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Florida high school student club’s ‘drag & donuts’ event canceled after criticism by board member, state leaders

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Boone High School LGBTQ student club’s plans for a “drag & donuts” meeting after school Thursday was canceled after criticism from a conservative member of the Orange County School Board and Florida’s Education Commissioner.

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New Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost focuses on gun violence in first bill

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, Orlando’s new Gen Z congressman, is making gun violence the focus of his first bill.

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House Republican leaders work to fuse support for energy package

ORLANDO, Fla. — House Republicans spent the last day of their annual issues conference discussing their top legislative priority, an energy package dubbed HR 1, that will test the new majority’s ability to unite around major legislation when it hits the floor next week.

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Florida rule would expand so-called ‘don’t say gay’ to 12th grade

ORLANDO, Fla. — The DeSantis administration next month could effectively bar all public school teachers from providing classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity, a move that would expand Florida’s controversial 2022 law and go even further than the legislation Republican lawmakers are pushing in Tallahassee this spring.

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Easter holiday travel: Hottest places you can fly to from Bristol

Mexico, Orlando, Egypt and Morocco all make the list

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Florida’s century-old Sunshine Laws under duress as DeSantis tries to redefine them

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two years ago, Orlando television reporter Mike DeForest requested some routine travel and budget expenses from a state agency that had given him contractor license records within days, but this request took more than three months. He decided to ask why, so he asked for more records.

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Undercover agents saw nothing ‘lewd’ at Orlando drag show. Florida is going after venue anyway

When the historic Plaza Live theater in Orlando hosted an event last December called “A Drag Queen Christmas,” the show drew a full house, noisy street demonstrators — and a small squad of undercover state agents there to document whether children were being exposed to sights that ran afoul of…

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As bailiffs seize jets from Canadian airline, Boeing order in the balance

In the early morning Canadian cold on March 11, the beginning of spring break for school-age kids in Ontario, families duly assembled at the Region of Waterloo International Airport west of Toronto to fly on Flair Airlines to the sun in Orlando, Florida.

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Late-winter Showers To Sour Spring Break For Parts Of Florida

Showers and thunderstorms will move into Florida, aiding in the effort to end the ongoing drought.

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Andrew Carter: Duke’s season comes to abrupt end, amid painful lesson on toughness and the perils of youth

ORLANDO, Fla. — It wasn’t even midway through the first half here on Saturday afternoon before Duke’s players returned to their bench during a timeout, looking a bit weary and beleaguered, and received a message from their coaches that became the refrain of what turned out to be their final…

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Mike Bianchi: Tennessee beats Duke as AD Danny White makes triumphant return to Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — A UCF fan tweeted out a video earlier this week of former WWE wrestler Goldberg’s iconic ring entrance in which the sculpted professional wrestler marches toward the squared circle with fans cheering and music blaring. And as he emerges from the smoke and pyrotechnics onto the runway,…

Orlando Sentinel

Duke can’t match Tennessee’s physicality, ousted in second round of NCAA Tournament

ORLANDO, Fla. — Down a starting player with with another in foul trouble, Duke switched defenses regularly in the second half, but its failure to stop Tennessee’s Olivier Nkamhoua halted the Blue Devils' season.

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San Diego State squeezes life out of Furman, advances to third Sweet 16 in program history

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida has a python problem.

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Mike Bianchi: Will last NCAA basketball transfer please turn out the lights?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Even College of Charleston guard Dalton Bolon, a 24-year-old senior in his seventh year of college eligibility, is not a big fan of the unrestrainable, uncontainable transfer portal that now runs non-stop throughout college basketball.

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2023 PFL Challenger Series 8: Best photos from Orlando

Check out these photos from the fights at 2023 PFL Challenger Series 8 in Orlando, Fla.

Orlando Sentinel

SpaceX sets launch record with sunset liftoff from Canaveral

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX sent up its 14th rocket from the Space Coast this year with a launch at sunset Friday just hours after its sent up a Falcon 9 in California setting a record turnaround time for Elon Musk’s company.

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2023 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 Game Preview & Prediction: No. 13 Furman vs. No. 5 SDSU

2023 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 Game Preview & Prediction: No. 13 Furman vs. No. 5 SDSU SDSU overpowered South Carolina's Low Country. They prepare to take on the Upstate this Saturday in Orlando, Florida. Contact/Follow @tedmcgovern & @MWCwire The ...

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$17.50 an hour? Hospitality companies say quality pay brings quality staff

When Eddie Hamann heard his employees found it hard to make ends meet in Orlando, he saw an opportunity to help.

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Woman says she is 'happier than ever' after her husband cheated on her

Charity and Matt Craig from Orlando, Florida, US, separated for a year and worked on themselves through therapy until they overcame their troubles and got back together

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Photos: 2023 PFL Challenger Series 8 weigh-ins and faceoffs

Check out these photos from the 2023 PFL Challenger Series 8 weigh-ins in Orlando, Fla.

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Duke basketball dominates Oral Roberts in 74-51 first-round NCAA Tournament victory

ORLANDO, Fla. — No. 12 Duke hit Oral Roberts with an opening punch Thursday night and, when the second half began, drilled the Golden Eagles with another to remove any thoughts of an upset.

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Gritty San Diego State won't be denied in NCAA Tournament win over College of Charleston

ORLANDO, Fla. — They weren't going to be denied.

Orlando Sentinel

Under fire, DeSantis, Ladapo keep trashing COVID-19 vaccines

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wake of federal health officials’ harshest criticism yet of their anti-COVID vaccine views, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis persisted Thursday in claiming the “mRNA jabs” are worthless at best and even dangerous, despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary.

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No. 13 Furman stuns No. 4 Virginia, 68-67, in first round of NCAA tourney

ORLANDO, Fla. — Welcome back, March Madness!

Orlando Sentinel

Taxpayer-funded vouchers in Florida go mostly to religious schools. ‘Pay for it yourself,’ rabbi says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Most Florida students using state vouchers to pay for private school spend their scholarships at religious schools, as their parents select campuses where lessons from the Bible, the Torah and the Quran are taught alongside traditional academics.

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