Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
| U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, citing the recent school shootings in Florida and Texas, says he'll file legislation to hire more mental health professionals on campuses across the country. A 2016 report shows Florida has one school psychologist for every 1,983 students — a fourth of the number recommended. |
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| With less than a month until qualifying, Winter Park businessman Chris King is shaking up the Democratic gubernatorial primary despite trailing in the polls, forcing his rivals to respond to his ambitious proposals and buying TV ads for the first time. |
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| A local family has settled its lawsuit accusing Publix and Florida Blue of failure to cover an expensive brain cancer treatment called proton therapy – which was approved by the FDA in 1988, and for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in 1997. |
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| Orlando may soon revive a program that would place concierge-like ambassadors on the streets of downtown, able to give an umbrella escort in the rain, or even help jump a dead car. |
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| McDonald's will start offering breakfast catering in the Orlando area Tuesday, the first area in the country for the new delivery test. |
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| Orlando City Soccer Club suspends trash-throwing fans in Atlanta United FC match for up to two seasons, and Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi writes that that's a good thing. |
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| UCF closer Bryce Tucker has a bit of a split personality, serving as an affable teammate off the field and a menace to opposing batters on it. He will play a key role in the Knights' push to make a deep American Athletic Conference Tournament run. |
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| Alex Morgan is used to seeing her name on the scoresheet. |
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| Orlando City SC on Monday announced suspensions for 38 fans who were involved in an incident that included trash being thrown on the pitch during the Lions' match this month against Atlanta United. |
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| Orioles star Manny Machado made another stop on his tour through baseball's contending cities and provided a welcome distraction to the doldrums the Orioles find themselves in this season. |
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| Maddie Poppe and Caleb Lee Hutchinson were the final two on "American Idol.'' They are also dating, a bit of news shared in the season finale of the ABC contest. |
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| "Dancing With the Stars; Athletes'' features a range of freestyles, and one that left some judges perplexed. But the four-week contest ended as expected. |
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| David Crosby and his band will hit The Plaza Live in Orlando on Saturday. |
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| How did I end up with my personal Disney time machine? My grandmother's pictures of Disney World in 1972 transport me back 46 years to the still-new Magic Kingdom. |
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| 300 students from four elementary schools came together to sing their hearts out Monday at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. |
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| Among Metro Orlando homes, foreclosures continue to be fewer and further between — as filings dropped in April, as did listings for sale, according to a real estate data company. |
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