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Heather Garozzo, a world champion video gamer and vice president of Marketing for the Dignitas gaming organization, speaks with USF business professor Janelle Wells about diversity and growth within eSports. — Thomas Iacobucci / WUSF Public Media

Video Gaming Industry's Potential Focus Of USF Summit

Video gamers and national eSports industry leaders gathered in Tampa Wednesday to talk about gaming as a culture and as a business, across the country and in the Tampa Bay area.

Under Richard Corcoran's plan, colleges with growing enrollment would get a funding boost. And the model also would create a process to support workforce programs that are more expensive. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

After ‘Transformational’ Charter School Reforms, Richard Corcoran Pushes State College Changes

Ken Ouellette, employment coordinator for the VIP-ER program, helps program participants build resumes and write cover letters. — Daylina Miller / WUSF Public Media

Long-Term Rehab Program In Sarasota Seen As Model For Addiction Recovery

Florida's Algae Task Force Holds Its First Meeting

By Jessica Meszaros • 12 hours ago

All but one of the 11 members of the Harmful Algal Bloom Task Force met at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Jessica Meszaros/WUSF

A state task force to help determine strategies for researching and mitigating harmful algae blooms met Thursday in St. Petersburg. It’s the first time the group has met since Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the initiative in November.

Move To Abolish Electoral College Picks Up Steam

By Steve Newborn • 14 hours ago

A move is gaining steam around the county that would change the way the president is elected. It would reward whoever wins the popular vote, and abolish the Electoral College.

North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds, Scientists Say

By Nell Greenfieldboyce • 14 hours ago

Over the past half-century, North America has lost more than a quarter of its entire bird population, or around 3 billion birds.

That's according to a new estimate published in the journal Science by researchers who brought together a variety of information that has been collected on 529 bird species since 1970.

Marco Rubio, Rick Scott Want Canadian ‘Snowbirds’ To Stay In Florida Longer

By News Service of Florida • 14 hours ago

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, left, and Rick Scott.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott want to allow Canadians to be able to stay longer in the United States.

Funding, Management Delay NASA Efforts To Land Astronauts On The Moon In 2024

By Brendan Byrne / WMFE • 16 hours ago

NASA's Artemis program aims to take humans back to the moon. NASA

NASA could miss a 2024 deadline set by the White House to land humans on the moon. Funding is at the heart of the delay.

Jerry Becomes the Season's Fourth Hurricane Over the Central Atlantic

By Megan Borowski • 17 hours ago

Jerry is now a hurricane, making it the fourth of the 2019 season. And chances are increasing that it will not be a threat to the United States.

Hurricane Jerry has become significantly better organized over the past 24 hours, according to an update from the National Hurricane Center at 11 am Thursday. The category 1 storm had maximum sustained winds up to 75 miles per hour, and it was moving west-northwest at 16 mph.