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This post will be updated today, Wednesday, April 14, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

01/28/14 - Tuesday's Topical Currents looks at the history and viability of solar energy. Portugal leads the way in European solar energy, with 70% of its…

A Riviera Beach special City Council meeting was abruptly canceled Monday afternoon, hours before it was set to begin. The single item on the agenda was a discussion of a nearly 2-year-old investigation of top city staff launched by former Mayor Ronnie Felder.

The state senate is hearing a bill that could make big changes to the way you vote. A Wellington man murdered his wife and children. He blames his antidepressant meds for his actions — even his doctors agree the drugs could be partially responsible. Plus, a new performance art project looks at life in Miami 28 years in the future.

The committee, across eight hearings, has built a case — more political than legal — that Trump, who continues to lie about the election and teases he'll run in 2024, is not fit to hold the office.

There is wide consensus among climate scientists, scientific associations and institutions that climate change is real and primarily caused by humans burning fossil fuels. But several signatories were in other fields or were deceased.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Jacksonville Today education reporter Megan Mallicoat about a lawsuit against Duval Schools over teachers’ right to free speech (00:00). Then, we were joined by Allison Matulli, lawyer, children’s author and educator, for a conversation about free speech and consequences (07:44). Plus, we spoke with NBC 6 investigative reporter Tony Pipitone about what newly released I.C.E. data tells us about who has been detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” (21:16). And PolitiFact’s Samantha Putterman helped us check some claims from President Trump about affordability (32:48). Later, we checked in with stories from across the state (37:30), including a state-funded pilot facility to treat reclaimed water, or wastewater, for drinking (40:32).

Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" scores its 17th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — the third longest run of all time.

In an interview about his memoir, acclaimed photojournalist Bill Gentile discusses how aggressively but sensitively war and conflict need to be covered.

With three weeks left before the end of the regularly scheduled legislative session, the two chambers of the Florida Legislature are about $4 billion…

I'd been asked a lot of things in advance of an interview with a source, but the text from Chris Hodgkins was my first wardrobe question: "What size shoes…

ALLIGATOR SCALOPPINE WITH TORN GREENS© 2016 All Rights Reserved by Norman & Janet Van AkenYield: 2-4 as a light salad4 alligator tenderloins, about 3…

BOLLOS or “Black Eye’d Pea Fritters” © 2012 All rights reserved by Norman Van Aken, Excerpted from “My Key West Kitchen”, Kyle BooksYield: Approximately…

STONE CRAB GAZPACHONorman & Justin Van Aken © Excerpted from, “MY KEY WEST KITCHEN”, Kyle Books What soup could be more perfect in the late afternoon of a…

On The Florida Roundup: Saturday marks the third anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. How has it affected us in South Florida, home to the nation’s…

Simone Popperl is an editor for NPR's Morning Edition and Up First. She joined the network in March 2019, and since then has pitched and edited stories on everything from the legacy of burn pits in Iraq, to never-ending "infrastructure week," to California towns grappling with climate change, to American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin's ascendance to the top of her sport. She led Noel King's reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Steve Inskeep's reporting from swing states in the lead up to the 2020 Presidential Election, and Leila Fadel's field reporting from Kentucky on the end of Roe v. Wade.

CARNY CORN DOGSNorman Van Aken, © 2012We had no food in our carnival beyond cotton candy, popcorn, a hot dog and cokes. The marriage of the polyglot…

STEADMAN’S BOATYARD GRILLED CITRUS & SOY FISH TACOS© 2016 All Rights Reserved by Norman & Janet Van Aken, “My Florida Kitchen”When we lived in Key West in…

Former President Donald Trump's onetime top adviser surrendered to federal authorities Monday. Bannon was indicted last week for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Preserving democracy is top of mind for Democrats and independents, while Republicans are most concerned about immigration. And there are big splits on how to handle immigration in particular.