Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Orlando

DeSantis lauds his record as Crist blasts it in Florida governor’s race

ORLANDO, Fla. — The campaign for governor in Florida is all about Ron DeSantis’ record.

Orlando Sentinel

SpaceX Falcon Heavy ready for liftoff Tuesday after 3-year hiatus

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s the biggest game in town for now, but has not flown in more than three years. Fans of SpaceX, though, will have a chance to see what is currently the most powerful rocket in use launch on a mission from Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday.

Orlando Sentinel

'Universal Studios' new horror house by The Weeknd is pulse-racing, flashback-inducing stuff'

Halloween Horror Nights at Orlando are back, with horror favourites including the Wolfman, Dracula and The Mummy, as well as Michael Myers and the popstar The Weeknd

Daily Mirror

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Magic’s guard depth takes a major hit with Cole Anthony’s oblique injury

Orlando Magic third-year guard Cole Anthony underwent imaging after Wednesday’s 103-92 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, confirming a right internal oblique muscle injury.

Orlando Sentinel

Comcast hints at future layoffs, though Universal theme parks prosper

Universal Orlando and Universal’s other theme parks continued to improve parent company Comcast’s earnings last quarter, but a top executive on Thursday nonetheless raised the possibility of layoffs and other cost-cutting across the company in preparation for a potential recession next year.

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center tracks 2 systems with chances to become depression

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continues to track one system in the Atlantic and one in the Caribbean with potential to form into the season’s next tropical or subtropical depression as they mix with surrounding weather systems.

Orlando Sentinel

UK who tourist who made small girl cry by blocking her view at Disney has 'no regrets'

The man, from the UK, explained he proposed to his fiancée during a recent trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, USA, and as part of their romantic trip

Edinburgh Live

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Paolo Banchero impacting free throws for Magic, who drop 5th straight to Cavaliers

When the Orlando Magic lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-92 Wednesday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, it marked just the fifth game of Paolo Banchero’s NBA career. In other words, too early to make grand conclusions about what his season-long impact will be.

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center keeps watch on Caribbean system; Bermuda system disappears

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is looking at the Southern Caribbean where a new tropical depression or storm could grow while keeping track of two more systems in the Atlantic.

Orlando Sentinel

GOP again deploys task force to challenge ballots in Central Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — As mail-in ballots start to come in and early voting begins, Republicans in Central Florida are taking advantage of the new election law to challenge mail-in ballots as the number of partisan poll watchers also has increased, according to Central Florida election officials.

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center keeps watch on Caribbean system, Bermuda system disappears

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continues to watch an area of low pressure in the eastern Caribbean.

Orlando Sentinel

Behind the scenes of the lost luggage crisis: What happens to your bag at the airport

The revival of air travel got off to a rocky start this summer, with thousands of passengers losing their luggage en route. So, how does the baggage-handling system work? How can it go wrong? And where do your lost bags go? Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago. It became a hotbed of black resistance

Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – called townships under apartheid – established in 1932 for Africans under the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act. It was renamed Orlando East…

The Conversation

University of Central Florida, Universal debut Creative Lab for theme park designers

Next semester, select master’s students at the University of Central Florida will call Universal Orlando their classroom.

Orlando Sentinel

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Widow claims Virgin Atlantic ‘lost husband’s ashes’ en route to Disney World

‘I wanted to bury some of his ashes and our wedding rings there,’ says Wales woman

Orlando Sentinel

LGBT+ Center Orlando cancels drag queen story hour after Nazi threats, director says

ORLANDO, Fla. — The LGBT+ Center Orlando canceled Monday a weekend drag queen story hour for children after receiving online threats from Nazis and other extremist groups, according to the organization’s executive director.

The Independent UK

Behind the scenes of the lost luggage crisis: What happens to your bag at the airport

Daily Mirror

Widow unable to scatter husband's ashes after luggage left behind at airport

Joyce Jackson was flying to Florida to leave the belongings at the favourite holiday destination of her and her late husband, the Caribbean Beach Resort at Walt Disney World

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Orlando Sentinel

Legoland in Florida pushes back Pirate River Quest opening to early 2023

ORLANDO, Fla — Legoland Florida has delayed the planned opening of its Pirate River Quest attraction to early 2023. Blame it on the rains or at least the rising water levels near the Winter Haven theme park.

The Independent UK

‘Best holiday ever’– what children thought of their Dreamflight trip to Florida

Swimming with dolphins was a clear highlight for those visiting Orlando from the UK.

Manchester Evening News

Widow's plans to bury husband ashes at Disney World ruined after suitcase left behind at Manchester Airport

Virgin Atlantic has apologised and said it is investigating what happened at Manchester Airport

Wales Online

Airport blunder sees ashes of widow's late husband left behind

Joyce Jackson didn't get her luggage when she landed in Florida to bury Gordan's ashes there

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center says high-wind system in Atlantic could become tropical

ORLANDO, Fla. — After the tropics died down for a week, the National Hurricane Center began tracking an area in the Atlantic that has low chances to form into the next tropical depression next week.

Orlando Sentinel

Debate with DeSantis could be Crist’s last shot in Florida governor’s race

ORLANDO, Fla. — The lone debate in the Florida governor’s race could be Charlie Crist’s last real chance to pull ahead against Gov. Ron DeSantis, experts said, with polls continually giving DeSantis the lead. And Crist has to hit hard against an incumbent playing it safe, they added.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida teachers could lose licenses for defying ‘don’t say gay,’ ‘anti-woke’ laws

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida adopted a trio of education rules Wednesday that carry out its new culture-war laws, including one that threatens public school teachers with the loss of state certification if they violate requirements of the state’s so-called “don’t say gay” and “anti-woke” legislation.

1 … 42 43 44 45

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.