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Orange County officials say their Intergovernmental Services Agreement has a reimbursement rate of $88 a day for immigrant detainees, but the actual cost is $180 a day.
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Students are walking out of Central Florida high schools to protest the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Those four young Black men -- Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, Ernest Thomas and Charles Greenlee, who was only 16 -- were wrongly prosecuted or killed for the alleged rape of a white woman in Lake County in 1949.
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Daytona International Speedway announced Wednesday that all reserved grandstand seats have been purchased for the 68th running of “The Great American Race.”
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The amended agreement approved by the County Commission Tuesday followed a scathing audit last summer by the Comptroller's Office.
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During the latest board meeting, Orange County commissioners considered the path forward regarding its relationship with ICE.
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Animal specialists with SeaWorld Orlando are “cautiously optimistic” about the manatee’s recovery.
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Engineers are investigating a hydrogen leak that cut short a fueling test last week, delaying the moon mission by at least a month.
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Senate Bill 7036 is a wide-ranging, 40-page education bill, which among other things would allow school districts to purchase curricula developed by the Florida Department of Education.
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People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past celebrations.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care.
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An NPR listener says they've become increasingly concerned by their friends' marriage and feels a sense of duty to fix their relationship problems. Can they tell them what they really think?
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Attorney General Pam Bondi faced pointed questions on Capitol Hill, and lawmakers continued to press the Justice Department about its decision to redact certain information.
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ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies.
