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Debt ceiling dramas have been going on a long time. The first one happened exactly 70 years ago. President Eisenhower asked Congress for an extra $15 billion and the Senate said, "No dice."

Florida, which hosts Vanderbilt University for a three-game series this weekend, consistently ranks among the priciest ballpark menus in multiple statistical categories.

The U.S. unemployment rate surged far higher and has remained higher than in other major industrial countries. It's now at 9.6 percent. The big shift came when American companies cut workers more aggressively than foreign firms in the face of the financial crisis.

"Are you guys ready to show the world that Christians will be silent no more?" said one speaker, whose nonprofit is recruiting people to become election workers.

President Trump called U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess a "loser" after Hess voiced concern about political turmoil in the U.S. Gold medal U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she's faced online hate and threats after advocating for LGBTQ rights.

"We want answers, accountability, and safer planes" — and a federal investigation will help, an attorney representing passengers who were on the plane that lost its door plug tells NPR.

South Korea's fourth largest city, Daegu, accounts for nearly three quarters of coronavirus cases there. An explosion of patients has overwhelmed hospitals, forcing authorities to shift tactics.

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.

A short-term fix for the nearly empty Highway Trust Fund is a step closer to President Obama's desk. Congress has been talking about the long-term problems with the construction account, but the two chambers have not agreed on a long-term solution.

Ronnie Biglow of Gainesville, who was incarcerated in FDOC institutions from 2020 to 2025, offers this first-person account of Florida prison heat.