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Prosecutors in Missouri had doubts about the murder conviction Marcellus Williams, yet the state proceeded with the execution after last-ditch efforts to stop it failed.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The shows Three Women and Empire, the movie Girls Will Be Girls, and the book Family Style.

DEP holding office hours to assist current grantees and prospective grant applicants.

The measles can be dangerous, even fatal. Public health experts urge vaccination as the best form of protection.

People say they move to Los Angeles for the weather. As climate change makes extreme weather events like wildfire and flooding more common, some people wonder if they should stay or go.

The Tampa Parks and Recreation Department took part in the 15th annual World’s Largest Swimming Lesson at four city pools.

As the justices were announcing opinions on other matters, the court briefly posted a decision that would reinstate a lower court order allowing hospitals in Idaho to perform emergency abortions.

The water supplier for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties doesn't yet know how much it'll cost to get slightly elevated levels of PFAS filtered out of a few of its water sources.

“Research has been consistent over time that voter fraud is infinitesimally rare,” one expert tells NPR.

Federal rules to reduce the levels of "forever chemicals" in drinking water are getting delayed.

Tech CEO Frank Bisignano will be leading the federal agency that runs programs providing retirement, survivor and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income for the very poor.

Health officials have confirmed that four people in South Florida appear to have contracted Zika from local mosquitoes. They're the first cases of local transmission on the U.S. mainland.

President-Elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense — Peter Hegseth — has gotten a lot of attention for his tattoos.

Recent studies from the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that women living near Superfund sites are more at risk.

During the American Civil War, tens of thousands of soldiers used a simple envelope to cast their ballot from the battlefield.

Jonathan James Elder is charged with "making a threat by means of fire or an explosive" toward the MacDill Air Force Base last week. The incident prompted a shelter-in-place order.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local" a UF Health specialist warns that Vibrio infections can spread quickly through wounds exposed to coastal waters and in some cases become life-threatening.

In mid-November, Voyager 1 suffered a glitch, and it's messages stopped making sense. But the NASA probe is once again sending messages to Earth that make sense.

The blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is affecting not only oil, but the global helium supply.

Supervisors of elections throughout Florida have until Thursday to send vote-by-mail ballots to domestic voters who have requested them in advance of the Aug. 18 primary elections.

Florida's Rural and Family Lands Protection Program is protecting more than 9,100 acres in the Peace River Valley.

An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people has caught fire in waters off Madura island, killing at least five people and leaving 41 others unaccounted for, authorities said

There are at least three fires in and around the city. Large parts of Spokane are under Level 3 evacuation orders, which read: "Leave NOW! This may be your only notice."

Nicole Bambach is a WUSF Zimmerman School Digital News Reporter for the spring of 2018, she is also serving as a News Staff Writer at The Oracle since the fall of 2017.

With Florida's peak heat hitting Friday, a Tampa delivery driver shares how working in triple digit temps impacts his life.