An ongoing study by sociologist Robert Cushing examines the list of U.S. military deaths in Iraq and reveals an apparent statistical anomaly: soldiers and Marines from rural areas are dying at higher rates than troops from cities and suburbs. NPR's Howard Berkes looks at the research and at a Nevada family's loss.

During the first few months of the Iraq war, field historians armed with digital recorders conducted hundred of interviews with U.S. Marines, often fresh off the battlefield. The raw recordings offer a stirring, intimate look of the triumphs and failures on the road to Baghdad. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Erik Prince, the founder of security firm, Blackwater USA, is before a House oversight committee Tuesday on Capitol Hill. The hearing offers a rare public glimpse at the media-shy Prince.

The Town of Eatonville has denied a disability pension for a Pulse first responder with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Accusing Senator Jack Latvala of a “scorched-earth approach” to defame his accuser, a Democratic senator from Plantation lodged a new formal complaint...

A new report shows Florida has some of the worst water polluters in the country. And some of the worst violators are in the Tampa Bay area.The report from…

A state investigation into St. Petersburg's sewage spills places much of the blame on the decision to close the Albert Whitted wastewater treatment...

After more than four decades as a journalist, Health News Florida’s founder and former editor Carol Gentry is retiring from WUSF Public Media.

A new study drives the point home: When it comes to operating motor vehicles, Tampa ranks fourth worst out of 39 cities, according to Slate.The rankings…

By late Tuesday morning, Florida's AutoReader (nicknamed Mary) bragged in a tweet: ... I have now read 1.2 million words.Shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday,…

It may be under a new name, the Florida Standards, but new math and language standards being adopted by Florida are based on Common Core standards being…

Most voters in the Florida Keys said in a Nov. 8 referendum that they were in favor of releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the Keys. But groups...

A divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a lower court to hold a hearing about whether a Death Row inmate has an intellectual disability that...

An attempt to create a new gambling agreement between the state and Seminole Indian Tribe failed last legislative session, but Florida’s legislative...

Comcast customers should soon see fewer internet streaming bottlenecks.

This year Florida’s colleges are trying to get in on the state’s performance funding scheme for higher education. The colleges want Florida lawmakers to...

The Sarasota City Commission said the Sarasota Police Department can buy body cameras for its officers on Monday.

The leader of Florida's embattled Department of Children and Families has pledged not only to save children's lives but to "protect the light" in their...

Last year, about half of Hillsborough County's Medicare recipients were vaccinated for the flu. But during most flu seasons, adults 65 years of age and...

The Vice-Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), is holding a Veterans’ Town Hall today, July 1, 2015 starting…

UPDATED 4/23 at 2:40 p.m. Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor released this statement in response to the Florida Supreme Court reducing the death sentence for…