90.7 WMFE's Intersection

Award winning author Kate DiCamillo returns to Central Florida and her past as a childhood beauty pageant contestant in her latest novel Raymie Nightingale.

Lake Eola reflected the light of thousands of candles Sunday night in a huge vigil for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. An estimated 50,000 people came to downtown Orlando to hear leaders from the city and county, and the LGBT and Latino communities reflect on the last week and raise a candle for the 49 killed and 53 wounded. Jessie Faircloth made the drive down from Jacksonville to join other volunteers handing out 22 thousand white flowers. “Community doesn’t stop in your backyard,” said Faircloth. “We’re down here to show Orlando and anyone else that needs to be shown that love is number one. Doesn’t matter who you are what you look like where you’re from. You should love everybody ...

The city of Debary is suing its own mayor. The city wants Clint Johnson to turn over surveys and receipts relating to a state of the city address. The Mayor called into Intersection Friday to address the lawsuit, and the allegations he's not operating under Sunshine laws.

D’Andrea Pelletier- The Opera Realtor- sings a couple of her favorite arias… including one that’s really about summer. Pelletier explain why ‘Summertime’, from  Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess fits right into the holiday spirit. And she sings a version of ‘Ave Maria’ that might not be so familiar to listeners.  D’Andrea Pelletier is a real estate agent- but her passion is music, which she studied at UCF. She says she’ll sometimes check out the acoustics of the properties she’s showing. “As cliche as it is- yes I do,” says Pelletier. “Before my clients come in, and if it’s a high rise I’ll just belt a really high note… and hope the neighbors don’t hear!” Pelletier says ‘Summertime’ by George Gershwin, is one ...

Last week hundreds of volunteers combed central Florida looking for homeless veterans like Robert Stoner. He’s exactly the kind of person hundreds of volunteers were searching for as part of a tri-county push to get homeless veterans off the streets and into housing.

It’s summertime in Central Florida. That means afternoon thunderstorms and sweltering temperatures. But it’s also time to hit the water parks, catch a concert, and barbecue.

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is expected to announce his bid for the Senate Seat vacated by Marco Rubio. He joins a crowded field for the seat. 90.7’s political commentators Dick Batchelor and Lou Frey talk the Senatorial campaign.

The software company Hacker Team sells software to governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide. Their technology can infiltrate computers and laptops and turn on cameras and microphones - remotely. eaked documents reveal the Orange-Osceola Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation was in talks with the company about buying the software.

After almost a decade, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its closest pass to Pluto. The deep space probe will survey the surface of the icy dwarf-planet and send back photos never before seen. Intersection’s Brendan Byrne talks with the mission's principal investigator Doctor Alan Stern about the mission.

There's a rising tide of HIV infections in Florida and the people being diagnosed don't fit into any one stereotype. But the same prejudices linger around HIV and those living with it.

All this week, Health News Florida is bringing you stories of this new generation of people with HIV - and the efforts to slow this rising tide of infection.

Health Reporter Abe Aboraya talks to 90.7's Matthew Peddie about his work on the series.