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Our nation's democratic elections are being threatened like never before. Florida Matters this week takes a look at how our ballots are being protected -…

While carbon dioxide streams into the atmosphere from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world, one man is building a machine to suck it back out. And some heavy-hitting investors are betting that it's going to work.

While carbon dioxide streams into the atmosphere from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world, one man is building a machine to suck it back out. And some heavy-hitting investors are betting that it's going to work.

With thousands of oil-related jobs in western North Dakota, some of the region's new workers are putting down roots. But many more commute from states where jobs are hard to come by — and that can mean being separated from spouses and children for weeks at a time.

Five Republicans joined with Democrats on a vote to end the national emergency that President Trump has declared as the basis for sweeping tariffs on Brazil.

For the past three years, soldier suicides have been on the rise. Pvt. 1st Class Jason Scheuerman committed suicide in Iraq in 2005. It took his father nearly two years, and several Freedom of Information Act requests, to figure out what went wrong.

Sports writer Mark Titus opens up about his experiences as a walk-on for Ohio State's basketball team. His new memoir, Don't Put Me In, Coach, is an irreverent, behind-the-scenes look at life in a top NCAA basketball program.

The singer-songwriter's vocals soar in this beautifully simple Tiny Desk performance.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued a coronavirus mandate preventing schools and local governments from creating mask mandates and requiring proof of vaccination.

Severe weather in Delaware and New Jersey early Friday prompted tornado warnings.

Republicans' opposition leaves the federal government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown.

Entomologists discovered a new species far underground. Despite millipede meaning "a thousand feet," it's the first to have more than 750.

For first time homebuyers it was one of the hardest years ever to afford a house. But homeowners saw tremendous gains in housing wealth.

"We believe additional information regarding the ongoing evaluation of a third dose should be considered as part of our decision-making for potential authorization," FDA officials said in a statement.

The site was producing substances for both the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines. But following a mix-up, the facility will focus solely on producing ingredients for the J&J vaccine.

Chinese Lunar New Year is being celebrated even within the tightly controlled Beijing Winter Olympics bubble.

The National Defense Authorization Act would also overhaul the military justice system.

Freddy Antonio Tellez Lopez, who fled his home country, sought asylum in the United States and built a life in Florida, was detained for months by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Broward immigrant detention facility. Here's how he won his freedom.

For the first time in years, there's new leadership at the FBI. Attorney General Eric Holder conducted the swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday. While Jim Comey starts his job Thursday, he's been working to get ready for years — preparing for threats ranging from terrorist bombings to cyber attacks.

Just a month after his wedding, Colin Day was diagnosed with Stage 4 gastric cancer and died seven months later. In her grief, his newlywed widow Helen Moore decided that she would dedicate her life's work to finding a cure for cancer.

High school junior Lauryn Silverman of Youth Radio shares her struggle to recover from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, an illness that affects one out of every 100 high school and college-age females in the United States.

Jeffrey Sargent enlisted in the U.S. Army shortly after graduating from high school in 1999. He ended up serving 12 years, including two tours of duty…

Perennial Jazz Fest Performers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band perform live in NPR's Studio 4A. New Orleans' tiny Preservation Hall has presented traditional jazz for more than 40 years. The hall is more famous than the musicians who play there, but the Preservation Hall Jazz Band continues to attract music lovers at home and to its concerts around the world.

The destruction from the 1992 Los Angeles riots resulted in more than $1 billion in damaged property and city leaders began to rebuild as the city was still in flames. But the project to fix the city, Rebuild LA, ultimately failed to do just that — rebuild.

One of the fasted growing college sports is women's wrestling. There are about 150 women's wrestling teams at colleges and universities in North America, but not many in the deep South.