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20 hours ago | wusf.org | Becky Sullivan

A federal judge has approved the multibillion-dollar class-action legal settlement known as House v. NCAA, paving the way for a new era for college sports. Starting this fall, schools and universities in the NCAA's top division will be allowed to directly pay athletes for the first time. Payments will be limited by a salary cap set initially at $20.5 million per school. And more than $2 billion will be paid out to former college athletes who were not allowed to earn money while they were in school.

1 day ago | wusf.org | Steve Newborn

Efforts to create a corridor for Florida's wildlife got a big boost on Wednesday. The $1 million grant to the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation came during the Corridor Connect Conference, held this week at Disney's Coronado Springs resort. It will be used to help complete what is planned to be an interconnected network of natural habitat across nearly 18 million acres of the state.

2 days ago | wusf.org | Aya Batrawy

A single mother in Gaza describes what hunger looks like for her and her eight children under Israeli restrictions on aid.

2 days ago | wusf.org | Dalia Colón

Listen to the episodeYou know we love a good food-and-art crossover around here. (You may recall our conversation with Malaika Hollist of Arts Axis Florida.)So when we heard that Miami-based  multidisciplinary artist Chris Friday had a food-related exhibition at the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design, we wanted to learn more. Where We Never Grow Old is Friday’s first solo museum exhibition.

2 days ago | wusf.org | Stephanie Colombini

Mornings are always busy at Suncoast Community Health Center's pediatric dental clinic in Brandon. Hallways buzz with sounds of drills and suction tubes as dentists assure kids, “You’re doing awesome,” or, “It will be over soon.”Patients come to the clinic for the usual teeth cleanings or filling cavities. Then there are severe cases.