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Drought conditions affecting most of the region haven’t improved, according to the St. Johns River Water Management District.
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Mosquito control groups are hard at work during the Florida drought, making sure the low mosquito buzzing doesn’t become a population boom.
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Most state parks are free to visit this Memorial Day weekend, in honor of the holiday and the nation’s 250th anniversary.
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The Orange County commissioner is running for county mayor. If she waits until November to resign, choosing her successor could be in the hands of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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The school will have 48 students in third through sixth grade at Cheney Elementary in Orlando.
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Members of the state Cabinet warned Tuesday they won’t hold back on taking legal action against those responsible for blazes that get out of control and affect residential areas as the peak of an already highly active year for wildfires has yet to arrive.
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State regulations won’t be implemented until next July at the earliest, leaving the county to decide how to set speed limits and help educate riders.
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Renewing the tax for another ten years would yield an estimated $800 million to help the Indian River Lagoon.
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Starship is one of two spacecraft picked by NASA for its Artemis program to take humans to the lunar surface.
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Americans are increasingly passing up on dining out. So one restaurant is allowing diners to pay what they like for their food.
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You've heard of lower car insurance rates for good drivers. Now, one life insurance company wants to incentivize longevity with lower rates and extra bonuses for people who adopt healthy habits.
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The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz about her new book, "The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose."
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More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related regional tensions.
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China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights.
