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NASA via Anil MenonFour people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science experiments and research. -
Screenshot/Seminole County presentation slideThe rural boundary separates Seminole County’s East Rural Area from urbanized parts of the county.
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Local election results for Central Florida: County by county
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Orlando will be the center for discussion on the state’s proposed plan to remove requirements of four vaccines needed at schools and daycares. -
The city’s new school zone speed camera program launched this week with a 45-day warning period. Starting Nov. 30, speeding drivers will be ticketed. -
Our 2026 Voter Insight Panel discusses issues shaping their views ahead of the midterm election including surveillance, AI data centers, and property taxes. -
The incumbent congressman says he’s prepared to serve an area three times the size of the previous district, touting his decade of experience in the role. -
Students at Deltona High School in Volusia County held a watch party for NASA astronaut and alumnus Luke Delaney as he launched to the International Space Station. -
The crew of four — two NASA astronauts, one from Canada, and a Russian cosmonaut — heads to the International Space Station after liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. -
The Florida Department of Education released its first comprehensive rewrite of science learning standards in nearly two decades, with the last one adopted in 2008.
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Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than 4 1/2 years since Moscow's full-scale invasion. -
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. -
In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can't pay. -
A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is living quietly in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities, a BBC/NPR investigation has found. -
Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach. -
Both parties are spending heavily in roughly 60 House districts — where Trump won by an average of 9 points in 2024 — that could be key to deciding control of the chamber, an NPR analysis finds.
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