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"All of us who are writers are doing something that actually matters," Hamid says. His latest novel, Exit West, follows a couple who have to decide whether to flee their homeland.

A school is teaching them to be electrical engineers — and to defy local stereotypes that engineering is a man's job.

Karson Turner reaches into a grassy row of sugar cane. He grips a stalk, jointed like bamboo, and breaks it, revealing the sweetness inside."This will go into the mill, which you can just about see if you take about 20 steps backward you can see the smokestacks. And those get grinded, that raw sucrose that gets pushed out becomes the basis of table sugar that you and I consume all the time," says Turner.

Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from any possible investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia, Rod Rosenstein would have to pick up the task if confirmed.

Author Norman Ohler says that Adolf Hitler's drug abuse increased "significantly" from the fall of 1941 until winter of 1944: "Hitler needed those highs to substitute [for] his natural charisma."

The proposed constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to formerly convicted felons across Florida reached a milestone on Monday by making it to the state Supreme Court. But the attorney who defended the proposal before the court says being granted a hearing is half the battle.

When it comes to keeping track of employment, there's a very important stat that often gets overlooked, according to 90.7's economic analyst Hank Fishkind - the labor force participation rate.

Elvis got his start in Memphis and ended his career in Vegas, but on the way to becoming the King of Rock n Roll, he played dozens of concerts in Florida. Bob Kealing charts the history of Elvis in Florida in his latest book, Elvis Ignited.

Nerd Alert! The word nerd doesn’t carry the same connotations it used to. Nerdiness has come a long way since glasses held together with tape and pocket protectors. Four years ago Ricardo Williams launched Nerd Nite Orlando.

The Everglades, Florida’s vast fresh water system that starts near Orlando and meanders South, is in trouble. A lack of fresh water flowing into the everglades threatens the drinking water for a third of Florida’s population, and polluted water from Lake Okeechobee causes toxic algal blooms that clog the beaches.