Since the COVID-19 pandemic pushed nearly 1.27 million Floridians out of work between February and April 2020, the state has regained just over 1 million jobs.

Duval school employees can get free COVID vaccines, boosters and flu shots from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the district’s headquarters. Jacksonville-based grocery store chain Winn-Dixie is giving out the shots and $10 grocery store gift cards per shot.

The hospital’s new critical care tower will be named for the benefactors, Dr. Thom and Pat Borowy. The donation is part of Wolfson Children’s five-year, $60 million capital campaign, which has raised $47 million so far.

SouthEast Development Group has submitted an unsolicited public-private partnership proposal that would stretch from the former Jacksonville Landing site to southeast of TIAA Bank Field.

While changes inside the Sheriff's Office have been made since three high-profile murders in 2018, members of the LGBTQ+ community still feel targeted.

Sarah created a device that uses artificial intelligence to gauge the body's response to music, as a way to guide music therapy.

Duval is among six districts challenging a state health department rule aimed at preventing student mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farm Share, the food distribution nonprofit, will be giving away food this Saturday in Jacksonville.

Homeowners with a homestead exemption can expect at most a nominal increase when they get their bills from Duval County in November.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office thinks it can make money off a misdemeanor probation program that has been a loser for the Salvation Army.

Long-time Democratic strategist Steve Schale speaks with WFSU News about what state Sen. Annette Taddeo's entry into the party's primary race for governor means heading into 2022.

Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson has backed Sen. Tina Polsky, a Boca Raton Democrat who is being treated for breast cancer, after an incident in which state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo refused to put on a mask while they spoke.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday called for a special legislative session next month to push back against White House attempts to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The gunman's defense team is hoping to avoid the death penalty that prosecutors are seeking for the murders of 17 students and staff in Parkland, Fla.

The confessed Parkland school shooter may face the death penalty after a hearing Wednesday. Here's what that could mean, some of the history of the penalty in Florida, and a timeline for what's next in his case.

The lawsuit from graduate student Anthony Rojas contends that the University of Florida should refund fees to students who were forced to learn remotely last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is one of numerous similar lawsuits filed against universities and colleges across the state.

More than 900 manatees have died so far this year, nearly twice the average number and a death rate not seen since 2013. Some of the state funding would expand acute care networks where distressed manatees are treated.

The high-stakes court fight unfolding over the off-again, on-again abortion law newly passed in Texas threatens to throw into confusion plans by Florida lawmakers to pass a similarly restrictive law banning abortions after a physician can detect a fetal heartbeat.

The Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) says of the jobs initially lost during the pandemic, nearly 80% have been recovered. In addition, the agency's Deputy Secretary Adrienne Johnston says there are more people in the labor force now than in February of last year. But Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, says issues remain with the state's unemployment assistance system.

The ruling by Circuit Judge Layne Smith was a victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has led efforts to prevent businesses from requiring customers to show proof they are vaccinated against COVID-19 --- an issue that has become known as requiring vaccine passports.

In a video posted on Instagram, the comedian responds to backlash over his Netflix comedy special.

Author Luvvie Ajayi Jones and Tiffany Aliche talk about changing their given Nigerian names to more American ones in order to assimilate, and what their given versus chosen names mean to them today.

The clock is ticking for Congress to address America's debt ceiling that lets the government borrow money to pay its bills. A financial catastrophe may follow if it isn't resolved by early December.

In Charlottesville, Va., the trial of far-right extremists associated with 2017's Unite the Right rally has begun. Experts say the deadly rally helped usher in an era of extremism and radicalization.

The Biden administration is lifting its ban on international travelers on Nov. 8. On Monday, it released some of the details of the new rules.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Lodriguez Murray, United Negro College Fund senior vice president, on recent protests over student housing at HBCUs and where President Biden's pledge to HBCUs stands.

Northern California is seeing record rainfall. All the water will help reduce wildfire risks and could help alleviate drought conditions, but it also means a risk for debris flows and evacuations.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mónica Feliú-Mójer of Ciencia Puerto Rico on how grassroots organizing and responsible messaging helped Puerto Rico achieve the highest U.S. COVID vaccination rate.

Many COVID-19 trendlines are headed in a positive direction in the U.S., but there are lots of unknowns about what will happen this winter as vaccinations still lag behind many other countries.

Ohio had to quickly revise its design after realizing the original showed a plane pushing a banner instead of pulling it. North Carolina, where the historic flight took place, weighed in, too.