Florida opted out of the program for 2024 earlier this year. It's estimated the state lost out on around $250 million in food benefits for families.
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World Cafe talks with Adam Wayton, frontman of the five-piece punk band from Athens, Ga., about their debut record, Ad Nauseam.
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At the Tiny Desk, the French-born Chilean rapper features tracks from across her catalog rich with cultural commentary and political critique.
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Verdi Eco School Hosts Pop-Up entrepreneurial Event May 31st in EGAD. Ayana Verdi, Founder and Director of the School talks about the Waffley Good Wafflery, new classes and Parent's Night Out.
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WeVenture WBC awarded SBA Florida WBC of the year by the south Florida district office. Kathryn Rudloff, Executive Director of WeVenture WBC in the FL Tech Bisk College of Business speaks on the 8th award the center has received and other accolades the center has been recognized for.
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About 200 people gathered for a memorial service at Miami Lakes United Church of Christ for the two-term governor and three-term senator, who died last month at 87.
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Scientists believe modern flamingos, which state wildlife officials do not believe are native, are reclaiming their historic range and want the birds reclassified. A new Audubon count has raised their optimism.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there have been measurable effects and impacts from the biggest geomagnetic storm in decades.
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial profile.
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Albini led the abrasive underground rock bands Big Black and Shellac and recorded — by his own estimate — thousands of albums, including classics like Nirvana's In Utero and the Pixies' Surfer Rosa.
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The British singer Dua Lipa has become one of the world's biggest pop stars. Now, she's back with Radical Optimism, a sort of concept record about moving through life with a more mature and constructive attitude. But it's also a pretty straightforward collection of grievance-free, hyper-catchy bangers.
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The singer-songwriter's fourth album is her best yet, with crisp, commanding songwriting, shades of '60s baroque pop and melodies that seem to have existed forever.
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The outrageously fun Japanese punk band speeds and screams through its catalog.
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The Ohio band talks about collaborating with Beck, Juicy J and Noel Gallagher on their latest record.
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Poet Ocean Vuong's collection,Time Is A Mother, is about his grief after losing family members. Vuong told NPR's Rachel Martin that time is different now that he has lost his mother.
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The new Netflix film Unfrosted tells a fanciful invented version of the Pop-Tart's origin. But is the movie as satisfying as the Pop-Tart itself?
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