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Dale Ketcham from Space Florida talks about what the explosion of a SpaceX rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral last week means for the commercial space industry. And Emilee Speck from the Orlando Sentinel explains what the Osiris Rex mission to asteroid Bennu is all about.

A summit to raise awareness about brain eating amoeba kicks off in Orlando this Friday. Steve and Shelly Smelski, whose son died from the amoeba in 2014, want to raise the profile of the rare disease. They say more research is needed to advance treatment of the disease.

At mass shooting sites from Orlando to Newtown to Virginia Tech, historians are collecting items that mourners and sympathizers leave and preserving them in archives.

Lisa Vogl and her partners launched Verona online to fill a fashion void. Now, it's a boutique stocked with long-sleeved caftans, full-length slit-less skirts, and more than 300 varieties of hijabs.

During the 20 years he worked for an investment firm, Amor Towles spent a lot of time in fancy hotels. His new novel follows a Russian aristocrat sentenced to house arrest at the Metropol in Moscow.

Immigration is emerging as a major topic of this presidential election. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind looks to remove the politics from the candidates’ proposals and examine how they would impact Sunshine State finances.

In 1666, The Great Fire of London destroyed more than 13,000 homes. The 350th anniversary of the inferno was marked with pyrotechnics galore — including a floating, burning replica of old London.

John McWhorter of Columbia University says the way we use words changes, like how "literally" can now mean "figuratively." That example, he says, is a contronym, a word with two opposite meanings.

What has been nicknamed “your average family reunion on steroids” is winding down Monday in Kissimmee. The Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion is traditionally a celebration of black community and culture. But this year it has been a space to talk about the importance of African Americans getting out and voting.

With school back in session, many kids are already reminiscing about summer camp. For some, that seasonal activity may have been more than distraction from boredom. But there’s a camp where teens and young adults who are battling cancer have found a safe haven.