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With Starship on hold, NASA sending Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus up for ISS resupply run

There’s room for parking, so NASA is moving forward with a resupply run to the International Space Station.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 11, 2021

Chris Hays: Thanks to 'King Dominator' KD and Team USA for taking care of business at Olympics

ORLANDO, Fla. — That was more like it.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 10, 2021

Gators prepare for life after UF record-setting TE Kyle Pitts

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 2020 Florida Gators got a glimpse of life without tight end Kyle Pitts.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 10, 2021

Bobby Bowden dies. Former Florida State football coach had incredible impact on game.

Bobby Bowden, whose homespun charm and coaching savvy turned the Florida State Seminoles into a football superpower, died Sunday morning. He was 91.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 8, 2021

2 systems move across the Atlantic, hurricane center says

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves moving in the mid- and eastern Atlantic on Sunday with increased chances of developing, according to the NHC 2 p.m. update.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 8, 2021

Preps basketball star Jalen Duren skips Montverde senior year, chooses Memphis over pro deals

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jalen Duren, the dynamic big man who helped power Montverde Academy to a national championship last March, revealed Friday night that he will bypass his senior year of high school basketball to play for the University of Memphis.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 7, 2021

DeSantis says no need for another COVID-19 health emergency

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday there was no need for a new public health emergency despite the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations around the state.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 6, 2021

Florida coach Mullen welcomes Texas, Oklahoma as SEC set to become college football’s first true ‘megaconference’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen was relaxing at his Lake Oconee vacation home when the bombshell broke that Texas and Oklahoma planned to leave the Big 12 for the SEC.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 6, 2021

Dark money behind Florida ‘ghost’ candidates has ties to Alabama political players, records suggest

ORLANDO, Fla. — The source of more than half a million dollars spent last year promoting “ghost” candidates in key state Senate races remained a mystery even as the scandal rocked Florida politics, but newly public records suggest the money is tied to political players in Alabama.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 5, 2021

2 tropical waves in Atlantic moving west, hurricane center continues monitoring

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new tropical wave emerged Thursday morning with 60% odds of becoming the next tropical depression or storm by early next week. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center is watching a second tropical wave in the mid-Atlantic.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 5, 2021