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For the last 25 years, six mornings a week, a group of swimmers has crossed Lake Cane in West Orlando. What Lucky Meisenheimer began as a workout for his friends now attracts swimmers from all over America and around the world. The silver anniversary of Lucky’s Lake swim took place over the weekend.

In Oklahoma, tornadoes are just a fact of life — but sometimes a truly awful one comes along. In The Mercy of the Sky, Holly Bailey chronicles the deadly tornado that struck Moore, Okla., in 2013.

De-extinction technology could soon bring back lost species — or preserve endangered ones. In her new book, evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro explores the scientific and ethical challenges.

It once took Matthew Diffee years of trying — and a push from his mom — to get one beloved cartoon in the magazine. Diffee's new collection is called Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People.

The College Park neighborhood has a new eatery that even includes that word in its name. The Outpost Neighborhood Kitchen is charming and has a rustic mien that belies its newness. It isn’t perfect — few restaurants are right off the starting block — but most of its shortcomings are from trying too hard, and that is something I’m hesitant to suppress.

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University in Virginia tomorrow. The university represents an important part of the Republican voting bloc.

A recent University of Central Florida music program grad is heading out on tour with a well-known big band orchestra. Upright bassist Greg Zabel got his diploma from UCF Thursday, and this weekend, he’s packing up to join the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The orchestra tours the United States and Japan.

The Orange County Fire Department is a doing a calendar of shirtless firefighters, but the Orange County firefighters have to compete live on stage in…

Soho Press recently reissued the late British crime writer's final novel. Critic John Powers says Lewis' GBH is a pulp-fiction triumph worthy of Jim Thompson or James Ellroy.

For the first time in decades, it may soon be possible to hop on a ferry between Florida and Cuba. The U.S. government has approved specific licenses for some companies to provide ferry service between the two countries. One of the companies is based in Orlando.