ACLU sues to stop law limiting contributions to ballot initiatives
A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed a constitutional challenge Saturday to a measure that would limit contributions to political...
View ArticleDeported under Trump, Alejandra Juarez returns to Orlando through temporary...
The return of Alejandra Juarez to Central Florida is among a handful of reunions this week in the U.S. for families separated by policies under President Donald Trump.
View ArticleSunday to Sunday: Florida reports 27,028 coronavirus infections, 463 resident...
The weekly positivity rate for May 2 to 8 was 5.61%, the lowest since the week of March 7. However, the weekly number of resident deaths has not declined since April 11.
View ArticleHurricane Facts: What is a ‘zombie storm’?
During hurricane season, "zombie storm" is phrase that makes headlines and causes some meteorologists to roll their eyes. But what is it?
View ArticleBody camera footage shows Lake County deputy shooting man in wooded area near...
Body-worn camera footage released Friday captured a Lake County deputy sheriff in a wooded area in west DeLand shooting a man whom his family said may have been going through a psychotic episode.
View ArticleFlorida reports 2,296 coronavirus infections, 52 resident fatalities
New COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and the daily test positivity rate continue to decline in Florida.
View Article‘You know I was there, right?:’ Another Capitol riot suspect arrested in...
“You know I was there, right?” Nassif wrote on Jan. 8, the affidavit said. “You don’t find it odd that police officer is welcoming everybody in? Considering the narrative that’s being pushed?”
View ArticleOrlando jury awards $2 million to Burger King employee fired for having a...
A jury awarded more than $2 million to a former Orlando-area Burger King employee who sued after claiming she was fired solely because she had to use a trachea tube to breathe.
View ArticleMan paid suspect to attack woman with knife in Orlando parking garage, police...
An Orlando man paid an associate $100 to attack his girlfriend with a knife, cutting and slicing her face, after she upset him, according to the Orlando Police Department.
View ArticleFatal shooting outside Orlando U.S. immigration building was ‘domestic in...
A man was shot to death Monday morning outside an Orlando office of U.S. Customs and Immigration Services. The shooter was arrested after a car chase that ended in Kissimmee.
View ArticleFire consumes 2 homes in Sanford historic district: report
Firefighters battled flames consuming two homes and damaging two others early Tuesday in the downtown Sanford historic district.
View Article4-year-old shot in foot after accidentally discharging weapon, Orlando police...
A 4-year-old is suffering non-life-threatening injuries after picking up a gun and accidentally discharging the weapon on the child’s foot.
View ArticleFamily of Orange County mom killed in attempted carjacking on Mother’s Day...
The family of a 36-year-old mom killed in a carjacking outside her house just hours before her planned Mother’s Day celebration is now pleading for answers in her tragic death.
View ArticleFlorida reports 48 coronavirus resident deaths, 3,263 new cases
Florida continues to report less than 5,000 daily COVID-19 infections while resident deaths have averaged just over 60 per day in the month of May so far.
View ArticleDeSantis signs bill expanding private school voucher programs
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Tuesday greatly expanding the state’s K-12 school vouchers programs, reducing eligibility requirements and chipping away at oversight of the programs providing...
View ArticleWestbound I-4 in Orlando shut down after truck spills granite, police say
At least two people were injured in an accident on I-4 West Tuesday evening that involved a semitruck spilling granite onto the highway, according to the Orlando Police Department.
View ArticleOrlando police officers rescue baby swans after man snatches them from Lake Eola
OPD arrested 71-year-old Richard Newell Harger Sr. on a charge of third-degree grand theft.
View ArticleStephanie Murphy to announce U.S. Senate campaign: report
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy plans to announce a campaign for the U.S. Senate within the next month, challenging Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for his seat, according to a report by Axios.
View ArticleResidents of rundown Mercy Drive apartments in Orlando fight evictions after...
Few people are left at Riviera Villas, a small rundown apartment complex on a blighted stretch of Mercy Drive in Orlando. Most of the tenants — single moms with young kids living off food stamps and...
View ArticleFire in Cape Canaveral apartment leaves 2 injured, 1 in critical condition:...
An early Wednesday morning fire left two people injured and one in a critical state in Cape Canaveral.
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