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Health officials throughout Florida are closely watching cases of the zika virus. But health officials announced Wednesday a different mosquito borne…

Maine voters had a variety of ballot initiatives before them this cycle.

Philadelphia voters elected Cherelle Parker as the city's 100th mayor — making her the first woman and the first Black woman to hold the post.

Colorado voters faced with several ballot initiatives this cycle.

NPR Political Junkie Ken Rudin recaps the week in politics. Paul Glastris, speechwriter for President Bill Clinton, and Peter Robinson, speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, discuss the strategy of inauguration addresses and how President Barack Obama's speech will likely differ the second time around.

Morning Edition begins a series on important issues in the presidential campaign. In the first part of the series, NPR's Steve Inskeep examines the views of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on the war in Iraq. He talks with two people -- Jamie Rubin, an advisor to the Kerry campaign and former State Department spokesman, and Dan Senor former spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad.

As President Bush and Sen. John Kerry prepare for their debates, Morning Edition, in a week-long series, examines the candidates' positions on some of the key issues of the fall campaign.

Robert Siegel talks with Debbie Elliott as polls close in Florida.

Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to engage in a new round of peace talks on Syria soon. Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford explains the challenges in finding a diplomatic solution.

Mothers and fathers can make a difference in whether their kids become spenders or savers, studies have found. Young people whose families had included them in conversations about money and budgets were much more likely to make more responsible financial decisions in the future.