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A gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday. WLRN reporter Peter Haden joins NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The Florida Legislature has voted to eliminate funding for Florida Forever, the state's primary land-conservation program. The only part of Florida...

States are preparing guidelines for when there's not enough care to go around. Disability groups are worried that those standards will allow rationing that excludes people with disabilities.

The Anchorage practice where Candace Grenier has worked for two decades shut down. Even when things reopen, she worries people will forgo dental cleanings out of concern about the coronavirus.

More than a dozen people died during Haiti's celebration of Carnival when a float in the capital, Port au Prince, came in contact with a power line.

Climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous floods. But people often balk at the cost of flood insurance, especially since many doubt they need protection.

It’s been a little over four months since Hurricane Irma hit Southwest Florida, but many people still need help and don’t know where to turn. And there’s…

Volunteers getting the shot help determine if a candidate vaccine works. But what with social distancing and masks, scientists must discern if it's the shot or these other measures preventing illness.

Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, arrested almost 700 people at agricultural processing plants in Mississippi on Wednesday.

A commuter train smashed into an unoccupied train car at the 69th Street Terminal station, 10 miles west of the city. Officials say none of the injuries were life-threatening.