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2 men shot in Orange County neighborhood; investigators search for suspect

Investigators are looking into a double shooting that occurred Wednesday morning and left two men injured.

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Teen boy shot in apartment complex in Metro West neighborhood

A 17-year-old boy is in the hospital Wednesday morning following a shooting in a Metro West apartment complex.

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Careful with that heater, warns Orange Fire Rescue with increase in fire calls

The second-leading cause of house fires, behind cooking, is heater related, which is why Orange County Fire Rescue and other Central Florida fire departments remind residents to be careful while...

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Florida home insurance premiums set to rise amid hurricanes, lawsuits

Insurance industry advocates blame increased litigation costs for rising premiums throughout Florida.

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Central Florida man tells story of clutching to capsized boat before rescue:...

After having been saved from his capsized boat over the weekend, Central Florida man Stuart Bee, is back on land.

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Universal Orlando settles lawsuit with tourist who broke his neck at Volcano Bay

A Universal lawsuit that helped unearth problems at a Volcano Bay water slide has been settled, court documents show.

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Police release video of suspect in double shooting of well-known Mount Dora...

Crimeline has increased the reward to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man who shot two longtime Mt. Dora business owners, killing one of them, during an armed robbery at T&N;...

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Hurricane Facts: How many storms have formed in December?

The Atlantic hurricane season is over, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for a tropical storm to form. It means it’s really unlikely. In the last 30 years, we've seen multiple storms form in December.

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6 men arrested in Orlando gang-related racketeering scheme, police say

Officers with the Orlando Police Department on Monday arrested the last of six men identified by the agency as belonging to a local gang and participating in a years-long string of burglaries and...

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Central Florida coronavirus cases county-by-county

A county-by-county look at positive coronavirus cases including Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk and Sumter counties.

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Social worker dies after shooting at Melbourne mental health facility: report

An employee of a Melbourne mental health treatment facility was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon by a former patient, according to a report by Florida Today.

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Former FIT football player arrested, suspected of kidnapping, beating another...

A former member of the Florida Institute of Technology football team was arrested and is suspected of kidnapping a man, beating him and then dumping him at a dog park not far from campus.

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DeSantis releases COVID-19 vaccination plan prioritizing at-risk populations...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office released a video Wednesday evening outlining Florida’s distribution plan for COVID-19 vaccines pending FDA approval and said residents of long-term care facilities will be the...

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Scientists solve mystery of an unidentified object caught in Earth’s orbit

NASA space scientists have identified a previously “unidentified object” orbiting near Earth as a relic of past space exploration.

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2nd Mount Dora store owner dies after robbery shooting, police say

The second of two longtime Mount Dora business owners died Thursday after an armed suspect shot both convenience store owners during a Monday night robbery at T&N; Market, police say. Khiem Ba...

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Escaped inmate crashed stolen Department of Corrections car in Lake County,...

A Florida Department of Corrections inmate hit a corrections officer with a shovel before stealing his truck and crashing it in Lake County Thursday afternoon, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s...

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Record hurricane season tallies more than $60 billion in damage: report

The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season shattered records across the board of meteorology, but one record it didn’t break was the cost of damages, but that doesn't mean the damages weren't costly as seen in...

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Orlando police officers recognized in awards ceremony

Several Orlando police officers were honored Thursday at the year-end awards ceremony at First Baptist Church of Orlando that recognized live saving efforts and good police work.

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1 injured in Taft shooting, deputies say

A 20-year-old man sustained a life-threatening injury in a shooting near a Taft home Thursday evening, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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Man accused of stabbing estranged wife, friend in Orange County apartment

A woman and her male friend were stabbed, allegedly by the woman’s estranged husband, on Thursday night in a north Orange County apartment, authorities said.

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