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The manhunt that had Orlando on edge for more than a week ended Tuesday night as police arrested Markeith Loyd.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich says that for Mormon women living in 19th century Utah, "plural marriages" were empowering in complicated ways.

Three decades ago, Congress set up a system to encourage drug companies to develop treatments for rare diseases. The law has worked, but at a high cost.

If you walked round one of the big shopping malls in Central Florida over the holidays, the Florida Mall or Milenia, you’d think business was booming. Although elsewhere in the Orlando area, some malls aren’t doing so well. Artegon just announced it will shut its doors in a couple weeks and Fashion Square Mall on Colonial Drive filed for bankruptcy trying to stave off foreclosure.

Senator Bob Graham is touring the state with a new book, America- the Owners Manual (you can fight city hall and win), urging Floridians to get involved in government.

The fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer and the death of an Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy comes at a time when law enforcement fatalities are rising. Master sergeant Debra Clayton was fatally shot trying to make contact with a homicide suspect, Markeith Loyd, and Deputy First Class Norman Lewis died in a traffic accident while searching for Loyd.

Two significant pieces of economic news surfaced last week that economic analyst Hank Fishkind says offer a preview of money matters for the coming year: details of the new Congressional budget resolution and retail sales data for the US and Florida.

In a new collection, 16 essayists describe how Michelle Obama helped change the perception of black women and the White House.

If you like to travel and need a unique gift, try Manaus international airport, which is in the middle of the Amazon Rain Forest. It has what may be the world's only airport fish shop.

Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf is about to lose an iceberg the size of Delaware. Scientists gathering in the U.K. are scratching their heads about why it's cracking off.