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Silvia Moreno-Garcia's latest, Certain Dark Things is a vampire story set in modern-day Mexico. She recalls being a child in Mexico and hearing tales of vampire witches from her great grandmother.

New data from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement show there were more reported officer-involved shooting investigations in central Florida in 2016 than any year on record.

A non profit in Volusia County is bringing holiday cheer to the homeless- in the form of cookies. We talk to Halifax Urban Ministries about helping the homeless over the holidays.

When Ricardo Garcia was in the US Air Force he started a business selling radio controlled toy helicopters. Now he's working at the University of Central Florida's business incubator, and helping other veteran entrepreneurs.

Pitbull revealed he was paid up to $1 million to promote the sunshine state, including in his song ‘Sexy Beaches. We talk to economist Hank Fishkind about the business of promoting Florida, and political analyst Frank Torres, who weighs the political fallout from the Pitbull deal and how it could set the tone for the next legislative session.

The Florida Supreme Court has granted a request to hear oral arguments in a case that could restore voting rights to more than 1.5 million ex-felons statewide. The decision to hear oral arguments for the proposed amendment comes less than three months after a coalition of pastors, attorneys, and advocacy groups submitted the required 68,314 signatures to trigger a review of current state law.

Infertility is often a private struggle. But some couples are going public — via crowdfunding sites — to help subsidize in vitro fertilization treatments that can cost as much as $20,000 each time.

For author Jeanette Winterson, Christmas is as much about food as it is about storytelling. So her new book Christmas Days combines stories with favorite recipes from her friends and family.

Fantagraphics is the publisher that brought literary respectability to comics. Their mammoth 40th anniversary volume, We Told You So, tends towards self-congratulation — but deservedly so.

A charity cookbook featuring soup recipes from Alice Waters, Anthony Bourdain and others, famous and not, has raised $300,000 so far for displaced Syrians. Why soup? It's a universal comfort food.