The Downtown Arts District celebrates 20 years of CityArts Orlando with a special Third Thursday this month, including a wine release.

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The impasse could soon result in limitations on what intelligence the U.S. government can collect abroad just as World Cup games begin in cities around the country and ahead of celebrations for the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The restaurants are packed on Mother’s Day, and yet dad is half-expected to barbecue on his own holiday. Take the pressure off and let Orlando’s culinary pros treat dad (and all the father figures in your life) to the same royal…

Federal prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty against him.

On average, Florida recorded 93 daily arrests in the 416 days beginning Jan. 20, 2025, trailing only the 239 recorded by Texas, which shares the nation’s longest border with Mexico.

Health analysts warn the changes could lead to a loss of coverage for vulnerable patients.

A leader at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida says the organization’s job-training has expanded into customer service.

Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, Central Florida is uniting with art exhibitions, community events and memorial ceremonies.

Meteorologists forecast it will rival — or exceed — a record El Nino that began in 1997.

Tonight, before you go to sleep, think about what life was like before the Pulse massacre. And the day after, remember our resolve that Orlando would not let hate win.

The National Hurricane Center continued to track Thursday the first system with a chance to form into the season’s initial tropical depression or storm in the Atlantic basin.

Brandon Wolf crouched in the corner of the nightclub bathroom for what felt like forever as gunshots rang out. Finally, he and several others decided to run, arms linked, toward the glowing light coming from the crack of an emergency exit…

A reader asks real estate lawyer Gary Singer: Our buyer’s appraisal is less than the price we agreed on. How do we still close the deal without losing a lot of money?

“Your heart is shattered,” said the mother of the 20-year-old victim, but she and her other children will be together in Central Florida, remembering and celebrating the son and sibling they lost.

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Biologists removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The biggest snake was 17 feet long and weighed 153 pounds.

“I never wanted anyone to think of that individual in the same place ever again with those whose lives he took,” said Dr. Joshua Stephany.

There is a 40 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Tallahassee is steadily taking decision-making away from local communities, weakening local control and accountability.

As Patti Davis writes, a long list of presidents including her father have adhered to civil discourse with other world leaders without descending into profanities and threats.

One of her daughters was behind the omissions of fact in her mother’s obituary.

This nearly 3,000-square-foot home in Apopka’s Eden Crest neighborhood will be the ninth Florida-built home given away by HGTV.

My son calls other people Mom and Dad, does not call or keep in touch with us.

In moments of crisis or tragedy, go ahead and send those thoughts and prayers, but be sure to do something tangible as well.

In a far corner of Oviedo, Mugendai is a bonsai of sorts, a Japanese restaurant gently shaped by its chef, whose love for tradition and technique has grown it slowly and steadily.

Disney World and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra play a part in “The Perfect Tuba,” a tribute to the low guy on the orchestral totem pole.

Capitalizing on the large crowds flooding South Florida to watch the World Cup, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has rolled out safe-sex billboards with giant soccer-themed condoms.

The University of Florida Board of Trustees appointed former University of Alabama president Stuart Bell to serve as the school’s president. The state Board of Governors still needs to approve.

The new congressional district map will remain in effect for the midterm elections, after the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to block the new configuration.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Dennis Sochor, a Georgia man who was convicted in the Jan. 1, 1982, murder of an 18-year-old woman he met at a Broward bar.

The State Attorney’s Office could not prove the “use of force was not justified beyond a reasonable doubt.”

One to three inches of rain were reported.

Florida hasn’t elected a Democrat as governor since 1994, but the two former members of Congress say the state is ready for leadership that isn’t about political extremism.

After two years of construction, the third Icon-class ship is officially a part of Royal Caribbean’s lineup following an official handoff from Meyer Turku shipyard.

“It only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season,” a researcher cautioned.

This graveyard spans the largest area and is so far the deepest and oldest found.

Ten years after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, Central Florida is uniting with art exhibitions, community events and memorial ceremonies.

“We’re starting to see some real improvement in Orlando,” said Beth Osborne, the president and CEO of Smart Growth America, which did the study.

After the 1994 World Cup, the Wall Street Journal famously remarked that the United Nations should send observers to Orlando “to see how it (international harmony) is done.”

The shooting death of Christina Grimmie in Orlando was national news 10 years ago, although it was drowned out from the tragic Pulse nightclub shooting that happened the same weekend.

In recent commentary, critics have raised concerns about the leadership of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, but Florida’s model is not broken.

A recent report lists 621 specific state projects, totaling $830 million, that merit veto consideration because they bypassed established budget rules, but the governor’s friends don’t often get vetoed.

The National Hurricane Center posted in its tropical outlook Wednesday the first system with a chance to form into the season’s initial tropical depression or storm in the Atlantic basin.

From community celebrations to a bus tour, there are many ways to honor and enjoy Juneteenth in Central Florida.

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Rain chances along the coast increased Wednesday morning, with higher chances listed for the interior in the afternoon.

Bill Gates will appear Wednesday before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify.

“I just screamed and screamed,” said Olga Disla of learning that her son Anthony Luis Laureano Disla had been killed in the 2016 nightclub massacre.

Just after 7 a.m. nearly 10 years ago, Orlando police recounted to the public the first details of the horror that unfolded overnight while much of the city slept, reporting that 20 people had been killed at Pulse nightclub. Mayor Buddy…