Sam Thomas
/
Fresh Take Florida
Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a $114.5 billion spending plan Friday, wrapping up a special session to complete the budget more than two months after they failed to do so during the regular session.
Allison Robbert
/
AP
Annahstasia's voice is soothing and strong. Her music feels like taking a deep breath, exhaling and landing in a gentle place.
Anne Fishbein
/
Little Brown
Jack Vartoogian
/
Getty Images
T.S. Strickland
/
WUWF
Fort Walton Beach’s Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival began as a 1950s tourism event and grew into a 70-year tradition. Historian Mike Thomin says its pirate namesake blends treasure lore, civic pageantry and the story of a real Gulf Coast adventurer.
Sandra Averhart
/
WUWF Public Media
Nathan Rott
/
NPR
When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking campaign to save the frosted flatwoods salamander.
Screengrab, Executive Office of the Governor's proposed congressional redistricting plan
-
The fund has sparked a broad backlash since it was announced earlier this month, exposing fractures within the Republican Party. -
Paris Saint-Germain has won back-to-back Champions League titles by beating Arsenal on penalties in a dramatic final in Budapest. -
President Trump has not yet decided whether he'll extend a ceasefire with Iran, and Israel continues to attack targets in Lebanon, in spite of a ceasefire there.
-
A controversial law allows Israel to hold Palestinians in prison without charge or trial. Israel says it's a necessary for security, but rights groups say it leaves detainees in a legal limbo.
-
Massachusetts has one of the largest Brazilian populations in the U.S. And all across the state, Brazilians are gearing up to watch their homeland's national team compete in the World Cup.
