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Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood promised a new start for the office when he pinned on the badge six months ago. Now a sheriff’s deputy is on administrative leave while the FDLE investigates the fatal shooting of a man at a RaceTrac gas station last week. We’ll hear from the sheriff on training his deputies to be guardians rather than warriors.

What part does the space council play in shaping US space exploration policy? Is Vice President Pence the right person to lead that council? And what does it mean for NASA… and the private companies vying for a piece of the action here on Florida’s Space Coast?

You can sometimes find out a lot about a country just by spending an hour or two rooting around town. NPR's Philip Reeves sent this postcard about his trip to a historic market in Santiago, Chile, in search of one of the world's more lethal drinks.

"Professional Muslim" Haroon Moghul says, "Every time something bad happens you're called upon to apologize. ... Your entire identity is pegged to events in other parts of the world."

The county’s first openly-transgender sheriff’s deputy was hired almost five years ago as Peter John Storozuk. Today, she’s legally Rebecca Storozuk. When the Pulse tragedy happened, she was already transitioning to her new self-- but she was still in the closet.

The city of Orlando is looking to get rid of strict laws against panhandlers downtown.

State officials are "reviewing" a request for personal Florida voter information from President Donald Trump's election integrity commission, which is…

Author Rick Wartzman says that jobs offering security, decent wages and good benefits are becoming harder to find, in part because of automation, globalization and the weakening of unions.

Senator Bill Nelson is introducing a bill aimed at reducing student loan rates. The central Florida democrat’s bill also would allow people with existing student loans to refinance them.

Brazil's prisons are dangerous places, blighted by overcrowding and drug gangs. But literacy is offering a way to shorten some inmates' sentences: Read books, reduce your time behind bars.