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The “Greatest Show on Earth” is underway this weekend at Orlando’s Amway Center. This may be your last chance to see an endangered Asian elephant in person. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will end elephant shows by May. Where will these elephants retire? Right here, in sunny central Florida of course.

NASA’s Space Launch System is the agency’s next big rocket, slated to take astronauts into deep space. But budget concerns and a presidential election have some fearing for the program.

The slightly demented homemakers in Helen Ellis' new collection wield sharp elbows and sharper knives, but critic Heller McAlpin says the stories build to touching, unexpected punchlines.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge says she was a "bad lawyer" before turning her energies to writing. Her latest novel, My Name is Lucy Barton, is about an aspiring writer.

There's not much the White House and the Republican-led Congress can agree on this year. President Obama singled out one issue in his State of the Union address: an overhaul for the justice system.

Florida’s legislative session starts Tuesday and Governor Rick Scott will outline his vision for the state. Scott’s been campaigning for big tax cuts as he pushes forward with an agenda focused on jobs and he’s expected to focus on that tax cut during his state of the state address. Former state representative Dick Batchelor, University of Central Florida political science professor Aubrey Jewett, and Orlando Political Observer editor Frank Torres weigh in on the Governor's speech.

Orlando Restaurant Critic Scott Joseph looks back at the best new restaurants of 2015 and shares what he is looking forward to this year!

A quilting convention is taking place in Orlando this weekend. World Quilt Florida features workshops, competitions, and shopping.

Republicans control the reins of power in Florida but Democrats think the new maps will help them unseat some Republican incumbents both in Congress and in the state legislature.

An advisory panel had recommended telling Americans to cut back on red and processed meats. But that controversial advice is missing from the update to the government's official nutrition guidelines.