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Orange County invests $7.5 million into Central Florida arts scene

Arts organizations in Central Florida got a $7.5 million dollar boost Tuesday from a local tax on tourism.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal and fellow members of the House Progressive Caucus hold a news conference ahead of the vote on the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 12, 2022.

Progressive Democrats withdraw letter calling for more diplomatic efforts with Russia

After pushback, the Congressional Progressive Caucus walked back a letter to the White House pressing for more direct negotiations with Ukraine.

El Toro Loco will be at Camping World Stadium for Monster Jam on Saturday. (photo: Rob Bixby/Wikimedia)

Monster Jam trucks will jump and flip in Orlando this weekend

Massive trucks will be racing and flipping around Camping World Stadium on Saturday for Monster Jam. WMFE's Talia Blake caught up with Allen Johnson,…

MAVI knows how to move along the bends, and with sharpened writing he's more plainspoken.

MAVI's clearheaded songs of endurance

The Charlotte rapper's new album, Laughing so Hard, it Hurts, is more direct in thought and intention than his debut, more open and vulnerable, letting his observations guide his insights.

A man wearing a Proud Boys shirt fights with protesters ahead of an event featuring far-right group Proud Boys' founder Gavin McInnes at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pa., on Monday. The event was canceled by Penn State officials, who cited "the threat of escalating violence."

Penn State cancels Proud Boys founder's speech, citing the threat of violence

It was an abrupt reversal for the school, which had condemned the views of Gavin McInnes even as it said free speech required it to host the event. Protesters confronted each other and police.

Young, unsheltered Central Floridians could get a boost from $8.3 million dollar HUD grant

A local nonprofit focused on solving homelessness in Central Florida has received a grant from the federal government to coordinate resources for unsheltered youth.

The man in black from the 1987 film, The Princess Bride, captures the same kind of hopeless dilemma many governments are facing, choosing between addressing inflation and addressing a possible coming recession.

Recession or Inflation? Governments around the world must pick their poison

Liz Truss' resignation as Prime Minister is being blamed on a faulty economic plan. But her fate should serve as a warning to other countries that may have to grapple with an inconceivable choice.

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Their book is banned from dozens of districts, but has helped countless young readers

Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson spoke with Morning Edition about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir All Boys Aren't Blue are banned from school libraries.

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Omicron keeps finding new evolutionary tricks to outsmart our immunity

SARS-CoV-2 is evolving "rapidly," spawning one new variant after another. But omicron continues to dominate, raising new questions about how evolution of the virus is headed.

On<em> Blue Rev</em>, the new album from Alvvays, there's an ongoing push and pull between Molly Rankin's sensitive storytelling and the relative cacophony that swells to surround it.

On 'Blue Rev,' Alvvays finds euphoria in noise

The third album from the Canadian noise pop purveyors feels like a conversation between clarity and cacophony, creating an exhilarating tension.

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