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Coffee, tea and me-ow: Orlando Cat Café marks one year and 135 adoptions

It has a funny name but a serious purpose. The Orlando Cat Café isn't actually in Orlando, but the coffeehouse does feature cats — specifically cats that need an adoptive home. On Friday, the founders celebrated a very successful first year, with 135 felines now in forever homes.

Finalists named for Orlando's Signature Dish

Finalists named for Orlando's Signature Dish

Florida Hospital's oldest volunteer is a 95-year-old man

Florida Hospital's oldest volunteer is a sprightly 95-year-old man named Louis Hughes.

First look: Baby orangutan at Busch Gardens

Tampa theme park home to newborn orangutan, who will be named through an online poll

Sailor traveling the world stops in Orlando for new heart

Lifelong sailor John Allen was planning to sail around the world when he discovered he needed a heart transplant. He went to the Florida Hospital in Orlando for surgery and now plans to make his home here.

Shelter dog Oreo leaves kennel after 13-month stay

Oreo, a friendly 70-pound pit-bull mix, has spent more than a year living at Orange County Animal Services, much of it in isolation. That had made him the center of an increasingly bitter controversy. But today, Oreo left for a new home.

5 fun ways to eat s'mores in Central Florida restaurants

5 fun ways to eat s'mores in Central Florida restaurants

UCF coach Scott Frost announces birth of son

UCF coach Scott Frost announces birth of baby boy during Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi's radio show.

Gaylord Palms aims for world kissing record

Resort wants to set kissing-under-mistletoe mark at December event

'Trading Spaces' reunion coming this spring

A 'Trading Spaces' special this spring will feature Amy Wynn Pastor, Carter Oosterhouse, Doug Wilson, Frank Bielec, Genevieve Gorder, Hildi Santo-Tomas, Laurie Smith, Paige Davis, Ty Pennington and Vern Yip.

Christian Pulisic praises Orlando soccer fans in Players Tribune essay

Christian Pulisic says of Orlando, "the atmosphere that we had going on that field in Orlando, in that stadium, for our qualifier against Panama … it was unlike anything that I'd ever experienced in the U.S. before."

UCF honors police officers at awards ceremony

The University of Central Florida Police Department honors officers during an agency awards ceremony Monday.

Elementary school 'share tables' keep unwanted lunch food out of trash

Some Orange County schools, in a move to reduce waste and feed the hungry, let students coming through the lunch line leave items they don't want on a "share table," where classmates can pick up something extra and anything unclaimed goes to charity.

Disney Cruise Line welcomes 'Beauty and the Beast' to Disney Dream

Disney Cruise Line has brought its third new stage show in two years as "Beauty and the Beast" finds a home on Disney Dream.

Local bakeries to compete for a good cause at Cupcake Challenge Dec. 3

Local bakeries to compete for a good cause at Cupcake Challenge Dec. 3

SeaWorld will open more attractions, Sesame Street parades at its parks next year

SeaWorld announced Sesame Street parades, a wooden roller coaster in Pennsylvania and other new attractions Tuesday at IAAPA Attractions Expo, the industry's largest trade show this week at the Orange County Convention Center.

'MacGyver': Orlando theater actor relishes villainy

Orlando theater actor Roger Floyd gets 'an explosive few minutes' as an art thief in CBS' 'MacGyver.'

Water-sports park to open in Lake Nona next year

Nona Adventure Park will feature floating, inflatable obstacle course, two cable-drawn courses

Country stars and more headline 2018 Florida Strawberry Festival

The concert lineup for the 2018 Florida Strawberry Festival includes country stars Trace Adkins, Reba McEntire, The Band Perry, Brad Paisley but also acts like DNCE, Vanilla Ice, Babyface, Casting Crowns and more.

Sam Smith to thrill the Amway Center

Sam Smith heads to Amway Center in Orlando behind sophomore album "The Thrill of It All."

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