The Latest Breaking News from Fla

NHC increases odds for system expected to develop on Sunday

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center forecast an increased chance that a tropical depression or storm could form in the Atlantic and potentially threaten Florida in the next five days.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 5, 2022

Parkland gunman leaves Broward jail for prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland gunman is no longer in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Tribune News Service · Nov 5, 2022

Sea turtle nesting deaths are on the rise as hot dry summer comes to an end

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The South Florida heat is causing more sea turtles to die in their nests, with this year’s dry scorching summer prompting embryo deaths to more than double, researchers say.

Tribune News Service · Nov 5, 2022

Magic kick off homestand with 130-129 win vs. Warriors

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic’s season-long seven-game homestand couldn’t have come at a better time.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 4, 2022

Tom Brady, Bucs have perfect chance to press reset

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady’s team had just lost two games in five days, falling to the Panthers and Ravens. Dressed in full pads, the Bucs quarterback sat with his head in his hands at his locker a week ago following the latest defeat.

Tribune News Service · Nov 4, 2022

Disney, other tourism workers need $18 minimum wage, report says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando’s tourism workers, long among the lowest paid in the region’s economy, must earn at least $18 per hour to meet basic needs, a hospitality industry union argues in a report released Thursday.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 3, 2022

NASA set to roll Artemis I back to launch pad overnight despite tropical threat next week

ORLANDO, Fla. — If all goes well, this could be the last time NASA has to make the final four-mile trip to the launch pad for Artemis I.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 3, 2022

Ketamine ‘saved my life’: Depressed, anxious Floridians turn to unregulated psychadelics

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ashley Blanco, 27, has grappled with anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder for the better part of a decade. Antidepressants and therapy didn’t help. After she graduated college, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. It sent her mental health to an all-time low.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 3, 2022

Agency insists ‘correct’ suspect arrested in 1987 killing, despite other man’s confession

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said Daniel Otte, a man tried twice and acquitted in the murder of cab driver Joseph Lavair in 1987, remains the “correct suspect” — even after another man confessed to the crime.

Orlando Sentinel · Nov 2, 2022

Hurricane Lisa makes landfall in Belize; Hurricane Martin strengthens

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Lisa made landfall about 10 miles southwest of Belize City on Wednesday afternoon, just hours after becoming the season’s sixth hurricane.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022