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Rabies is preventable, but it still plagues around 60,000 people a year.

A bombing killed 14 people in Kabul on Thursday.

"When people ask me if Ed Koch is a racist..."

The recent attack on Brussels Airport, which left more than 30 dead and 270 injured, has airports around the world on high alert. Lauren Stover is…

A company called Alcor freezes dead people, hoping to restore them to health one day.

If you know anyone who is an Aquarius, you know they embody freedom, fun, and going with the flow. You also know they will not be controlled or told what…

We're using our Song of the Day platform to honor some of the musical artists who passed away during 2022. Join us as we provide a little trivia, a little history, and a musical tribute of sorts to just some of the hundreds of musicians who left us last year. There are too many to celebrate in one hour, so the singers, songwriters, and musicians we chose all led interesting lives, created amazing music, or made an unusual impact in their field. These 16 people may have left us in body, but in spirit, they each left their mark on us, and on music, forever.

We meet a Naples woman who has spent more than four decades as an advocate for Holocaust awareness and education. Both of Felicia Anchor’s parents were holocaust survivors, and she was born shortly after the war — one of 2,000 babies born from the end of the war until the displaced persons camp her parents were living in closed.

For 17 years as an Extension agent with the Florida Sea Grant program at University of Florida, Betty Staugler has been based at the UF/IFAS Extension’s Charlotte County office, helping coastal residents and people whose livelihoods depend on the marine ecosystem deal with issues including harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida.She's taking on a new role now as NOAA’s Harmful Algal Bloom Liaison, where her work will include developing new data-driven communication tools about harmful algal blooms to better serve decision-makers in addressing this growing concern.

We talk with someone from FEMA to get an update on their work in this area and what kinds of assistance people can receive from them and how to apply. We also check in with someone from UF/IFAS to get a first-look at how Ian impacted agriculture in the state. And we talk with Florida Gulf Coast University President, Dr. Mike Martin, to see how campus operations have been impacted and what the plan is for the rest of the fall semester.