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Jacksonville City Council President Greg Anderson joins us to discuss current issues facing the council, including public safety funding, the city's…

It was an erratic day on Wall Street Monday. But outside the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan, traders and tourists alike were taking the ups and downs in stride.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Chicago-based commodities trader Jack Scoville about this wild day for the markets. He says he hasn't seen anything quite like it in the near 30 years he's been trading.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer of Cumberland Advisors, about what the sell-off means for retirement investments.

We asked listeners to record sounds of backyard wildlife and invited the experts at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to identify them. Today's mystery sound comes from a listener in Boone County, Mo.

Florida legislators dissolved their two-week special session Friday without agreeing on a update to the state's congressional district map.They were…

China's stock market had another rough day as other markets across the world seemed to recover. But the Dow took a late day plunge after another major sell-off.

Expulsions and suspensions were much higher for African-American students, researchers found.

Amelia Island broke tourism records in July. Hotels and resorts are reporting a 4-percent increase in vacationers over last year.The tourism hot spot an…

Casting director Jennifer Euston has a gift for remembering and placing faces. And she's used that skill to place a diverse mix of actors in Emmy-winning shows like Orange Is the New Black.