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The Cocoa Beach Minutemen's record isn’t the only thing that’s hot. Practice in the afternoon has had dangerous temperatures, forcing teams to adjust how they prepare for the big game.

Florida football teams adjust early morning practice, avoiding dangerous heat

Their record isn’t the only thing that’s hot. Practice in the afternoon has had dangerous temperatures, forcing teams adjust how they prepare for the big game.

Volunteers load food in the backs of vehicles at a food distribution event at Wings of Faith Fellowship Church near Ocala.

Editor’s Note: Your vote has real world implications for you

Central Florida Seen & Heard: Vote Your Budget is the fourth installment of our annual series where we take a deep dive into issues important to people who live in this region.

Members of Central Florida Public Media staff speak with attendees at an Engage in the Community event on redistricting in Kissimmee.

Transparency Corner: We’re listening

Central Florida Media is taking you behind the scenes and giving more insight into why we choose the stories we choose and other aspects of our editorial process.

Survivors of the Pulse Nightclub shooting stand together 10 years later at The Anthem, a club in downtown Orlando. For many, it was their first time back in a club since 2016 when a shooter stormed Pulse and killed 49 people.

Pulse survivors gather for their own remembrance, cutting ties with Orlando city officials

On the night marking 10 years since the Pulse Nightclub shooting, a dozen survivors gathered to reflect, to cry, and to dance.

Christopher and Christine Leinonen posing for a picture. Christine is Christopher's mother. He was killed in the Pulse massacre in 2016.

Mother of Pulse victim tells her story of life without son for the last 10 years

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.

Hundreds gather to grieve on June 12, 2018, outside of the Pulse Nightclub. Ten years after the Pulse Nightclub shooting, the community remains changed both in ways of pain and grief, but also in embracing communities from around the region, experts say.

10 years after Pulse, a community’s heartache, grief, and growth

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.

New episode of The Walk Home

After the officers charged with killing Manny Ellis are acquitted, how does the city of Tacoma move forward?

Central Florida Public Media Spring Drive

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As Congress debates college sports, athletes-turned-senators have a seat at the table

Becky Sullivan

The Protect College Sports Act is on the brink of passing in the Senate, where a handful of former college athletes who are now senators on both sides of the aisle have an extra say in the debate.
Ohio governor's race: Ramaswamy and Acton clash in rare Democratic pickup opportunity

Sarah Donaldson

The Ohio governor's race pits former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy against Democrat Amy Acton, a former state health advisor. Democrats see a chance to win a state that usually votes Republican.
Politics chat: Trump vs the media; rolling back health and education spending

Ayesha Rascoe, Mara Liasson

We look at President Trump's fight with some of the White House press corps, as well as his attempt to claw back $810 million in Congressionally-approved funds for health and education spending.