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Lauryn Valladarez was five months pregnant and watching her fiancé start to struggle in the ocean. That's when she started to panic.

When Ben Gomes got a call saying his mother was badly injured, he feared the worst. But when he arrived at the hospital, he learned how a stranger's quick thinking had saved her.

As Teresa Hernandez was about to go into preterm labor, she had a panic attack. The nurse put her hand on Hernandez's head to comfort her. She says she felt as if her mom was there.

Set in the 1930s, a new six-part BritBox series tells of the infamously non-conformist Mitford sisters, whose involvement in various political causes roiled their aristocratic parents.

As the executive producer of WUSF's Florida Matters Live & Local, I aim to create a show and podcast that makes all Floridians feel seen and heard. That's also my assignment as a producer for The Florida Roundup. In any role, my goal is always to amplify the voices often overlooked.

Maria Avlonitis is a WUSF Rush Family Radio News intern for summer of 2026.

In central Illinois, the temperature is below zero and that's before the wind chill. Some who work outdoors look for creative ways to minimize the suffering.

A lot of young queer people in Vietnam are comfortably out with everyone except their own parents. Photographer Kai Nguyen sets out to discover the nuances of those family relationships.

Cruise ships recently returned to Key West after the pandemic put a stop to cruising last March. Since then, even though the ships weren't calling, cruising has been a hot topic on the island.

Many small businesses have failed and closed during the coronavirus pandemic, but Sara Rhoades just opened a new boutique in Evansville, Indiana. It's called The Confectionery.

Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat, was demonstrating in Columbus when she got caught in an altercation between a protester and police.

"This morning thing's not really working for me," says guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan. Well, too bad. Yo La Tengo played the music you hear between stories live.

The first COVID-19 vaccines are being administered. There are, however, still great challenges ahead when it comes to making sure that people receive the vaccine sooner rather than later.

The Yurchenko double pike, the most difficult vault in women's gymnastics, was named after Biles when she first landed it in international competition in 2023. Now, it has won her an Olympic gold.

Nine people were injured, including two young children and their mother, after a shooter opened fire at a splash pad in a Detroit suburb where families gathered to escape the summer heat Saturday.

Is Stuart Davis is a musician who makes jokes — or a comedian who makes music? Or, is he a religious man who also appreciates the life of the flesh, and rock and roll? He says his three favorite things in life are sex, God, and rock and roll — so his new show is about just that. Host Scott Simon talks to Stuart Davis, who writes, directs, and stars in the show.

From hurricane weary Florida to the Carolinas, Idalia left a deep imprint along the southeastern US. Digital meteorologist Leslie Hudson takes a look back.

The Senate has passed an amendment that would cut off public funding for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominating conventions. The funding has been coming from U.S. taxpayers who check the $3 box on their federal tax returns.

DJ and composer Laurel Halo's new album, "Atlas", is a tapestry of slowly-evolving textures — and it was inspired by the nighttime imagery of cities she visited while out on the road.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, about why he's voting for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, his first yes vote for a trade deal in more than 25 years in Congress.

More and more satellites are orbiting the earth. Grant Tremblay of the American Astronomical Society tells NPR's Scott Simon they are making stars harder to see and study.

Business owners normally have enough to worry about with day-to-day concerns, but that worry is compounded when your business is located just a few…

The Off the Base news series is a compilation of stories for, about and sometimes by Florida's veterans and military families. In addition to radio…

The Colombian party band, Bomba Estereo, is out with their latest album, Amanecer. NPR reviewer Banning Eyre, senior editor at afropop.org, says it offers a friendly entrée into the realm of electronic dance music with folk roots.

Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., is among 13 church leaders elevated to cardinal at a ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday.