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Disney Adventure stops in Port Canaveral on its way to Singapore trib.al/0jdLH7E
Disney Adventure stops in Port Canaveral on its way to Singapore
Disney Cruise Line’s newest and largest ship, the Disney Adventure, appeared at Port Canaveral Thursday morning before its long journey to Singapore.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Beede’s Breakdown: Magic complete comeback against Grizzlies in Berlin trib.al/dDudzJP
Beede’s Breakdown: Magic complete comeback against Grizzlies in Berlin
Thursday’s game in Berlin served as a homecoming for Franz and Moe Wagner as the Magic took on the Grizzlies. The sides meet again Sunday in London.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Uber driver shot at seven times over tip dispute following ride from Disney World, deputies say trib.al/kw6uHZc
Uber driver shot at seven times over tip dispute following ride from Disney World, deputies say
The driver had suggested the man tip him more for having him wait around half-an-hour.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Property tax proposal on Florida homestead exemptions moves forward trib.al/uUC7WGP
Property tax proposal on Florida homestead exemptions moves forward
A House proposal that would ask voters to phase out non-school homestead property taxes moved forward, as lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis try to reach agreement on a November ballot measure.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Orlando: Events to celebrate, honor the holiday trib.al/EOOPJtm
Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Orlando: Events to celebrate, honor the holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 19, representing a time to remember the legacy of America’s famous Civil Rights leader and give back to the community. Celebrate with events, festivals an…
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January 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
National park staff are asking about citizenship status. Here’s why trib.al/OXN21We
National park staff are asking about citizenship status. Here’s why
Eleven of the most popular national parks in the U.S. are affected.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Control of the House is at the center of midterms. These charts help explain the fight trib.al/QYtQxGx
Control of the House is at the center of midterms. These charts help explain the fight
Republicans hold a narrow majority that they’ve tried to insure with gerrymandering.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
10% of US House members have announced they’re not running for reelection, an AP analysis shows trib.al/NFZPsnl
10% of US House members have announced they’re not running for reelection, an AP analysis shows
A record number of seats are up for grabs at this point in the cycle.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Trump administration reinstates drug, mental health programs it cut days earlier trib.al/JcxNQtJ
Trump administration reinstates drug, mental health programs it cut days earlier
The cuts would have impacted Central Florida programs, including about $1 million worth of initiatives in Orange County.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Magic, NBA see growth in Europe, abroad: ‘It’s showing in the numbers’ trib.al/d3tjpqQ
Magic, NBA see growth in Europe, abroad: ‘It’s showing in the numbers’
The Magic might only play two games in Europe this season, but the time spent overseas stretches much further for Orlando, both the organization and city. “With our trips in the past … …
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January 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to Orlando High School trib.al/2BKPol4
Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to Orlando High School
But back in the early days of Orlando, there was just one high school in Orlando and and its student population was much smaller than today’s schools. Much, much smaller.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Demings, Jolly unknown to most Fla. voters, poll says, while Donalds leads GOP trib.al/ZesxjVd
Demings, Jolly unknown to most Fla. voters, poll says, while Donalds leads GOP
The poll’s authors said Jolly’s lead over Demings is “insignificant” given that 58% of voters said they were undecided.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Exclusive, curated Outstanding in the Field dinner reconnects diners to the land trib.al/IOsiOSN
Exclusive, curated Outstanding in the Field dinner reconnects diners to the land
Two-time James Beard Award finalist Lordfer Lalicon of Kaya, and Orlando’s Everoak Farm, invites guests to the field for an exclusive, curated feast.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Epcot: Diving into 40 years of the Seas trib.al/0Ru08WT
Epcot: Diving into 40 years of the Seas
Change has been a constant at attraction, but it still has manatees, a giant aquarium and a conservation message. Coming soon: Sea dragons.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Press freedom advocates worry that raid on Washington Post journalist’s home will chill reporting trib.al/LICn5bc
Press freedom advocates worry that raid on Washington Post journalist’s home will chill reporting
By DAVID BAUDER If the byproduct of Wednesday’s raid on a Washington Post journalist’s home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly hav…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Letters: ICE Orlando protests | Trump’s retribution | Why support vouchers? trib.al/zRCNk52
Letters: ICE Orlando protests | Trump’s retribution | Why support vouchers?
An attendee of Orlando’s City Hall protest on Saturday discusses the reasons why she stands against ICE overreach.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Norwegian Aura announced as cruise line’s newest and largest ship trib.al/sy6E7EV
Norwegian Aura announced as cruise line’s newest and largest ship
Set to homeport in Miami beginning in June 2027, the 169,000-gross-ton Norwegian Aura expands on the Prima class with returning favorites and new offerings.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Preview: Epcot arts fest leans into Broadway, new eats, Lorcana trib.al/WHk2nl2
Preview: Epcot arts fest leans into Broadway, new eats, Lorcana
Disney World’s first festival of 2026 features daily concerts, trading cards, Plate of Impossible Bites.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Aimed at the growing number of young Chinese who live alone, a new app asks: ‘Are you dead?’ trib.al/8mZZSpG
Aimed at the growing number of young Chinese who live alone, a new app asks: ‘Are you dead?’
In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app among young Chinese people is definitively the latter. It’s called, simply, “Are You De…
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January 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
What’s next for Greenland and Denmark after difficult meeting with Trump administration trib.al/MYG3a9k
What’s next for Greenland and Denmark after difficult meeting with Trump administration
Wednesday’s meeting in Washington did point to ways ahead for Greenland and Denmark.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
‘Parkland learned this the hard way:’ Victim’s parents decry Florida bill to lower gun-buying age trib.al/rCfXSdI
‘Parkland learned this the hard way:’ Victim’s parents decry Florida bill to lower gun-buying age
Manuel and Patricia Oliver called HB 133, which would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase long guns, “a slap in our faces.” The Florida House will consider the bill Thursday…
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January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
What Americans think about Trump’s first year back in office, according to AP-NORC polling trib.al/49o71Ph
What Americans think about Trump’s first year back in office, according to AP-NORC polling
President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Showers and hazardous cold conditions forecast for Central Florida trib.al/V8fyowP
Showers and hazardous cold conditions forecast for Central Florida
For Thursday, there is a 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9 a.m., according to NWS Melbourne.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Ticked Off! @HOA trib.al/Lgh9x6k
Ticked Off! @HOA
See what upsets people and what occasionally makes them happy
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January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM