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With about seven weeks left in 2013, Jacksonville has seen as many murders as were committed in the city in 2011, and only 18 fewer than all of last…

Roy Scranton and Jacob Siegel edited and contributed to the collection of short stories by veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They tell Fresh Air about how soldiers cope with the fear of death, and why many soldiers feel conflicted about sharing their experience with a larger audience.

Climate scientists largely agree that sea level is rising. The extent of the change is a far more complicated matter. “Probably two feet. Three feet,...

A group of local ambassadors from Jacksonville's Haven Hospital recently returned from a trip to South Africa as part of an initiative to deepen the…

City veterans now have more services available to them at Jacksonville City Hall.On Friday the city opened the Jacksonville Jaguars Veterans Resource and…

Oregon as a local food movement hub? That's obvious. Less so is the fact that one in five state residents rely on food stamps. That's one of the surprising facts that stand out in an interactive map that tracks how cuts that went into effect on Nov. 1 are affecting the country.

It takes a real craft-oriented city to experience yarn bombing. The latest soft hit: statues decked out in holiday knitwear. Two dolphin statues now sport red and green sweaters. A deer statue wears a pompom cap and legwarmers.

Storms, foreclosures, and the Jaguars are in the headlines today.Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of stories from the First…

First Coast Connect regular sports analyst Cole Pepper joined the show as he does most Mondays with "Cole Cuts" straight from the locker room and a look…

Lessing's 1962 book was regarded as among the most important feminist novels of its time. She died Sunday. Fresh Air's Terry Gross interviewed Lessing in 1988 and 1992.