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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he never applied to West Point, although in his book, he had written that he was "offered a full scholarship" to the elite military academy.

Ever since scientists discovered evidence of water on Mars, they’ve been trying to figure out what happened to it. Now, they’re one step closer to finding that out.

Buddy Dyer has been re-elected as Orlando’s mayor. Unofficial results show Dyer winning with 62.6 percent of the vote, his main challenger Paul Paulson gleaned 33.2 percent.

From a scapegoat for the "sapping" of the "white race," to a symbol of modern engineering, to a target of the counterculture movement: White bread's been a social lightning rod time and again.

Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

Irving's latest novel is Avenue of Mysteries. He tells NPR's Lynn Neary that he thinks about each book for a long time — and he doesn't start writing until he knows what the ending will be.

The man who owns the king cobra that was on the loose for a little over a month is fighting to keep it and his other venomous snakes. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants to revoke Mike Kennedy’s license to keep venomous reptiles. We talk to Kennedy about his fascination with reptiles, about how he secures his snakes, and about what he would do if his license for venomous reptiles were to be taken away.

Rowling studied real criminal case studies to write the latest in the Cormoran Strike mystery series — "It was horrible," she says. But writing under a pseudonym remains "a very private pleasure."

After a debate GOP campaigns saw as disastrous, the Republican National Committee named a new head of the debate process. But the campaigns agreed Sunday night to negotiate directly with broadcasters.

At 33 years old, Orlando Philharmonic’s new Music Director Eric Jacobsen not only guides the Orlando Phil’s sound, he’s also the founding member of the string quartet "Brooklyn Rider" and leads a cutting edge chamber orchestra called "The Knights."