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PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Two buses are preparing to take about 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students to Tallahassee so that they can pressure state lawmakers to pass more restrictive gun laws.

This new essay, edited by Ernest Drucker, argues that mass incarceration — more than 2 million Americans are locked up — tears at our social fabric and leaves people with no option but to reoffend.

In Central Florida, educators and healthcare professionals are collaborating on a plan to intervene with troubled or traumatized students before it’s too late. Dr. Lisa Spector explains what it means to be a 'trauma informed' school and what exposure to trauma does to young minds.

Author Virginia Eubanks argues that automated systems that governments across the U.S. use to deliver benefit and welfare programs are often rigged against the very people who need it most.

In Rio de Janeiro, thieves are robbing banks by blowing them up. The country's president is putting the military in charge of security there.

Raqqa may be cleared of ISIS fighters, but hidden throughout the city are thousands of hidden bombs. U.S. special forces and Syrians are training young men to disarm them.

The Florida Forest Service is working to contain a brush fire along state road 520.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released an app that allows a citizen to send a report about wildlife or water quality issues.

The Lunar New Year celebration begins today and ushers in the Year of the Dog. Dog years are my favorites, even though they seem longer than the…

Why should NPR have all the fun? We want to celebrate the talented Central Floridians who submit to this year’s Tiny Desk Contest, so 90.7 WMFE is running our own friendly competition to choose a local favorite from all entries submitted to NPR Music.