In 2016, Christopher Andrew Leinonen was killed while attending the Pulse Nightclub after a gunman stormed the club. Ten years later, his mother reflects on life without her son.
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A collaborative requiem featuring more than 200 singers honors those lost in the Pulse shooting while uplifting survivors’ stories.
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The annual spoken word festival kicks off with a tribute to Eatonville’s literary legacy as poetry slammers gather in Central Florida.
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WUCF is bringing kindergarten preparation to more families through its “On My Way to K” summer tour.
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Ten years after Orlando’s darkest day, experts, family, and community members weigh in on the grief, what was taken, and how the region evolved.
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Officials at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are reviewing those recommendations. Last month, Florida paused the importing of sloths after the Sloth World deaths became public.
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NASA has named the crew of the Artemis III mission that the agency is calling “one of the most highly complex missions NASA has undertaken.”
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Many Central Florida officials worry that voters don’t grasp how property tax cuts could reduce services. They want to inform residents without violating state advocacy laws.
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The Orlando utility said: "This does not change our commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and 75% by 2040.”
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The pilot project’s technology can break down PFAS in biosolids while also converting those biosolids into energy.
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Known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and a love for puns, Gene Shalit joined Today in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973. He was a middle-of-the-road critic, known for his wit and intelligence.
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Workers finished removing President Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building.
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The decision paves the way for a proposed $111 billion merger uniting two rival studio giants — Paramount, owner of CBS, and the much larger Warner, which includes HBO and CNN.
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New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.
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A newly published series of reports calls attention to a dire situation facing millions of women after childbirth — and the solutions that can prevent death from postpartum hemorrhage.
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So you want to ignite a reading habit this summer. How do you get back into the groove? We talk to reading enthusiasts for their best tricks — like allowing yourself to read wherever, whenever.
