Crew-2 astronauts dock at International Space Station after Florida liftoff
A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, the third high-flying taxi ride in less than a year for Elon Musk’s company.
View ArticleFlorida reports 7,411 new COVID-19 infections, 53 more fatalities
New cases of COVID-19 have declined slightly in the last seven days, but deaths are seeing a slight rise in Florida.
View ArticleFlorida gopher tortoise probe alleges unreported deaths, risky conditions for...
Florida wildlife authorities are investigating alleged violations of gopher tortoise protections, involving tortoise deaths and falsified permit information. The reptiles are a state-listed threatened...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida reports 4,671 new infections, 36 more fatalities
The state's weekly test positivity rate ending April 24 went down a percent from the previous week to about 7%.
View ArticleHurricane Facts: Do hurricanes dance to the Fujiwhara effect?
One of the rarer phenomena of tropical storms, the Fujiwhara effect describes two storms that begin dancing around each other.
View ArticleWatch video of an EF-0 tornado in Flagler Beach
The weather whipped through parts of Central Florida over the weekend including the spawning of an EF-0 tornado in Flagler Beach, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleSanford man ID’d as shooting victim in Volusia County
A Sanford man was identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Deltona on Sunday, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleSuper Pink Moon to rise over Florida on Monday night
The first supermoon of the year will be shining brightly over Central Florida on Monday night.
View Article16-year-old boy gunned down in Orlando, cops say
Officers received a call shortly before noon Sunday saying someone had been shot. The victim, Antrevus Cantlow, was shot an an “unknown location” and dropped off at an apartment in the 4800 block of...
View ArticleFlorida reports 64 coronavirus resident deaths, 3,513 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,912 with the addition of 64 more reported fatalities on Monday while also adding 3,513 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleFlorida will gain 1 seat in Congress, not 2, after Trump’s census moves,...
The lower-than-expected apportionment comes after months of concern that the Trump administration’s early census deadlines and thwarted attempts to add a citizenship question to the census, as well as...
View ArticleFlorida Senate votes for $200 million expansion of school vouchers, sending...
The Florida Senate agreed to expand the state's scholarship programs, so that some 60,000 more youngsters might be educated outside public schools, at a cost of the state budget of about $200 million.
View ArticleMarkeith Loyd will face October trial in Orlando cop’s killing
Markeith Loyd faces the death penalty if a jury finds him guilty of first-degree murder of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton in 2017, a judge said Monday.
View ArticleFlorida lawmakers reach deal on state budget, with $6.6 billion in COVID...
More than $6.6 billion in federal COVID-19 aid for Florida will be used on a broad array of environmental, school construction and roads projects, bonuses for first responders and an emergency response...
View ArticleMan shot in New Smyrna Beach left in critical condition
A man was shot Monday night and is now in critical condition in New Smyrna Beach.
View ArticleLawmakers restore about half of Ayala death penalty budget cuts to Orange...
When former Orange-Osceola prosecutor Aramis Ayala said she wouldn’t pursue the death penalty in any circumstance in 2017, then-Gov. Rick Scott moved 29 murder cases to a nearby circuit, and state...
View ArticleDeSantis extends coronavirus state of emergency in Florida for another 60 days
Gov. Ron DeSantis again extended Florida’s coronavirus state of emergency for another 60 days on Tuesday.
View ArticleCOVID in Florida: 5,271 new infections, 46 more residents dead
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,958 with the addition of 46 more reported fatalities on Tuesday while also adding 5,271 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleNew York man arrested in Orlando for hitting U.S. Capitol police officer in...
Jonathan Munafo had his first appearance in front of a federal judge in the Middle District of Florida on Monday and was ordered to jail, the U.S. Justice Department said. His charges include forcibly...
View ArticleState Attorney Worrell started investigation into Salaythis Melvin shooting...
The Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office started over with its investigation of the killing of Salaythis Melvin, who was shot last year by an Orange County deputy at the Florida Mall, lawyers...
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