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DeSantis’ net worth nearly quadruples with book deal

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is now a millionaire thanks to a book deal that nearly quadrupled his net worth, according to a financial disclosure statement released late Friday.

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Black engineers, 'Game of Thrones' fans cancel Orlando events over political concerns

ORLANDO, Fla. — Black engineers and “Game of Thrones” fans are the latest groups canceling Orlando events and attributing their decisions to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s political climate.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis, Trump seek to rewrite history on COVID response

ORLANDO, Fla. — In January 2021, Gov. Ron DeSantis was proud to announce the one-millionth COVID-19 vaccine given out in Florida.

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Magic exercise team option on Bitazde, decline Schofield, Carter-Williams

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic have exercised its team option on center Goga Bitazde for the 2023-24 season, the Sentinel learned via league sources Thursday.

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A Big 12 tale: Why this athletic boss now wants to defeat teams he loved as a kid in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In 2021, Terry Mohajir and his wife Julie had family in town at their Orlando home, with plans to attend the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at nearby Daytona, when a telephone call disrupted their plans.

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Scott Maxwell: Florida drag queen ruling reveals lies. Read the laws yourself

A federal judge in Orlando has delivered yet another legal smackdown to Gov. Ron DeSantis and GOP legislators, this time blocking the state’s new anti-drag-queen law.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis wants Disney trial held after presidential election

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ legal team wants the trial date for a high-stakes battle with Disney to be in August 2025, well after the presidential election.

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People in Florida prisons will get free calls for good behavior in new program

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Corrections plans to allocate $1 million to a new program that will make a small number of phone calls free for people serving time in prison who display good behavior.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis, district target Disney lawsuit against them

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and a revamped Central Florida special district sought Monday to scuttle a federal lawsuit in which Disney contends its constitutional rights have been violated amid a long-running feud with DeSantis.

Orlando Sentinel

Conservative Fort Pierce jury pool could bode well for Trump defense, but is it that simple?

ORLANDO, Fla. — For now, former President Donald J. Trump, indicted for hoarding classified government documents at his South Florida home, is scheduled to go on trial in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, a venue that many observers view as a potentially favorable place because of its politically conservative…

Orlando Sentinel

Ex-Florida college student who hit cop with skateboard during Capitol riot gets 3 years in prison; father also sentenced

ORLANDO, Fla. — A former Full Sail University student who struck a police officer with a skateboard while participating in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison last week.

Orlando Sentinel

Brickbat: Late for Work

Orlando, Florida, police officer Alexander Shaouni has been charged with resisting an officer, reckless driving and fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer. A Seminole County sheriff's office deputy clocked Shaouni doing 82 mph in a 45 mph zone while driving a marked patrol car without his lights or siren…

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'I Need To Raise The Rent' - Lin And Landlord Yin Tied In PGA Championship Chase

Xiyu Lin says her friend Ruoning Yin also rents her old house in Orlando as the two share second place after the first round of the Women's PGA Championship.

Golf Monthly

Only US flight from Northern Ireland takes off for first time from Belfast airport

TUI will operate eight departures direct to the US throughout June and July 2024

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Florida mayors celebrate completion of higher-speed rail line connecting state

The last segment of a higher-speed rail line stretching from South Florida to the central part of the state has been completed

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Tropical Storm Bret forms, expected to become hurricane on way to Caribbean

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Bret formed in the Atlantic on Monday with a forecast track that sees it growing to hurricane strength as it barrels into the Caribbean this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Orlando Sentinel

Chances higher tropical depression will form in Atlantic, hurricane center says

ORLANDO, Fla. — A tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa is more likely to form into a tropical depression or storm as it steams across the Atlantic this week, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Tropical system strengthens as it heads toward Caribbean, hurricane center says

ORLANDO, Fla. — A tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa is more likely to form into a tropical depression or storm as it steams toward the Caribbean this week, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Who was chosen by what team in the 2023 XFL rookie draft?

What players had their names called in the XFL rookie draft?

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A decade after outcry, SeaWorld launches orca-free park in UAE, its first venture outside the US

U.S. theme park chain SeaWorld, which has been mired in controversy in recent years over its treatment of killer whales and other marine mammals, has opened a massive new aquatic life park in the United Arab Emirates

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center predicts tropical system to form in far Atlantic

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center expects a tropical wave to soon form off the coast of Africa in the far eastern Atlantic with a chance it could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

Orlando Sentinel

New NCAA president Charlie Baker calls for uniform NIL contracts

ORLANDO, Fla. — As a lifelong politician, Charlie Baker knows the importance of remaining connected to your constituents. So during his first 100 days as president of the NCAA, Baker traveled around the country, visiting as many college conferences as possible.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mark Lamping: Gainesville, Orlando more prepared for Jaguars than Daytona

Mark Lamping isn't convinced Daytona International Speedway is the best candidate to be a temporary home for the Jaguars.

Orlando Sentinel

Hamburger Mary’s attorney fights ‘coast to coast’ for drag performers’ freedom

Just four days after a federal judge ruled a Tennessee law restricting drag shows was unconstitutional, attorney Brice Timmons was in an Orlando, Florida, courtroom describing how a new Florida law was causing Hamburger Mary’s to censure its drag shows.

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