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The civil suit alleges that Majors was physically abusive towards Jabbari during incidents in Los Angeles, London and New York. The New York incident led to a criminal conviction for Majors.

At least 38 smalltooth sawfish have been found dead in South Florida waters since January, but the actual total of deaths is believed to be higher.

Host Ailsa Chang speaks with Annelies de Boer about the sale of an 18th century menorah. It belonged to the family of a famous Dutch Jewish resistance fighter killed by Nazis and sold for $440,000.

After only holding the position for three weeks, Florida A&M University Interim President Timothy Beard is calling for the immediate resignations of members of FAMU’s senior leadership team.

On September 11, 2001, Stephanie Streit was a senior in high school. It took her a few years to make the leap, but she's spent the last decade training to be a military trauma surgeon.

The FBI is investigating a bomb threat that had officials in Springfiel evacuate city hall. The Ohio city has been dealing with hostile and false rumors about Haitians who live there.

As DeSantis and Haley are debating, frontrunner former President Donald Trump will participate in a Fox News town hall, also in Des Moines. Trump also skipped the four previous Republican debates.

Advocates said they drove hundreds of comments to the Florida Public Service Commission requesting it do a full and balanced cost of service study, including individual letters from two Hillsborough commissioners.

The Puteketeke bird has been elected as New Zealand's Bird of the Century after John Oliver promoted the bird not just on his show, but around the world.

A toxic asset like one purchased by NPR's Planet Money is the subject of a lawsuit. A New Jersey carpenters union invested $100,000 in a mortgage-backed bond now worth $5,000. It wants payback.

The former House speaker on Sunday suggested that some anti-war protesters are connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin, without offering evidence. She wants the FBI to investigate the matter.

Shales, who spent almost 40 years with The Washington Post, was known for his informative and snarky commentary on a wide range of TV programs, networks and personalities.

The University of Florida is eliminating its chief diversity officer position, scrapping the program's staff jobs because of a new law passed last year that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Despite a daily cleanup that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.

What does the federal government shutdown mean for Americans? The mail will still be delivered but some national attractions could be impacted.

In recent history, labor unions overwhelmingly back Democrats. President Biden calls himself the most pro-union president ever. But at the RNC, the head of the teamsters had a prime speaking slot.

A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week for plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, federal authorities announced.

Investigators say the suspects faked signatures during campaigns to put Amendment 4 on the ballot in Florida and allow the centrist No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Neither drive appears to have depended on the forgeries.

Hackers with ties to Russia planned to launch a massive phishing campaign against Ukraine, taking advantage of the recently lifted moratorium on evictions in the country.

Former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman breaks down three broad possible conclusions the jury could reach.

Steward, which runs eight hospitals in Florida, plans to sell off all its hospitals after filing for Chapter 11 protection. In a letter to acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, Sen. Edward, Markey said the bankruptcy poses concerns for nearly 30,000 workers.

Hillary Clinton marked the historic moment as she became the first female presumptive nominee of a major American political party. And she delivered her speech from a hall with a glass ceiling.

Fighting climate change is a big messy task that will take a lot of work. This hour, TED's Science Curator David Biello joins Manoush to share some promising and fascinating solutions.

The same solar region that brought an outburst of night-time beauty in early May is coming back around. But things have changed, a space weather expert tells NPR.

About a month after announcing that it would stop sharing data that hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on, the Navy now says it will continue distributing it.