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Derrick Van Orden speaks in Waukesha, Wis., on Aug. 5, 2022. The Republican congressman has refused to apologize for his outburst in Washington this week — insisting that he was protecting the integrity of the Capitol Rotunda.

Rep. Van Orden gets bipartisan scolding after he cursed at teen Senate pages

GOP and Democratic lawmakers alike condemned the Wisconsin Republican after he spewed profanities at a group of Senate pages taking photos at the Capitol.

Going To The Everglades Means Coming Home

In this week’s StoryCorps of southwest Florida, 70-year-old Anne McCrary Sullivan talks to her domestic partner, 64-year-old Lynn Webster, about the…

Homeless Expert Comes to Southwest Florida

As members of the Lee County Homeless Coalition begin the process of establishing a new homeless shelter, they’re looking to the expertise of nationally…

Mike and Kathy Schaeffer, the volunteer Red Cross managers of the "Five Star Shelter" in Gulfport, Miss.

Coming Together at a Shelter from the Storm

Hurricane evacuees all across the Gulf Coast are moving out of shelters. But moving makes some evacuees realize the depths of the bond they forged in desperate circumstances. One shelter in Mississippi serves as an example.

A Coming Of Age Story For The (Ice) Ages

The novel Shaman, by science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson is a coming of age novel set in the ice age. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says it is the latest to take up the question of what it was like to live 30,000 years ago on the cusp of change from Neanderthal to Cro-Magnon dominance of the human world.

In 1984, an American Army unit engaged in this firefight as it shielded a Soviet defector who made a break across the Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea. Thirty years after the battle, one of the U.S. soldiers, Mark Deville, has finally received a Silver Star for his bravery.

A Medal Of Valor, 30 Years In Coming

Three decades after U.S. troops helped protect a Soviet defector during a firefight with North Korean troops, one of the soldiers finally received his Silver Star. Mark Deville's comrades were awarded their medals years ago.

Adventure Rafting Coming To SeaWorld Orlando

Adventure rafting is coming to SeaWorld Orlando .

<p>The open enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries is under way earlier this year — one of many upcoming changes.</p>

Medicare Enrollment Comes Earlier This Year

The annual "open enrollment" period for joining or changing prescription drug or private health plans is already under way. But the new dates are only one of several changes Medicare enrollees need to be aware of this year.

Retailers expect to hire hundreds of thousands of extra holiday workers this year, but the hours can be scarce — and unpredictable.

Holiday Jobs Come With Uncertainty For Workers

Retailers expect to hire hundreds of thousands of extra workers this holiday season to help with the anticipated spike in sales. But for seasonal retail workers, the hours can be scarce — and unpredictable — before the jobs disappear altogether following the holidays.

The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes has long symbolized the endless search for truth. In our time, that search is as complicated as ever.

Facts come to the rescue in the age of gaslighting

The search for truth is complicated: There are many versions of it, many disagreements about what it even means. The idea of fact is something we feel better prepared to defend on objective grounds.

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