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The designs for the Pulse Memorial have been updated. The City of Orlando presented an update on the progress of the Memorial design process, which is 60% complete.
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Florida is the only state in the nation removing children from its low-cost health insurance program, KidCare, because of missed payments. It removed about 43,000 children from December 2024 to November 2025.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday issued a temporary ban on importing sloths into the state, following public outcry that arose over dozens of animal deaths connected to Sloth World, a now-canceled attraction previously planned in Orlando. The temporary ban expires on July 10.
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The detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is reported to shut down in June. Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has not officially heard anything from the federal government on the closure.
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Ortiz, a retired Orlando police officer and U.S. Marine veteran, may be able to carve out a position as the centrist choice in contrast to the progressive State Rep. Anna Eskamani.
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Orlando ranks at the bottom among metros nationwide in affordable housing stock for its poorest residents. Volunteers say sleeping bans are making the unhoused harder to find and less willing to talk.
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New data show “meaningful progress” in seagrass growth, according to the St. Johns River Water Management District.
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A Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule, delivering the supplies to the International Space Station.
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It was a political speech by the president in The Villages, and my editors and I determined that I should cover it as such.
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President Trump returns to the U.S. after wrapping up his whirlwind trip to China.
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In Aleshea Harris' fiery feature debut, men are men, and women pay the consequences.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
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This week, in Warshington, D.C., the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve and we wrote a quiz question about his name. Enjoy that, and the other nine, too.
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Gen Z homeowners now outpace millennials at the same age. They're more likely to be single and less likely to use help from parents.
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What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.
