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Much of Central Florida is in an “extreme” water shortage, as declared by regional water management districts.
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How Florida is challenging climate change in textbooks, while quietly updating its science standardsPublishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change's impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards.
Numerous local elections, along with the party nominations for state and federal offices, are decided as Central Florida voters head to the polls on Primary Election Day.
Local election results for Central Florida: County by county
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Leading sloth experts say the agency’s finding underscores the need to address glaring flaws with current animal welfare protections.
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Surrounded by family, loved ones, and supporters, Ryan Elijah won the District 7 Republican primary and is now the party nominee entering the general election.
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Winning just under half of all Republican ballots cast, Donalds will carry a decisive fundraising lead into the November election against Democrat David Jolly.
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Gallo defeated fellow board member Alicia Farrant to become the next chair of the Orange County School Board.
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Voters will make the final call between Orange County Clerk of Courts Tiffany Moore Russell and entrepreneur Chris Messina in a runoff election this November.
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The proposal seeking to reduce “regulatory burden” for the industry is raising major red flags for environmentalists.
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Races will be decided at local, state and federal levels, including numerous nonpartisan local contests.
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A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the U.S. military said.
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Tens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen.
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Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the ex-Democratic congressman from California.
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Jurors on Thursday heard Duane "Keffe D" Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur.
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From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.
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In some tight midterm races, how farmers frustrated with the war and rising costs vote could make a difference.
