Dan is an assistant managing editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, ...

The former CEO of the East Polk County Association of Realtors is under arrest on grand theft charges. Jennifer Garula-Mers is accused of stealing more than $81,000 from the association. The former ...

It’s Give Miami Day, the 24-hour marathon where Florida’s most populous county turns philanthropy into a sport where everyone wins. Through midnight, every donation to a participating nonprofit is ...

The new trend in Florida schools: “à la carte education” — or “have-it-your-way” for the non-francophones. Loosely, à la carte education encompasses all approaches to K-12 education outside full-time ...

A suspect who beat an elderly man and charged at Polk County deputies with a brick is dead after a deputy-involved shooting in Lakeland. The incident happened near Saturn Street. The suspect has spent ...