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Brightline, the privately run railroad in Florida, had its best month ever in March.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Monika Alesnik of the Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas about how the group is preparing unhoused people for the arrival of Hurricane Idalia.

Adorable fuzzy puppies aren't usually thought of as disease vectors. But they come with germs, too. It's not clear how pet store puppies caused dozens of humans to get sick with Campylobacter.

Everyone knows it's dangerous to drink and drive, but a lot of people still do it. Strict enforcement of traffic laws makes it less likely that people will get behind the wheel when soused.

Charge lower rates for health insurance and more people will buy it. Seems obvious, but the number of people with pre-existing conditions to buy federally subsidized insurance varies a lot by state. The reason has a lot to do with the prices.

Minneapolis designates the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day, after the city council heard concerns that hailing Columbus as the discoverer of America is inaccurate.

The border remains open and the rate of migrant apprehensions isn't slowing. Chicago elects its first African-American female mayor. Democratic presidential candidates release fundraising details.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Wall Street Journal Japan Editor Alastair Gale and anime fan Micaela Mussell about the fire at a beloved animation studio in Kyoto, which killed more than 30 people.

California's program to house people in motels in order to get them off the street during COVID is ending. But it's unclear where the more than 6,000 people living in these facilities are headed.

Seventy-six of those were healthcare workers who had contact with the first Ebola patient. Only one had contact with the second Ebola patient.