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Florida added 2,355 coronavirus cases Wednesday to push the statewide total to 671,201 infected. With 152 new virus fatalities reported statewide Wednesday, 12,939 Florida residents are now dead.
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Las Vegas leaders stepped in to save Sin City’s monorail system using tourist taxes. Orange County should also use hotel taxes to help SunRail and buses
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There are legitimate reasons for concern if Amendment 2 passes. Some studies show raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost jobs. Other studies dispute that. Whichever you believe, there's no doubt Florida has neglected its low-income population. Orlando's tourism-loving economy is especially cruel. Amendment 2 would do far more good than harm here, so we are endorsing it.
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Hurricane Sally’s wind strength fell to Category 1 status as the storm made landfall near the Alabama-Florida border Wednesday morning, slowly crawling further into the mainland, pushing storm surge water past the coast and besieging some Florida Panhandle communities with rainfall totals exceeding 2 feet.
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Carnival Cruise Line announced another two ships leaving its fleet in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
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Leading congressional Democrats reacted furiously to lightly substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies.
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Interview: Paul “Spike” Hopkins and Dennis Lemma, candidates for Seminole County sheriff, were interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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When billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign in March, he pledged to spend “whatever it takes” to help Democrats defeat President Trump. Less than two months before the election, he’s finally coming through.
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A witness told investigators he saw the driver stagger from his car and and crawl away on his hands and knees. Police later found him hiding in bushes; a toxicologist determined that blood alcohol content would have been about .20 percent at the time of the crash and that he also had Xanax and an Amphetamine in his system.
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Residents of the now-abandoned Star Motel in Kissimmee — who’ve spent the past nine months without reliable access to running water and electricity — are finally getting help from local nonprofits and Osceola County government to move them to rooms in better motels. But the fix is temporary. So one agency is looking to buy and renovate a motel of its own and turn it into affordable housing.
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This is the second time the state has purchased land from the company in an area known as the Devil’s Garden. The two purchases represent more than 16,000 acres of conservation land that is prime habitat for endangered Florida panthers.
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A House committee issued a scathing report Wednesday questioning whether Boeing and government regulators have recognized the problems that caused two deadly 737 Max jet crashes and whether either will be willing to make significant changes to fix them.
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In a guest column, a former police detective in Daytona Beach says Congress should legalize marijuana nationally, eliminating confusion with local ordinances and giving police time to go after more serious offenders.
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Lawmaker Anna Eskamani is hoping to hang onto her seat in November, facing Republican primary winner Jeremy Sisson for the Florida House seat spanning much of downtown Orlando and Winter Park, as well Holden Heights, Belle Isle and Conway.
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A battle over whether Deloitte Consulting LLP should receive a major state Medicaid contract is ready to start playing out before an administrative law judge.
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Orlando’s airport was barely able to cling to its international status during the depths of the pandemic’s worldwide hit on air travel in the spring, but the region’s nonstop links to foreign cities are tiptoeing back to life.
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Las Vegas leaders stepped in to save Sin City’s monorail system using tourist taxes. Orange County should also use hotel taxes to help SunRail and buses
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There are legitimate reasons for concern if Amendment 2 passes. Some studies show raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost jobs. Other studies dispute that. Whichever you believe, there's no doubt Florida has neglected its low-income population. Orlando's tourism-loving economy is especially cruel. Amendment 2 would do far more good than harm here, so we are endorsing it.
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Carnival Cruise Line announced another two ships leaving its fleet in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
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The Halloween season feels different yet familiar at Walt Disney World this year. The resort canceled Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party events at Magic Kingdom in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the theme park has incorporated glimpses of past years into its daytime celebrations and thrown in new (if brief) experiences.
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A House committee issued a scathing report Wednesday questioning whether Boeing and government regulators have recognized the problems that caused two deadly 737 Max jet crashes and whether either will be willing to make significant changes to fix them.
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A battle over whether Deloitte Consulting LLP should receive a major state Medicaid contract is ready to start playing out before an administrative law judge.
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The former owner of a Florida mortgage firm, who was responsible for one of the largest frauds prosecuted out of the nation’s financial crisis a decade ago, is being released from prison on compassionate grounds after serving just nine years of his 30-year sentence.
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A notice with the state, as a requirement under federal law for mass layoffs, revealed the blow - 1,896 employees lost their jobs at SeaWorld Orlando, Aquatica Orlando and Discovery Cove.
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Quality sleep is foundational to general health and wellness-- but many people have realized they're not getting the sleep they need, whether that means trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or achieving deep sleep. If you wake up feeling groggy or lethargic, or you're hitting an afternoon slump day after day, you're probably looking for ways to get a better...
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The University of Central Florida will begin testing students and employees randomly for coronavirus next week, starting with roughly 100 students involved in Greek organizations, which the school deems at elevated risk.
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What can Disney foodies and fans expect from this year's version of their favorite Epcot festival? Even with the pandemic-related policies in place, they'll find old favorites and new flavors.
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Firefighters rescued a couple from a 40-foot sinkhole in Florida after the pair were riding an ATV through the woods in the dark and plummeted into the hole. One day later in the same city, firefighters saved a pet dog from the bottom of yet another 40-foot sinkhole.
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While the first Artemis mission has yet to launch, NASA and partner Northrop Grumman are already testing new boosters for future launches capable of sending humans to deep space including Mars.