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Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First.

From record snow to near record heat, Florida's famous temperature swings are here.

When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 it guaranteed coverage for people going through addiction treatment for the first time. This was a huge benefit for many people, but it also created conditions that led to some treatment providers taking advantage of people in recovery — and part of that corrupt system is what’s referred to as The Florida Shuffle. Put simply, the Florida Shuffle is when proprietors of what are called ‘sober homes’ effectively "broker patients" in order to keep them in a cycle of addiction and recovery. Well-run sober homes are meant to be a place where people who have been through supervised detox and inpatient treatment and then outpatient care can use as a bridge between treatment and returning to their lives.

Blasts of Arctic air are poised to bring below-average temperatures to much of the central and eastern U.S. throughout the first half of January. Here's what to expect and how to prepare.

We explore and discuss Player Circle Theater’s Florida debut of the Broadway comedy “The Lifespan of a Fact” with director Bob Cacioppo and actors Carrie Lund and Paul Graffy.

TV critic David Bianculli discusses the final episode of the CBS drama and the legacy of the show as a whole. " The Good Wife managed to be one of TV's best series for its entire run," he says.

It has been delightful to see so many immigrant coming-of-age stories in American pop culture this year, but it's also time to leave the Immigrant Kid Handbook behind.

The U.S. has launched a "deadly strike" against Islamic State fighters in northwest Nigeria, according to Trump. And, holiday spending was higher than expected this year.

As doctors, health officials, and researchers around the world continue working to find ways to combat COVID-19 and detect the coronavirus that causes it SARS-CoV-2 some innovative approaches are being tested. The World Health Organization is featuring leading-edge research by our guest today in its database of global literature on coronavirus disease. Dr. Ajeet Kaushik is assistant professor of chemistry at Florida Polytechnic University. He is co-author on three scientific papers released in 2020 and 2021 that explore the use of nanomedicine, biosensors, and artificial intelligence to diagnose and combat COVID-19.

This week, HBO airs the season premieres of two returning series — Game of Thronesand Veep -- and launches a new series called Silicon Valley. Fresh Air's TV critic has seen them all.