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OPD: One person dead after attempt to serve drug warrant at tattoo shop trib.al/tsWVHiU
OPD: One person dead after attempt to serve drug warrant at tattoo shop
OPD Chief Eric Smith said multiple people were barricaded inside the shop.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
‘They’re gone’: 911 calls describe plane crash, explosion in Coral Springs | Listen trib.al/MkeZV3p
‘They’re gone’: 911 calls describe plane crash, explosion in Coral Springs | Listen
Coral Springs Police were inundated with call after call shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, detailing the minutes after a 1976 Beech B100 plane came quickly dropping out of the air into a lake.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Judge rejects initial request to reinstate Florida biologist after Kirk social media post trib.al/kGCFh82
Judge rejects initial request to reinstate Florida biologist after Kirk social media post
A federal judge rejected an initial attempt to require state officials to reinstate a biologist who was fired because of a social media post after the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
‘Just the way things were done’: Kissimmee deputy chief fired over excessive force scandal, report shows trib.al/OePQ0Mu
‘Just the way things were done’: Kissimmee deputy chief fired over excessive force scandal, report shows
The firing related to the deputy chief’s handling of the investigation into a now-jailed officer who brutally beat a man.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump cuts to subsidized rent programs could displace hundreds in Orlando, advocates say trib.al/cb5PalT
Trump cuts to subsidized rent programs could displace hundreds in Orlando, advocates say
“If they lose the support services and that partial rental subsidy, they won’t be able to function, ” said advocate Martha Are.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
FAU professor placed on leave over Charlie Kirk posts sues university, citing First Amendment trib.al/RNERuZI
FAU professor placed on leave over Charlie Kirk posts sues university, citing First Amendment
A Florida Atlantic University professor who was placed on leave over social media posts he made about Charlie Kirk’s opponents has filed a federal lawsuit against the university, saying its l…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
100,000 ravers a day: EDC Orlando producers address overcrowding complaints trib.al/eWlVPuh
100,000 ravers a day: EDC Orlando producers address overcrowding complaints
While EDC Orlando brings an estimated $110 million in economic impact to Central Florida, it also means massive crowds packed into Tinker Field outside of Camping World Stadium.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
NASA denies improper shuttering of Goddard facilities during shutdown trib.al/LPzfzak
NASA denies improper shuttering of Goddard facilities during shutdown
NASA officials reacted strongly against allegations that federal employees were called back to work to dismantle laboratories and move equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Marylan…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Magic star Paolo Banchero finds relief after MRI results show ‘not anything major’ trib.al/138JaFL
Magic star Paolo Banchero finds relief after MRI results show ‘not anything major’
Magic forward Paolo Banchero believes he received the “best news possible” after an MRI confirmed he only suffered a left groin strain at New York. Orlando will evaluate him daily and h…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pictures: Princess Cruises’ Star Princess in Port Everglades trib.al/DdFkEoD
Pictures: Princess Cruises’ Star Princess in Port Everglades
Princess Cruises sailed its 17th ship Star Princess into Port Everglades to begin its first Caribbean sailing season.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
IAAPA Expo: Business goes beyond the booths trib.al/daCVlxI
IAAPA Expo: Business goes beyond the booths
Orlando-area attractions find ways to draw attention at big event
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November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Bianchi: College football in Florida is so bad, freaking USF is carrying the torch! trib.al/5lstE4k
Bianchi: College football in Florida is so bad, freaking USF is carrying the torch!
The decline of the Sunshine State’s “Big Three” programs — Florida, FSU and Miami — began with arrogance.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Rudolph, friends have shining moments in Gaylord Palms ice exhibit trib.al/aoIWNPf
Rudolph, friends have shining moments in Gaylord Palms ice exhibit
Holiday display has crazy-cold temps. Bundle up for Bumble.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In Matt Gaetz scandal, circumstances left girl vulnerable to exploitation trib.al/eoCE46J
In Matt Gaetz scandal, circumstances left girl vulnerable to exploitation
For all the public furor over Matt Gaetz — who always asserted that he broke no laws even as the House Ethics Committee found that he violated Florida’s statutory rape laws — little attention has b…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Proposed referendum to change Broward’s name to Lauderdale draws opposition, suffers setbacks trib.al/mJaGmFe
Proposed referendum to change Broward’s name to Lauderdale draws opposition, suffers setbacks
The idea of changing Broward County’s name to Lauderdale County is still alive — but it’s in big trouble. It has suffered setbacks as opponents step forward.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Byron Donalds denounces rise of ‘woke right’ in governor’s race speech trib.al/ZmwUGB9
Byron Donalds denounces rise of ‘woke right’ in governor’s race speech
Donalds, who is endorsed by President Trump, spoke after an anti-immigration candidate went after him. His comments in Miami point to the coming intra-party battle in Florida on how Republicans tal…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Space Coast launch parade: 4 missions from 3 companies in 2 days trib.al/DPCJAob
Space Coast launch parade: 4 missions from 3 companies in 2 days
SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin could combine to launch a record four missions within 36 hours on the Space Coast.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ticked Off! @movie expletives trib.al/LtDwipH
Ticked Off! @movie expletives
See what upsets people and what occasionally makes them happy
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November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Fundraising and barnstorming ahead as Jerry Demings begins Florida governor campaign trib.al/1MRH3YZ
Fundraising and barnstorming ahead as Jerry Demings begins Florida governor campaign
It will be a steep learning curve for Demings, who has never faced a statewide campaign.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Chinese astronauts return from space station after delay blamed on space debris damage trib.al/Zhbs6ys
Chinese astronauts return from space station after delay blamed on space debris damage
By KEN MORITSUGU BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they had plann…
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November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Miss Manners: Is it rude to ignore a friend’s annoying text? trib.al/miatuL9
Miss Manners: Is it rude to ignore a friend’s annoying text?
I’m not OK with her thoughtlessness but I’m not one to send a snippy response.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Asking Eric: Does he deserve another chance after standing me up? trib.al/GsidMUX
Asking Eric: Does he deserve another chance after standing me up?
Turns out he’s alive after all, and he found me again on a dating app.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed trib.al/8uEN2wq
She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS ATLANTA (AP) — It was the worst summer in years. Sechita McNair’s family took no vacations. Her younger boys didn’t go to camp. Her van was repossess…
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November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM