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By a margin of nearly 90 percent, Orange County voters approved a charter amendment last November aimed at protecting the "rights of nature." Now, backers are taking the issue statewide by pushing five amendments to the Florida constitution. WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green talked about the effort with Chuck O'Neal, chairman of the Florida Rights of Nature Network.

Blue Origin’s sub-orbital mission has been getting all the buzz this week. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, along with three other crewmates, flew in space for a little under 11 minutes on board the New Shepard spacecraft, in the company's first human space flight.

In 1999, Black farmers won a landmark civil rights case against the U.S. government. That case is the subject of Orlando attorney Greg Francis’s new book ‘Just Harvest’, which details the plight of Black farmers, and his work on the civil rights discrimination lawsuit.

In 2015, a consultant said an income-based valuation put the irrigation system at $60 million -- still nearly twice the cost of comparable utilities.

The military says it's changing to make the nation's fighting force more inclusive. Among those changes, the design of body armor to better fit women could also save lives.

The maxim “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” has always been a bedrock of liberal democracy. Minus the right to express minority viewpoints without government reprisal, our constitutional edifice crumbles.

Aiming to make a record that fans would still listen to decades later, George Clinton and Funkadelic mixed R&B, psychedelic rock and a Black guitar hero's cry.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Peruvian journalist Gustavo Gorriti about the outcome of the recent presidential elections and what it means for the country's future.

Twenty-year-old Caleb Berry of Tampa pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.

The Tonight Show music director has been branching out: In addition to buying a farm, he's making his directorial debut with Summer of Soul, a documentary about a 1969 concert series in Harlem.