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  • Caesars Palace just spent $17 million on a new buffet, featuring hundreds of high-end food items.
  • In this week's health news, Collier County Public Schools gives parents tips on the new COVID resurgence and Florida updates state Monkeypox data.
  • En español:- Propuestas de ley sobre seguro de propiedad, no se aprueban en la sesión legislativa de 2022 - No más pruebas estandarizadas para los estudiantes a partir del próximo año escolar, las escuelas públicas estatales cambiarán a un sistema de monitoreo de progreso -Lipman Family Farms está organizando una Carrera de Mochilas para recaudar dinero para su entrega anual de útiles escolares a la comunidad de Immokalee.This week we talk about:- Property insurance bills fail to pass in the 2022 legislative session- No more standardized testing for students starting next school year, state public schools will be switching to a progress monitoring system-Lipman Family Farms is hosting a 5K Run For Backpacks to raise money for their annual school supplies giveaway to the Immokalee community.
  • In Brazil, civic hackathons have become a popular way for people to use coding to help clean up their politics. The comes after a widespread corruption investigation uncovered how deep the fraud extends in the country's government.
  • Grafton revolutionized what had become fossilized formula fiction. She tossed out the genre's sexist, racist and nativist clichés and helped make the detective novel matter again.
  • Anne Hathaway plays a woman mysteriously linked to a monster in South Korea in her latest film. Critic David Edelstein says Colossal shows that "even the dumbest genres can be used to profound ends."
  • Lage began playing guitar at the age of 5 and appeared on stage at the Grammys at 13. He talks to Fresh Air about growing up a guitar prodigy, his father's gentle coaching and his new trio album .
  • Page Field in Fort Myers will re-open to general aviation traffic at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
  • The highly anticipated sixth installment of J.K. Rowling's novel about a child wizard was released Saturday. NPR's Neva Grant followed two youngsters who spent the weekend immersed in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
  • Millions of adults struggle every day with basic tasks, like reading a bill or a bus schedule. Those with limited literacy find all kinds of ways to hide their rudimentary schooling. Many are unemployed. And those who have jobs are usually stuck at the lowest rungs of the economic ladder.
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