THE ECONOMY
Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students
An analysis of data on child poverty and subsidized lunches shows how much poorer Florida has become since the recession.
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An Orlando campus is proving that charter schools can serve students with disabilities.
An analysis of data on child poverty and subsidized lunches shows how much poorer Florida has become since the recession.
Did Henry Flagler have an explosive secret? Some in Palm Beach County say yes.
Two years after an unprecedented and unimaginable natural disaster, Haiti still mourns its dead, struggles to rebuild, has had to cope with cholera and has seen international assistance fall victim to donor fatigue.
A look at where the 2012 Republican presidential candidates stand on a selection of key issues in Florida and nationwide.
Enrique López Oliva remembers the days when Cuban Catholics hung their religious icons in their grandmother’s rooms, hoping that Fidel Castro’s communist government would not dare punish an “abuelita.”
Two weeks after Frances Robles returned from a reporting trip to Honduras, she received a phone call from a source.
By any measure, the sinking of the Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy on Jan. 13 was a human tragedy. At least 11 passengers died and many others suffered serious injuries due to the careless and negligent actions of the captain — who now faces a host of criminal charges — and the crew.
Bucking anti-tax sentiment, animal advocates are petitioning on behalf of a levy to help treat unwanted pets more humanely.
Thirty-five years ago, Dade passed a gay-rights law, helping fuel the culture wars that still rage, especially during primaries.
Fourteen months since his last trip to Haiti, Jose Iglesias landed in Port-au-Prince last month with his video camera in hand, looking for the images that captured this chapter in the country’s post-quake recovery.
The president is himself a prisoner, hemmed in by rules that make releasing captives nearly impossible.
PolitiFact examines the Democrats’ claim that Republicans voted to end Medicare and finds it fictitious.
Was 2011 wacky, or what? See what you remember, and no fair peeking at the answers!
If you are over a certain age, you probably remember The Amazing Kreskin. He was the affable, animated “mentalist” who performed entertaining feats on the Tonight Show during that program’s Johnny Carson heyday. His shtick (he is said to have guested a record 88 times) sometimes involves a deck of playing cards, reading someone’s thoughts and having the audience hide his performance fee.
The Florida senator has vaulted to the top of the GOP’s list of potential vice presidential candidates, but does he have what it takes to win the swing states for the Republicans?
When Pam Tebow was counseled to abort her baby to save her own life, the doctor referred to him as a “mass of fetal tissue.”
Should men with troubled pasts coach young kids? One city is taking a nuanced approach.
For two years, Judy Gross has taken a quiet approach to trying to get her husband, Alan, freed from a Cuban jail. Now she’s speaking out.