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LGBTQ community remembers Pulse with solemn, spirited events

Pulse survivor Amanda Grau, shot four times at the nightclub six years ago, fought fear to chase a dream.

Orlando Sentinel

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.

Orlando Sentinel

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.

Orlando Sentinel

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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.

Orlando Sentinel

‘Want real decisions’: Pulse shooting survivors mark grim anniversary

In the aftermath of Buffalo and Uvalde, those who lived through the Orlando attack six years ago join calls for action

The Guardian - US

At March for Our Lives rally in DC, frustration mixes with optimism amid renewed push for action

WASHINGTON — Serena Rodrigues remembers how she felt four years ago, during her first March for Our Lives rally in Orlando, Florida, when she took a moment to watch a seemingly endless throng of people march together in support of gun control.

Miami Herald

COVID hospitalizations rise in Florida as contagious omicron subvariants spread

ORLANDO, Fla. — COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising to levels last experienced during Florida’s winter surge as overlapping waves of omicron subvariants sweep through the state.

Orlando Sentinel

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Lanarkshire teenager is full of cheer after helping national team to medal place at world championships

Dalziel High pupil Eden Durrand was one of 3000 cheerleading athletes from around the globe competing in Orlando.

Daily Record

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.

Orlando Sentinel

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.

Orlando Sentinel

Sick details emerge after waitress saves boy, 11, from parents' abuse with secret sign

Flaviane Carvalho was serving the family of the accused at her restaurant Mrs Potato in Orange County, Orlando, Florida when she noticed parents Timothy Lee Wilson and Kristen Swann treating one son differently

Daily Mirror

International travel still lags amid COVID, inflation and gun worries

International tourists are gradually returning to Florida and the rest of the United States, but some potential travelers aren’t booking vacations because of COVID testing requirements, inflation and gun violence, experts at a travel trade show in Orlando said this week.

Orlando Sentinel

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.

Orlando Sentinel

5 Haiti soccer players and their coach vanished from Special Olympics in Florida

MIAMI — They turned in their room keys and left behind their suitcases and other personal belongings. Why five Haitian soccer players and their coach decided to vanish while participating in the 2022 Special Olympics Games in Orlando remains a puzzling mystery.

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With latest liftoff, SpaceX on track for a record 52 launches this year

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX made its 23rd launch of 2022 on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Egyptian company Nilesat’s communications satellite to orbit.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida deputies search for missing Haitian Special Olympics soccer team members

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of several members of the Haitian Special Olympics soccer team participating in this year’s USA Games.

Orlando Sentinel

10-year-old girl who shot woman is arrested on murder charge, Orlando police say

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 10-year-old girl who last week shot and killed a woman who was fighting with her mother was arrested Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge, the Orlando Police Department announced Tuesday.

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A mother is arrested after police say her 2-year-old shot her husband

Investigators had initially suspected a death by suicide in the east Orlando, Fla., case. Then a five-year-old said his brother had shot his dad.

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NASA Artemis I moon rocket rolls back to Kennedy Space Center launch pad

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA has sent the Artemis I rocket back to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center for testing later this month, looking to get back on track for a potential moon launch as early as August.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida Gov. DeSantis seeks control over universities, targeting tenure and ‘politicized’ classes

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Republican allies are seeking more influence in university classrooms, targeting tenure, waging a battle against “politicized” courses and contemplating a significant change in how professors are hired across the state.

Orlando Sentinel

2-year-old fatally shot dad after finding ‘easily accessible’ gun, Florida sheriff says

ORLANDO, Fla. — A 2-year-old boy shot and killed his father at their east Orange County home last month, Sheriff John Mina said Monday.

Orlando Sentinel

UCF researchers tapped again for NASA moon mission, set to explore mysterious domes

ORLANDO, Fla. — A team of researchers from the University of Central Florida will be exploring an unknown and mysterious region of the moon.

Orlando Sentinel

Democratic congressional candidate confronts DeSantis about gun violence

ORLANDO, Fla. — Democratic congressional candidate Maxwell Frost confronted Gov. Ron DeSantis about gun violence at an event in Orlando Thursday night, but the governor said, “Nobody wants to hear from you” as security removed Frost.

Orlando Sentinel

Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5 million fine

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida threatened to fine the Special Olympics $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at this weekend’s USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.

Daily Mirror

Terrifying square off between alligator and shark captured by gobsmacked fisherman

David Zinn was fishing with his stepfather in Florida, off the coast of Port St.Lucie, south west of Orlando, when he felt a strong pull on his line before attempting to remove the hook when a gator lunged from the water

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