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President Obama was in the Everglades this afternoon talking about the environment for Earth Day.

Nearly thirty companies will be competing to build new nursing homes in Florida, and with 1,700 applications for only about 500 new beds, competition will be fierce.

Orange County commissioners have pushed back deciding the fate of a relief middle school in Timber Springs.As 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, the board is considering a developer’s proposal to build and pay for five new schools that could open as soon as next year.

China's President is pledging to invest $46 billion in a corridor across Pakistan linking China with the Middle East. Some analysts say this signifies a decline in America's influence in the region.

"Your heart is pounding; your adrenaline is shooting out of your ears," Steve Osborne says. "And you got one second to get it right." He retired from the force in 2003. His memoir is called The Job.

A reissue of four of the detective writer's 1950s novels excavates the dark depths of California's suburban decay. Maureen Corrigan praises Macdonald's "psychological depth" and "penetrating vision."

In 2013, more than 200 bottles of pricey Pappy Van Winkle bourbon vanished from a Kentucky distillery. Tuesday authorities announced indictments in what appears to be a much bigger crime syndicate.

What drives people to seek out the extraordinary? 90.7's Matthew Peddie talks with modern-day adventurers - both literal and literary.

In her new novel, Pleasantville, and on TV's Empire, Locke does her best to avoid simple stories. "You do some good stuff and you do some bad stuff," she says. "We exist in the middle."

Universal Orlando recently announced a wage hike for starting hourly employees. Walt Disney World has also raised base pay for most employees. 90.7's economic analyst Hank Fishkind says the raises are a positive move in a state where the minimum wage is $8.05 an hour, which is higher than the federal minimum of $7.25 but still not keeping up with the cost of living.