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As Florida residents continue the post-hurricane clean up, economists are tabulating the overall cost of Frances. Government and insurance industry officials estimate the insured losses from the storm will fall somewhere between $3 billion and $6 billion. NPR's David Schaper reports.

Ballot measure results for Florida constitutional amendments: Amendment 1 requires partisan elections for school boards; Amendment 2 creates a constitutional right to hunt and fish; Amendment 3 legalizes recreational marijuana; Amendment 4 creates a constitutional right to abortion; Amendment 5 adjusts home property tax exemption for inflation; and Amendment 6 repeals public financing for political campaigns.

The House panel has been investigating the Capitol riot and is concluding this work with a final report and various recommendations.

Have you ever found yourself in the library or a bookstore, about to go on vacation, with no idea what books to bring? NPR's Lynn Neary talks to three book critics about the best reads of the summer.

Researchers say they have positively identified the remains of a 15-year-old boy who died at a Florida reform school where guards were accused of...

There's been considerable news coverage of the Trump administration, but less about what’s been going on at the Department of Education.

In England, a man went to the store and bought a package of six eggs. He cracked the first one open, and found a double yolk. Then he cracked open the second. Two yolks in that one as well. It turns out all six eggs were like that. The chances of that happening:about one in a trillion.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was about 100 miles off the coast and that there was no risk of a tsunami. Residents in Ferndale, Calif., said they felt the earth "roll" under them.

The jazz musician said he "changed music five or six times." Well, did he really? We check the claim with Sean Jones of the Berklee College of Music, digging into Miles' archives with ears wide open.

Kimberly Koehler shares insight on the online dating scene and advice for those looking for love online.