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Commissioners will work through a $3.96 billion budget proposal for Orange County for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

James Forman Jr., son of civil rights activists, says that African-American leaders seeking to combat drugs and crime often supported policies that disproportionately targeted the black community.

Two entitled young women vacationing on a chic Greek island get involved with a mysterious stranger in Lawrence Osborne's new novel. Critic John Powers calls it a "seductively menacing new thriller."

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson says it’s possible to help Florida’s senior find affordable housing without costing taxpayers more. Carson spoke Monday at LeadingAge Florida’s annual convention in Orlando. LeadingAge Florida represents more than 250 nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and retirement communities across the state.

Companies are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve thousands of miles of pipelines from Appalachia. It's an agency that almost never says no.

Venezuela's opposition held an unauthorized plebiscite on Sunday. More than 7 million Venezuelans cast symbolic votes rejecting the president's plan to overhaul the country's constitution.

Venezuelans are voting Sunday on President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite their constitution. Opposition leaders, who called for the plebiscite, are hoping for a huge turnout of "no" voters.

In 2012 and 2013, Accomack County, Va., was plagued by arson. The culprits, it turned out, were a local man and his girlfriend. In a new book, journalist Monica Hesse tells their story.

On Monday, the Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, will visit Orlando to deliver the keynote address at the annual convention for LeadingAge Florida, a nonprofit coalition representing more than 250 nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and retirement communities across the state.Carson is expected to talk about affordable housing policies for seniors, as well as his personal and professional life as a neurosurgeon.

This art studio works with adults who have a disability of some kind to make their art their employment. But all this takes money. And the new health care bill may impact the studio's funding.