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Pez Owen was joyriding in a Cessna airplane when she spotted one down below. A landmark that big would show up on any flight chart — but it wasn't logged. Then she spotted more X's in the distance.

Lines workers are still restoring power to thousands of residents affected by Hurricane Matthew. Christopher Emrich, who's an expert in disaster response, explains why the power grid is still vulnerable to big storms more than a decade on from Hurricane Charley. And he says Matthew is a unique opportunity to learn what motivates people to evacuate ahead of a big storm.

The latest annual poll of Floridians by the USF/Neilson Sunshine State Survey asked respondents the open-ended question, “What is the most important issue facing Florida?” The top answer was the economy and jobs…even though Florida has seen very strong job growth since 2009. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind explores why Floridians are still concerned.

In many parts of Florida, it's legal to fire people based on their sexual orientation. LGBT advocates - and some political candidates - hope to change that, in the aftermath of the shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub. The latest in our series on Florida's election-year issues looks at arguments over expanding the state’s anti-discrimination law.

The flare-up in the Indian-Pakistan conflict is spilling over into the world of entertainment. Pakistan's cinema owners are refusing to screen Bollywood movies, despite their huge popularity.

Haitians across central Florida are pulling together resources after Hurricane Matthew devastated part of Haiti, killing more than 1,000 people there. Local churches, residents, and government officials are preparing to send medical and construction supplies and food.

Kids eventually realize their parents are real people, says author Molly Brodak. But in her new memoir, she talks about another sort of realization: That her father was dishonest, and a criminal.

Volusia County residents likened the heavy wind and rain from Hurricane Matthew to a train plowing through the area. More than 200,000 people there lost power due to the storm. Property assessors project flooding and damage to cost millions of dollars. Here, we head to Daytona’s beach side where residents were hit hard from the storm.

Some 65,000 Orange County residents are without power as Hurricane Matthew took a glancing blow overnight to central Florida’s coast.Another 1,400 are in shelters. Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs says the storm could have been worse.

Almost four months after a gunman walked into the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando on Latin Night and started a massacre that ended with 49 people dead and countless others injured, the City Beautiful is healing, molding itself into a different place than it was before June 12.