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The advice for keeping the virus at bay in wealthy countries won't necessarily work in low-income countries and in poor communities. So what might help?

If you’re one of those people who think there can only be one “song of the summer,” and that the Hot 100 provides a clear-cut metric for determining a winner, then this year’s race is a statistical dead heat.

The state senate is hearing a bill that could make big changes to the way you vote. A Wellington man murdered his wife and children. He blames his antidepressant meds for his actions — even his doctors agree the drugs could be partially responsible. Plus, a new performance art project looks at life in Miami 28 years in the future.

The NBA Champs piled onto the top of a double decker bus that carried them through Miami streets overflowing with fans. But the route also passed under three low hanging overpasses. Amid shouts of "Get Down," the 6'8" LeBron James barely manage to avoid what the Kansas City Star called "a faceful of concrete."

FAMILY MEAL MEATLOAFNorman Van Aken, © All Rights Reserved 2019The ‘family meals’ we had a the Pier House were raucous affairs. If we failed to make a…

WILD MUSHROOMS ON BRIOCHE WITH SHERRY CREAM AND SERRANONorman & Justin Van Aken © All rights reserved. “My Key West Kitchen”If you are using fresh morels…

08/30/12 - Thursday's Topical Currents begins with relationship expert Dr. Terri Orbuch. In her book, Finding Love Again, she discusses how to move on…

The Irish aren’t entirely strangers to Latin America and the Caribbean.Saint Patrick’s Battalion fought for Mexico in the 1800s. Irish tycoon Denis…

Stock fraud, quarterly financial results and crypotcurrencies were a few of the topics WLRN discussed with the chairman of the Securities and Exchange…

Local governments across South Florida are working to ease some coronavirus restrictions. Miami-Dade is the latest, reopening indoor dining rooms after a first attempt early this summer.

A new series from the Miami Herald and McClatchy follows what work is like inside a hospital's COVID-19 Unit. A new Florida Atlantic University study says housing is 11% overvalued in the current market. And a new book brings to life old Yiddish stories for kids.

02/18/16 - It's Burger Bash this week! Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and WLRN host Joseph Cooper…

Abby Grossberg says she was misled by Fox lawyers who prepared her to testify in the defamation lawsuit. Fox News says she's revealed confidential information and has sued her.

Film critic David Edelstein presents his top ten movies of 2006, and also discusses the best of the holiday options.

The Florida economy may be humming along, but there is a budget problem looming for state lawmakers. In about a year and a half, the state is forecast to…

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

Simone Popperl is an editor for NPR's Morning Edition and Up First. She joined the network in March 2019, and since then has pitched and edited stories on everything from the legacy of burn pits in Iraq, to never-ending "infrastructure week," to California towns grappling with climate change, to American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin's ascendance to the top of her sport. She led Noel King's reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Steve Inskeep's reporting from swing states in the lead up to the 2020 Presidential Election, and Leila Fadel's field reporting from Kentucky on the end of Roe v. Wade.

THE AMERICAS AND MIAMIFrom world famous beaches to international trade flows, South Florida has become one of the world's most vibrant and diverse…

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released a major report that details how stolen guns and emerging technology like "ghost guns" play a factor in gun violence in the U.S.

This post will be updated today, Thursday, April 1, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.