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Hurricane center ups the odds of development for Caribbean system

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is observing a Caribbean system it expects to develop into the next tropical depression or storm sometime this week.

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Tyre Sampson autopsy confirms weight surpassed Orlando Free Fall ride’s limits

ORLANDO, Fla. — An autopsy report for the 14-year-old boy who was killed falling from a thrill ride at ICON Park confirmed he far surpassed the ride’s weight capacity.

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Hurricane center eyeing system in the Caribbean

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is observing a Caribbean system it expects to develop into the next tropical depression or storm sometime this week.

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Robert Runcie now leads national superintendent group and school safety initiative

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Robert Runcie, whose tenure as Broward schools superintendent included the Parkland tragedy and a grand jury indictment, is now overseeing a national group of school leaders and a $1 million project to improve school safety around the country.

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No secret what the Lightning want to do; stopping them is another story

TAMPA, Fla. — They were among the very best in the NHL this season. Threats to score every night, every period, every shift.

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End of an era as Disney Dream cruise ship leaves Port Canaveral

ORLANDO, Fla. — The vanguard of the last new era of Disney Cruise Line is moving along as Disney Dream, which first debuted at Port Canaveral in 2011, has left the only port it ever called home to make way for the first ship of a new era.

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Fact or fiction: Do cats roam Disney's Magic Kingdom tasked with rodent control?

ORLANDO, Fla. — If you’ve seen a cat dashing across your path at Walt Disney World, you’re certainly not alone. After all, the Pet Alliance of Central Florida estimates there are nearly 87,000 feral (or community) cats in Central Florida, and with such big numbers, it’s no surprise a few…

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3 barkeeps get fresh with summery watermelon cocktails

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Lil’ Indies bartender Jeremy Kazmier used to spend summers at his grandfather’s little farm out in Apopka, Florida, when he was a kid. It wasn’t all that big, but there were goats and a field where he and his cousins would play baseball and a 1/4-acre garden…

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Keepers of Pulse history offer help to other communities reeling from mass shootings

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Since the killings at Pulse, archivists and curators with the Orange County Regional History Center have collected, catalogued and cared for thousands of touching memorials left in tribute to the Orlando night club, its patrons and the tragedy’s survivors and victims.

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Another missing person case linked to Haitian Special Olympics delegation

ORLANDO, Fla. — Another person with ties to the Haitian delegation to the Special Olympics has been reported missing, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, bringing the number of disappearances to seven.

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Astra Space fails to deliver NASA’s hurricane-tracking satellites to orbit

ORLANDO, Fla. — Astra Space suffered another failure in its attempt to perform a successful launch from the Space Coast on Sunday when its second stage could not put two NASA satellites into proper orbit.

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Florida wants to ban kid-friendly drag shows. But the shows will go on, LGBTQ+ groups say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In the latest assault on the LGBTQ+ community, drag shows aimed at children could be banned in Florida, after a lawmaker and Gov. Ron DeSantis followed the lead of an idea in Texas.

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Conservative Republican Joe Budd hopes to capture South Florida congressional seat

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Conservative Republican activist Joe Budd is running for Congress, hoping to pick up a Broward-Palm Beach county district held for decades by Democrats.

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Astra Space launches from Canaveral on mission to serve up real-time hurricane data

ORLANDO, Fla. — Starting this hurricane season scientists will be able to look at storms in a way they’ve never been able to before.

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As sex offenders around Tampa Bay age, where will they go for nursing care?

TAMPA, Fla. — John Calandra spends his hours in a shed-sized room in St. Petersburg.

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Lightning edge Rangers, 2-1, advance to third straight Stanley Cup Final

TAMPA, Fla. — The “recipe” still works.

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Feds withhold $1.2M as Florida refuses to enforce COVID vaccine rule for health care workers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— As Gov. Ron DeSantis fights COVID-19 vaccination passports and mandates — most recently by threatening the Special Olympics with a $27.5 million fine — there’s one mandate he can’t stop.

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DeSantis orders flags at half-staff for Pulse victims as scrutiny from LGBTQ community increases

ORLANDO, Fla. — To commemorate the six-year remembrance of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub massacre, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation ordering flags at all local and state buildings to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday.

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Did Bruce Arians trade a podium spot at the Hall of Fame for principle?

TAMPA, Fla. — It was going to be his last year of coaching. Bruce Arians was pretty sure about that.

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Parkland District chief ‘removed from his assignment,’ Broward Sheriff’s Office says

PARKLAND, Fla. — The chief of the Parkland district of the Broward Sheriff’s Office was “relieved of duties” Friday, the city’s Mayor Rich Walker said.

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UCF settles on $18 million buyout, will start Big 12 competition in 2023

ORLANDO, Fla. — Nine months after accepting an invitation to the Big 12 Conference, UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir celebrated the program’s final hurdle by announcing the school would be joining the Power Five league in time for the 2023 football season.

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Tom Brady on Gronk: ‘We’d all love to play with him’ in 2022

TAMPA, Fla. — Presumably, Tom Brady possesses a greater insight into longtime target Rob Gronkowski’s immediate future than just about anyone inside Bucs headquarters.

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Jabari Smith’s pre-draft workout helped him see how he could fit with Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. — A little after noon on Thursday, Jabari Smith and Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley gave each other a fist bump at the AdventHealth Practice Facility inside Amway Center.

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House adopts red flag bill to confiscate guns in cases of ‘extreme risk’

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to allow confiscation of guns from individuals deemed an “extreme risk,” the morning after agreeing to ban teens from buying semi-automatic weapons like the one used by the 18-year-old who killed 21 people at a Uvalde elementary school.

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Bucs QB Tom Brady explains why his football journey isn’t over

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady said he got to experience what life will be like as a retired NFL quarterback for about six weeks before deciding that playing for the Bucs had been “an incredible part of my football journey, and it’s not over.”

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