While the holiday season of gifts, parties and cheer is here, there’s another season that has arrived bringing fever, nausea and body aches — flu season.
There’s an old phrase that says “like a broken record” when referring to something that happens over and over again, or something that is said over and over again.
To obtain a college degree, many students must take out student loans to pay their way through school.
If not handled correctly, the retelling of past tragedies and experiences can be dangerous for today’s society.
Americans are having fewer babies and dying younger. That grim reality should be part of the conversation as this country tries to get past the wall of political intransigence that has prevented it from constructing a saner immigration policy and better health care system.
Florida’s prison system is a ticking time bomb, and “the status quo is not sustainable.” That dire warning is not from some outside reformer but the state official who runs Florida’s correctional system. Lawmakers need to heed these alarms and invest more heavily for the sake of public safety.
Over the next few weeks, children will be shaking boxes under the Christmas tree to see what might be hidden away for them. Others will be attending Christmas parties and having the chance to stand under the mistletoe with someone special.
During visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on Sunday, Pope Francis pronounced that, “The use of atomic energy for purposes of war is immoral.” He added, “As is the possession of atomic weapons.”
One of the least discussed but more expensive legislative initiatives coming out of last year’s session was a plan/scheme to add 330 miles of toll roads to the state transportation system.
Two young women have dropped their federal lawsuit against Kansas State University, and in a limited sense that makes complete sense to us. Their case — which alleged that K-State should bear some of the blame for rapes that happened off-campus — never really added up, in legal terms.
Out for an afternoon stroll with friends on a path next to a river, you’re startled by a woman’s cries for help and you see her flailing arms in the water.
America’s veterans have contributed greatly to our nation’s success. Their service — and in many cases exceptional sacrifices — are a source of pride to all right-thinking citizens. It’s hard to believe that as aging veterans seek to avail themselves of the government benefits, earned throug…
The breakdown in global recycling markets and the growing public alarm over plastic waste in the ocean has prompted appropriately consequential action across the globe.
For almost 50 years, there’s been a debate about whether or not marijuana is a gateway drug.
The timing seems so distant. But we still have not reached the six-month anniversary of one of the deadliest workplace shootings in U.S. history.
We’re becoming a country more to the liking of fictional Judge Elihu Smails.
Over the past few weeks, we have seen a number of news stories reporting the increase in people who are showing up at driver’s license bureaus looking to get a Real ID.
As we gather around the table with our families this Thanksgiving day . . .
Cemeteries are vital histories, snapshots of time and place that pass a community’s story on to later generations. That’s why discovering a lost cemetery carries an obligation for any community. As Tampa Bay works to recover more of its lost souls, residents should honor these lives and our …
Barry Krischer, the former longtime Palm Beach County state attorney, didn’t like it in July when Alex Acosta — under fire for the decade-old agreement that gave notorious serial offender Jeffrey Epstein the lightest of sentences — pointed the finger back to Krischer, whose office handled th…
With the calendar soon turning over to a “0” year, it’s time once again for the important business of conducting a nationwide census, an activity mandated to take place every 10 years in an effort to get a complete count of the country’s population.
July 6, 2002, a heavy rain flooded a 15,700-acre phosphate mining area in Hardee County, washing out an old dike that had impounded the stormwater. More than 500 gallons of mud-and-clay-saturated water rushed into the wetlands and eventually into the Peace River.
How did America get here? This fractured place where facts matter less and less, and neighbors can’t even share how they really feel.
Members of a subcommittee in the Florida House believe it’s time to do away with the Constitutional Revision Committee — a group that meets once every 20 years to recommend amendments to the state constitution.
March 31 of this year, the Englewood Community Coalition recruited about five dozen volunteers to help clean up the beach on Manasota Key.
If money talks, some have said, in politics it shouts.
The nation is facing two distinct vaping-related health crises: surging e-cigarette use among teenagers and a lung-injury outbreak that has sickened more than 2,000 people and killed at least 40. Both have exposed yawning gaps in the nation’s public health apparatus. But instead of closing t…
Public opinion on marijuana use is shifting dramatically. Just 10 years ago, polls showed that right around half of Americans supported wholesale legalization, including recreational use. In recent polls, however, national support has grown into a solid majority, ranging around 65%. Last wee…
Rarely does a day go by that we in the newsroom aren’t discussing scams.
News of bitterly cold weather across part of the nation is more a preview of coming attractions than the arrival of winter, which doesn’t officially begin until Dec. 21.
The Democratic candidates for President are promising a smorgasbord of new taxes, but why wait until 2021? Last week Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen and Virginia Congressman Don Beyer unveiled the Millionaires Surtax Act, a plan to soak the top 0.2%.
In Hollywood parlance this might be called a spoiler.
Some 98 years ago, an American soldier whose name was only known to God alone, was buried on a Virginia hillside overlooking the great Potomac River and the city of Washington. This site is now known as Arlington National Cemetery, a place of dignity and reverence for American veterans forever.
If it seems as though the kids are watching a lot more videos online than they were just a few years ago, appearances are reality. New research shows the typical American youth is spending an hour every day viewing online videos.
A little over a year ago, the Canadian non-profit Citizen Lab released a damning report into the activities of NSO, an Israeli software development company. NSO makes a programme called Pegasus, which it sells to governments. This programme is a powerful surveillance tool, allowing governmen…
Not many international reporters brave the bloodshed and chaos of South Sudan to let the world know of the horrors taking place there. That suits the thugs who thrive on violence and chaos just fine: It is often reporting from the scene that helps generate the shock and shame for governments…
The impeachment fat was already in the fire. Last week’s partisan vote by the full U.S. House of Representatives to proceed with a formal impeachment process produced a roaring blaze. It won’t be long before the impending conflagration starts claiming victims.
Back a few years ago, soon-to-be-president Donald Trump excoriated then-President Barack Obama for issuing executive orders to implement his policies, calling them “major power grabs of authority.”
The platitude of 'believe women' means nothing without serious consideration of how sexism affects women's lives.
An estimated 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s dementia — a number expected to rise by almost 14 million by 2050.
Last spring freshman state Rep. Melony Bell introduced a bill to help raise awareness of the risk to Florida’s honey bees — a vital link in our food chain.
In the last couple of years, one of South Dakota’s greatest leaders has been honored several times.
In years past, cigarette companies were caught using deceptive advertising and youth-targeted campaigns like the cartoonish “Joe Camel” to peddle their deadly products. In a parallel development with a modern twist, e-cigarette companies now stand accused of using bot-generated social-media …
Just as consumers and local governments are further embracing conservation, clean energy and more sustainable living practices, Florida’s biggest utilities are backing away from those goals. The state should halt this retreat and force the power companies to redouble their efforts toward ene…
Why it matters: President Donald Trump is destroying American standing around the world.
Just last week, a year-old girl in Tampa, Fla., became the 48th child to die this year in the United States as a result of being left in a hot car. While the public clamors for protection from lesser dangers, technology for preventing child deaths in hot cars exists today — yet it remains ye…
Innovation, oversight is needed to make more organs available for critically ill patients.
What may be the shortest bill to be heard by the Florida Legislature next year is unarguably one of the best. It comes to the rescue of a public records law that has been picked apart, piece by piece, in recent years.
