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Playwrights' Round Table (PRT) artistic director Chuck Dent at auditions for for PRT's next festival of short plays. PRT is celebrating 25 years of producing new, original works.

Spotlight: Playwrights' Round Table's 25th anniversary of original plays

It’s risky and bold for a theatrical organization to produce only brand-new original plays. But Orlando’s Playwrights’ Round Table – or PRT – has been doing it for 25 years now. And the group shows no signs of slowing down.

FILE - A physician assistant prepares a syringe with the monkeypox vaccine for a patient during a vaccination clinic Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. The disease’s spread is slowing but the virus is unlikely to be eliminated because it is widespread enough that spread of the disease is expected to continue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in late September 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Monkeypox vaccines available at Orange County Pride events

The Orange County Department of Health is increasing its efforts to get more people vaccinated against monkeypox.

Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia after an explosion on Saturday.

After the Crimean bridge attack, there are plenty of theories but few real answers

Theories abound about who is responsible for the attack and how they did it. On Wednesday, Russia arrested eight men alleged to have set off a truck bomb. Ukraine says Russia planned the attack.

America Ferrera (clockwise from top left), Eva Longoria, Rosie Perez, Ivette Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson and Christy Haubegger are using their platforms to promote empowerment and representation.

So few Latinas make it in Hollywood – those who do are pushing for representation

Actors Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana and Gina Rodriguez are also directors, producers and activists.

Daytona Beach's Main Street is the epicenter of Biketoberfest.Photo: Talia Blake, WMFE

Biketoberfest begins in Daytona Beach two weeks after Hurricane Ian

Biketoberfest starts today in Daytona Beach and runs through the weekend. The four day event comes just two weeks after Hurricane Ian dumped some 19 inches of rain in parts of Volusia County. WMFE's Talia Blake caught up with Lori Campbell Baker, Daytona Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director, to talk about what to expect during the first major event in the city after the storm.

Domestic violence surged during and after Hurricane Ian

Harbor House of Central Florida, which provides shelter and other resources to people experiencing domestic violence, received more calls than normal after Hurricane Ian.

The U.N. votes to condemn Russia's attempts to annex parts of Ukraine

Russia looks increasingly isolated on the world stage. The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's attempted annexation of Ukrainian territory and called on it to reverse the move.

The committee investigating the insurrection could present new testimony

NPR's A Martínez talks to Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman and Jan. 6 committee adviser, about the House panel's upcoming hearing into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Jan. 6 panel is back to present evidence in what may be its final hearing

The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds its ninth public hearing Thursday, to present some new evidence about former President Trump's role in the insurrection

For residents near Alameda Elementary, every Wednesday morning is a parade

Residents near this Portland, Ore., school cheer from the sidelines as some 200 kids roll by on bikes. Community members say the weekly event reduces traffic and pollution while promoting exercise.

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