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Orange and Osceola County state attorney Aramis Ayala says Governor Rick Scott violated state law by taking murder cases out of her jurisdiction and handing them to another prosecutor. Gov. Scott says he made the decision in the interests of justice. We talk to the ACLU of Florida who filed an Amicus Brief in support of Ayala, and attorney Dan Gerber who filed a brief in support of Scott.

With Florida lawmakers unable to roll out a plan to implement medical marijuana, what’s next for patients and doctors? We hear from a father who wants the rules sorted out for the sake of his daughter, who suffers from seizures.

There are concerts galore for music lovers in the city beautiful. From punk rock to hip hop, and bands from Brazil to our own back yard, Orlando Weekly music critic Bao Le Huu highlights a few must see shows in the coming weeks.

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

Indiana's private school voucher program is the largest of its kind in the U.S. Whether it's "social justice" or "an assault" on public schools depends on whom you ask.

The president told NBC that he would have fired James Comey as FBI director, even if he hadn't gotten a recommendation and said he was told three times by Comey that he wasn't under FBI investigation.

Before the end of this month, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will have to explain to a Tallahassee judge why her office allegedly directed companies…

About 50 percent of women in the criminal justice system have experienced some kind of physical or sexual abuse in their lifetime. A program at the Pinellas County Jail uses a 'sewing' circle to help them work though the problems.

Even poor neighborhoods of west Caracas — strongholds of Chavismo — are turning against the president. Maduro's threatening to deploy a huge armed militia against his "coup-mongering" opposition.

Set in an Indian-American community in suburban Cleveland, Rakesh Satyal's new novel uses intertwined plots to explore the comedy of everyday life. Critic Maureen Corrigan says readers will be amused.