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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 6h

New bill seeks to lower Florida’s gun-buying age, undoing law passed after Parkland massacre trib.al/MkBXpAh

New bill seeks to lower Florida’s gun-buying age, undoing law passed after Parkland massacre

Amid a U.S. Supreme Court case on the issue, a Republican lawmaker filed a proposal that would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns in Florida from 21 to 18.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 9h

Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill denies wife’s physical abuse allegations, court records show trib.al/43hY6PY

Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill denies wife’s physical abuse allegations, court records show

Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill denied physically abusing his wife on eight occasions, which she detailed in a divorce filing, according to court records.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 11h

Florida law restricting local growth plans draws another challenge trib.al/TqRHOWg

Florida law restricting local growth plans draws another challenge

The lawsuit, filed in Leon County circuit court, came after 25 cities and counties filed a similar legal challenge last week.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 11h

Ready for a dose of fall weather in Florida? It’s coming this weekend trib.al/ifzcoG1

Ready for a dose of fall weather in Florida? It’s coming this weekend

“Every year, when this cooler weather comes around in October, you just love it,” John Henry said. “It makes living in Florida worth it. I plan to sit outside, or just come out here to walk around …

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 11h

Disney World raises prices of annual passes trib.al/z4tDl09

Disney World raises prices of annual passes

Cost of top-level ticket lands at $1,629 for a year of theme parking at WDW

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 12h

Citing fear over DOGE, Kissimmee restructures business incentives trib.al/yTmRJMy

Citing fear over DOGE, Kissimmee restructures business incentives

The city added caps on all incentives, removed nine rebates previously offered and will no longer offer to demolish buildings.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 12h

Trump backs Uthmeier for Florida attorney general trib.al/dak9Ne9

Trump backs Uthmeier for Florida attorney general

“James Uthmeier is a Strong Conservative Fighter and Prosecutor, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 13h

Central Florida man arrested for deadly January wildfire that leveled LA neighborhood trib.al/2ZrgvgZ

Central Florida man arrested for deadly January wildfire that leveled LA neighborhood

A 29-year-old Brevard County man was arrested in Florida and will appear in court Wednesday in Orlando.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 14h

Maxwell: From swing state to MAGA central. Florida gets redder, grows slower trib.al/rhiBvEX

Maxwell: From swing state to MAGA central. Florida gets redder, grows slower

Maxwell: Florida was once a swing state. Now it’s dark red MAGA country, thanks to an influx of Republicans moving here while Democrats and 20-somethings leave.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 14h

Florida lawmaker wants every university to rename roads after Charlie Kirk trib.al/XWfefcp

Florida lawmaker wants every university to rename roads after Charlie Kirk

The legislation designates roads to be renamed at each state university campus. If schools do not comply, they could lose funding, according to the bill text.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 15h

Winter Park Autumn Art Festival highlights Florida artists this weekend trib.al/CzeYBQs

Winter Park Autumn Art Festival highlights Florida artists this weekend

The 52nd Winter Park Autumn Art Festival brings more than 180 Florida-based creators to Park Avenue this weekend for an annual community tradition.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 15h

33 spiders among reasons for restaurant shutdowns in Central Florida last week trib.al/sUXPbIL

33 spiders among reasons for restaurant shutdowns in Central Florida last week

Four Central Florida restaurants as well as a food stand and a food truck shut down the week of Sept. 28 – Oct. 4, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional R…

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 15h

Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died trib.al/uRW2lLe

Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died

The first wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, Joan Kennedy, died Wednesday at the age of 89.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 16h

Hitting the road for theater: Critics’ picks for best South Florida shows on tap trib.al/U6ZRZUa

Hitting the road for theater: Critics’ picks for best South Florida shows on tap

As part of the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Guide to the Arts in PRIME Magazine, their theater writer offered Critic’s Picks for the best shows coming up from Miami to West Palm Beach.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 17h

Florida allows open carry of guns, so Publix will too, workers say trib.al/MjM1Y0z

Florida allows open carry of guns, so Publix will too, workers say

Publix, one of Florida’s most popular grocery chains, is now allowing customers across the state to openly carry guns due to a recent court ruling, employees say.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 17h

A mostly sunny and dry day with a slight chance of showers trib.al/D3dYoVN

A mostly sunny and dry day with a slight chance of showers

Wednesday is mostly sunny with highs near 90 degrees.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 18h

Ticked Off! @news stations trib.al/JARCTv3

Ticked Off! @news stations

See what upsets people and what occasionally makes them happy

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 18h

After Tamarac homicides, Broward sheriff said failures were not systemic. Could it happen again? trib.al/1N8q0ha

After Tamarac homicides, Broward sheriff said failures were not systemic. Could it happen again?

BSO disciplined 19 deputies after the Feb. 16 Tamarac triple murder, but Sheriff Tony said the agency’s failures were not systemic. Others disagree and are calling for broader reforms.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 19h

Science center: Domed theater’s update taking shape trib.al/DOZPreS

Science center: Domed theater’s update taking shape

Renovations include new tech, revival of laser-light shows

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 20h

Florida county battered by 2024 hurricanes spends $125M on beach restoration trib.al/ohAVxZU

Florida county battered by 2024 hurricanes spends $125M on beach restoration

The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economi…

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 20h

Asking Eric: My girlfriend is constantly seeking attention from other men trib.al/4Bc1G8z

Asking Eric: My girlfriend is constantly seeking attention from other men

My girlfriend is always chatting with random guys. I have a problem with this, but I’m trying to keep an open mind.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 20h

Comey to make first court appearance in Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress trib.al/S5cV05f

Comey to make first court appearance in Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

Comey’s indictment two weeks ago followed an extraordinary chain of events that saw Trump publicly implore Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action against Comey and other perceived adversar…

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 20h

Letters: Theme parks need regulation | Shutdown is about health care for all | Voting rights at risk trib.al/207nPgH

Letters: Theme parks need regulation | Shutdown is about health care for all | Voting rights at risk

As long as some politicians refuse to fully fund the agencies that should inspect and regulate theme parks, there could be consequences.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 20h

What Florida’s push to roll back vaccines means for college students trib.al/kKScVZd

What Florida’s push to roll back vaccines means for college students

Florida colleges and universities may soon be the only ones in the country without vaccine mandates.

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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 20h

Editorial: Death on Epic Universal coaster should revive efforts to make rides safer trib.al/Jgl1A4z

Editorial: Death on Epic Universal coaster should revive efforts to make rides safer

Theme parks are mandated to report deaths and serious injuries to the state, but they are only required to submit those reports once every three months, and allowed to include only the sketchiest o…

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