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Sean Duffy, the nation’s top transportation official, committed this week to making the Brightline corridor safer, saying there have been “way too many deaths.” His remarks came the day after the Miami Herald and WLRN published a joint investigation revealing that Brightline trains have killed 182 people since beginning test runs in 2017.

With Beyoncé on top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Francesca Royster, author of Black Country Music, about the history of Black women in country music.

President Trump made energy a top priority on his first day in office, declaring a national emergency – which no president has ever done before. The implications aren't clear.

The federal government is close to a shutdown. President Trump met Monday with top Congressional leaders from both parties in the Oval Office, which ended with both sides dug in.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials in Beijing.

Top Democratic leaders are calling for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, but his campaign says he is not going anywhere. And, key takeaways from the RNC.

Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer.

The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 20,787 new jobless claims were filed in Florida during the holiday-shortened week that ended Nov. 28. That was an estimated 23 percent reduction in new claims from the prior week.

This post will be updated today, Wednesday, Dec. 2, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, about what the failed California recall election means for the momentum of the Republican party.

As the U.S. economy continues to rebound from the pandemic recession, lots of people are going back to work — but not as quickly as many employers would like. Employers added 943,00 jobs in June.

Workers are shifting away from gigs at hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues for higher-paying jobs in manufacturing, warehousing and logistics.

Federal health officials are convening with outside advisers April 6 to talk about a vaccine plan, whether that's another booster in the fall, an omicron shot or one that targets more than one strain.

The economy looks good on paper but it doesn't feel good to voters. And that's a problem for President Biden and his party going into the midterms. We explore the disconnect with help from economists.

A year after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found the highest percentage in a decade said ending gun violence trumps protecting gun rights.

Americans' junk food calories increasingly come from big box and convenience stores rather than traditional grocers, a study finds. And researchers say this trend is a public health concern.

The Golden State Warriors took game 4 of the NBA finals Friday night, going up 3-1 in the series over the Cleveland Cavaliers. NPR's Tom Goldman joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about he game, and the Stanley Cup finals.

Hillary Clinton last week released her latest tax returns. It's a move to pressure Trump to release his tax records but it also underscores the wealth that the Clinton's have amassed in recent years.

Wells Fargo will pay a $1 billion fine to settle claims that it had taken advantage of mortgage and auto loan customers. Federal regulators also said the bank did not have adequate compliance or risk management programs.

Incoming presidents increase the departure rate of senior level employees, a new study of 6 million federal workers finds. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with one author of the study, John M. de Figueiredo, to learn more about how this will impact the Trump administration.