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A pond on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus is three or four feet lower than normal, exposing land normally under a foot of water or more, now dried out from the sun

Despite deluge, Southwest Florida's drought continues

Showers and thunderstorms swept across Lee and Collier counties, with four or more inches of rain. Other areas didn’t get enough rain to do much more than dampen the landscape. Southwest Florida’s drought is not yet over.

José Aguilar heads to the store on a supply run in Tijuana, Mexico. His restaurant Honduras 504 has become a community center for Honduran legal residents and unauthorized migrants alike.

A Honduran Restaurant Hands Out Hot Comfort Food For The Migrant Caravan In Tijuana

When José Aguilar, a Honduran living in the Mexican border city who runs the restaurant Honduras 504, heard a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants was coming, he knew he had to do something to help.

Guided birding tour set for Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Festival

Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife will host a Southwest Florida Birding Specialty Tour on Saturday, Feb. 28 as part of the 24th Annual Burrowing Owl Festival. The four-hour guided tour runs from 7 to 11 a.m., with participants asked to arrive by 6:45 a.m. at Rotary Park, 5505 Rose Garden Road.The tour will travel by bus to multiple birding locations in Cape Coral and surrounding areas, with short walks expected at select stops. Organizers say participants may see burrowing owls and other bird species common to Southwest Florida, including bald eagles, herons and egrets.Tickets cost $70 and include admission to the Burrowing Owl Festival. Advance purchase is required through ccfriendsofwildlife.org. The festival’s Wildlife and Environmental Expo will also take place Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rotary Park, featuring tours, vendors, speakers and family activities.

So far, The Oatmeal has helped raise over $986,000 to save Tesla's lab, Wardenclyffe, on Long Island, N.Y.

Web Cartoonist Raises $1 Million For Tesla Museum

A century ago, Nikola Tesla was a world-famous wizard of electrical engineering. But he fell into obscurity, and his lab on Long Island, N.Y, which was supposed to be his crowning achievement, has long sat derelict. Now a crowdsourcing campaign has brought out donations from Tesla fans around the world.

Shortages are worsening for personal protective equipment as coronavirus continues to spread across the country.

Florida 3D Printers Making Face Shields For Hospitals, Coronavirus Testing Facilities

Shortages are worsening for personal protective equipment like n95 respirators, gloves and gowns - typically shortened to PPE - as coronavirus continues...

First responders are continuing to keep their communities safe, despite putting themselves at risk for contracting COVID-19. That adds stress to an already high-pressure job.

Fighting Coronavirus Is Taking A Toll On Florida's First Responders

Hundreds of first responders across the state are in quarantine after being exposed to people who may have the coronavirus. And some have tested...

Four Afzaal family members were killed in the London, Ontario, truck attack. Not shown is the youngest son, who survived.

Hate Wiped Away A Muslim Canadian Family. Here's How Friends Want Them Remembered

As friends gather for the funeral, they want the Afzaal family remembered as more than just victims of a heinous hate crime.

Actor Amber Heard testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on Monday. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in <em>The Washington Post</em> in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."

The jury saw pictures of Amber Heard's swollen face after a fight with Johnny Depp

Jurors in Johnny Depp's libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce.

Arts visionary and advertising pioneer Myra Janco Daniels died Wednesday at 96.

Myra Janco Daniels, iconic arts champion and advertising pioneer, dies Wednesday

Myra Janco Daniels, who founded the Philharmonic Center for the Arts (now Artis-Naples) and the Naples Museum of Art (now the Baker Museum), died Wednesday, June 22, at the age of 96.

FGCU's Vester Marine Research Station walloped by Ian; data lost, equipment and grounds damaged

Storm surge from Hurricane Ian torn through Vester Marine Research Station, taking research data, samples and more with it.

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