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While it's common for U.S. presidents to visit churches, only a few have made official visits to mosques.

Author Michael Farquhar has a new book of mini biographies called A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans. These are people whom, for some reason, official history has overlooked — among others, a swashbuckling female pirate and a "DO-take-prisoners" World War II Marine.

Today’s your weekend event roundup, as always, and we’re talking sharks, a comic book expo, and a meetup with a true Florida staple. You’ll get that in just a few minutes, but first, let’s hit the news.

Roughly one-third of the country lives in precarious circumstances financially.

The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 26 more than 15 months after they were previously scheduled. But these pandemic Tonys are by no means business as usual.

Pick a day in history — the day Lincoln was shot, the day Merriweather Lewis stood on the divide, any significant moment — and imagine you were there. That's what historians were asked to do in the new book, I Wish I'd Been There. What event would you like to have witnessed?

Robert talks with Paul Venables, Co-creative Director at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners in San Francisco, about the Internet company ad culture. Last year during the Super Bowl, 17 dot-com companies advertised during the big game. Firms spent as much as three-million dollars for a 30-second spot. These companies were unknown to many and had little to no profits to their name. This year, the Super Bowl commercial line-up will feature mostly the traditional old economy companies. Three e-companies are returning, however: E-Trade, Hotjobs and Monster.

The Kremlin has said Putin and Xi plan to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, but also "key international and regional issues."

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, Carlton Ward, Jr., and Joe Guthrie are getting ready to set off once again into the wilds of Florida as…

Old wives' tales have transformed themselves into Internet rumors, pranks and myths. Reporter Doug Fine talks to David Mikkelson, the co-founder of Snopes.com, a Web site dedicated to busting urban legends.

Novelist Mary Gordon looks at love and maturity, while Henning Mankell delivers his last Kurt Wallander mystery. In nonfiction, Jim Rasenberger revisits the Bay of Pigs, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells of Afghani women's ingenuity, Charles Ogletree probes the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Meagan O'Rourke meditates on her mother's death.

Today, you’ll learn about a key part of Tampa’s Black history, and how it's still being preserved and taught. Plus, some really cool free events you can check out tonight if you’ve got the time. But first, here’s the news.

Today's host, Meghan Bowman, brought Sky Lebron to a tap festival in Tampa and convinced him to learn how to tap dance. The festival director wants to see the Tampa Bay area become a haven for the art. Plus, Arcadia residents say they saw ICE make arrests.

She's a typical teen — blue nails, loves Coldplay. But she believes she won't be able to build a life in her homeland.

Linda Wertheimer traveled to New York City to look into the viability of Web sites run by three news organizations; ABC News, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. All three sites have not reached profitability but all of them have made a firm commitment to remain online. The Wall Street Journal site is the only one that requires subscribers to pay. Recently, advertising revenue has diminished which is making it even harder for these sites to make a profit. ABC News and the New York Times have recently had significant layoffs in their digital divisions.

The Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition started their trek in January at the tip of the Everglades, and they plan to end it next month at the Okeefenokee…

It was drummed into our brains: Stay 6 feet from others! Limit close contact to 15 minutes. With the highly contagious delta variant, do we need to rethink those numbers?

Rising rivers could shut down part of Interstate 75 in north Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol says.The Santa Fe River, which travels under the…

Some of the senators working on overhauling immigration left the halls of Congress to go to the border crossing between Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Mexico. Reporters weren't invited, though the senators did speak to the press afterward. David Greene talks to Politico reporter Anna Palmer about the border visit.

The daily number of positive coronavirus tests in Florida Thursday was once again more than 4,000.

For foreigners, the risks of visiting China have been growing, including exit bans, arbitrary arrests, and a host of vague laws about security.

We'll check out an improv club in Sarasota to see how it helps people make friends, have fun and think on the fly. Plus, we have some events for you to check out in the Tampa Bay area this week, like '90s and 2000s trivia, and spooky season pumpkin painting. But first, the news.

Mao Zedong built China's Communist revolution on the back of the country's impoverished peasants, and now Chinese leader Xi Jinping wants a new economic revolution to take root in the countryside.

The federal grant will go toward three primary improvements: improving storm water systems, expanding water and sewage services, and creating a community space.

Many spots around Florida reported the coldest January in over a decade, in some spots, a quarter of a century. February promises warmer weather, at least in the short term