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Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo/Rebecca BlackwellU.S. officials announced federal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes that killed four people, including three Americans. -
Isaiah Reyes/Central Florida Public Media“Are We There Yet?” celebrated its 10-year anniversary of bringing listeners closer to all things space. In honor of this milestone, Central Florida Public Media is looking back at the big stories produced over the past decade like an episode that was produced from the stratosphere, host Brendan Byrne experiencing Zero-G and the many conversations with astronauts, science communicators, authors and celebrities.
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Renewing the tax for another ten years would yield an estimated $800 million to help the Indian River Lagoon. -
Starship is one of two spacecraft picked by NASA for its Artemis program to take humans to the lunar surface. -
In two years, Yan Diomande has gone from playing at a Florida high school to facing the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Now he’s heading to back to the United States for his first World Cup as one of the most-hyped young players at the tournament. -
Nine sloths remain in the care of the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, after 13 recently arrived there in poor condition from a Sloth World warehouse. -
Mosley heads to New Orleans after spending the past five seasons with Orlando, which fired him this month after the Magic's seven-game, first-round playoff loss to the Detroit Pistons. -
On weekends during peak fishing and boating seasons, Volusia County staff say the existing park is at capacity and people park all along adjacent roads. The expansion addresses that safety issue. -
At just several months old, Mr. Ginger was the youngest sloth to recently arrive at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens.
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Many many many men smoke in China. A small but outspoken group of women are becoming anti-smoking advocates, confronting those who light up in public. -
Now that the U.S. government must refund most tariffs, Walmart says it might put its refund money toward lowering store prices. Executives say the cost of gas has shoppers increasingly under stress. -
As Maine's Senate matchup is all but set, incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins urges voters to pick her over Democrat Graham Platner because she can fund state priorities due to her seniority. -
The author restores balance in the homophones with her latest novel; both stories are thought-provoking, although somewhat less beguiling than her usual fare. -
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear. -
Epstein owned a 10,000-acre property with a mansion. After calls by the public, the state attorney general searched the property and the state House created a "Truth Commission."
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