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Florida Church Pays $7.2M in Medical Debt in 5 Counties
A Florida church is spending more than $7 million to pay off the medical debt for 6,500 people.
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SeaWorld Lays Off Undisclosed Number of Employees
SeaWorld has laid off an undisclosed number of employees around the country in a move its says is aimed toward improving efficiency.
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Florida Sheriff: Mom Killed 11-Year-Old to Keep Her From Having Sex
Sheriff’s investigators say a woman pulled up to a hospital in Orlando asking for help for her 11-year-old daughter, but she was already dead from multiple stab wounds.
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School Bus Plows Into Pool After Crash in Orlando
A Florida school bus plowed through a fence and into a backyard pool after a collision, but no one on board was hurt.
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Church Helped Ex-Priest Accused of Sex Abuse in Pennsylvania Get Disney Job, Report Says
A sweeping grand jury report into child sexual abuse in Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania said church officials gave a former priest a positive reference to work at Disney World, even though they’d fielded at least one allegation about him sexually abusing a boy.
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Worker Dies After Falling Into Vat of Oil Near Disney World
Authorities say a worker has died after falling into a vat of oil at a facility near Walt Disney World.
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New York Daily News Cuts Its Editorial Staff in Half
In a sign of the troubling times that newspapers face to remain afloat, the New York Daily News announced Monday that it was laying off half of its editorial staff in an effort to focus more on digital news.
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Maleficent Dragon Float Catches Fire At Disney World
A dragon float at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom burst into flames Friday during the park’s Festival of Fantasy parade, Disney officials confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel.
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Former NASCAR Driver Arrested in Florida For Allegedly Attempting to Have Sex With Minor
59-year-old Rick Crawford was arrested Thursday in Lake Mary after he had been communicating about sex with an undercover sheriff’s deputy posing as a 12-year-old girl.
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Pulse Gunman Told Wife ‘This Is My Target': Court Document
The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen told the FBI in the hours after the 2016 massacre that she knew he was plotting “to do something bad” and that he revealed, “This is my target,” according to a new court document. The 12-page statement that authorities say Noor Salman gave was released late last month as part of the...
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Donald Trump Joins Disney's Hall of Presidents
An animatronic figure of Donald Trump has joined Disney’s Hall of Presidents in Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reports that a robotic facsimile of the 45th president of the United States stood front and slightly off-center Monday for the soft reopening of the long-running Walt Disney World attraction. The Trump figure moves his head during the traditional roll call of leaders,...
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Disney Releases Details on Gondolas That Will Connect Parks
Disney has released new details and visuals on the gondolas that will connect some of its theme parks and hotels at Disney World.
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Sweet: Florida Man Arrested for Doughnut Glaze Gets $37,500
A man arrested in Florida after police mistook doughnut glaze in his car for meth has received a $37,500 settlement.
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Federal Agent Shoots Self in Foot at Orlando International Airport
A vacationing federal agent from Kansas City accidentally shot himself in the foot while “unslinging a shoulder bag” inside Orlando International Airport.
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Orlando Toddler Beaten to Death for Drinking Milk From Jug: Police
A 3-year-old Orlando boy died after he was beaten with a plastic rod because he drank milk from a jug, authorities say.
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South Florida Mother Arrested After Baby's Death
Roxxanne Benales is facing a charge of aggravated child abuse causing great bodily harm after the death of her child, Ayla Cappas.
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New Police Bodycam Video Released From Nightclub Massacre
Newly-released video from bodycams on officers responding to a mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub shows shattered glass inside the club, the sounds of automatic gunfire and an officer shouting to the gunman, “Come out with your hands up or you will die!”
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Student Accused of Sneaking Into University of Central Florida Building, Changing Grade From F to B
A 22-year-old student is accused of sneaking into a building and illegally logging into a Florida university’s grading system to change his failing grade to a B. Sami Ammar turned himself in at the Orange County Jail in Orlando on Wednesday and now faces a felony charge of accessing a computer without authorization. His father declined to talk to the...
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Raccoon Causes Power Outage For Thousands in Central Florida
Officials say the raccoon climbed onto a 13,200-volt piece of equipment at a substation late Tuesday, causing three primary feeder lines to fail.
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Family of ‘Voice' Singer Christina Grimmie Will Refile Lawsuit After Dismissal
An attorney for the family of singer Christina Grimmie says he will refile an amended wrongful death lawsuit against the promoter and venue where “The Voice” contestant was fatally shot.