A happy dose of uplifting news from Central Florida and beyond.
 Tuesday, Oct 30 Tiny superhero capes will be the first Halloween costume for more than 100 babies at the neonatal intensive care unit at Winnie Palmer Hospital in Orlando — all hand-crafted by 13-year-old Rachel Maretsky. |   | |
| Whether you're escorting some trick-or-treaters or doing candy dispensing duty, there will be plenty of sweets to enjoy at the end of your Halloween evening. Why not pair them with a beer? |
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| Every fall, I'm again surprised at the foods companies will infuse with pumpkin and pumpkin spice. So I decided to share my confusion with my coworkers for the first Orlando Sentinel pumpkin taste test. |
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| International Drive's Icon Orlando 360 wheel will be site of a Halloween-driven light show through Oct. 31. |
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| Cosplayers and horror fans turned out at the Caribe Royale Orlando for Spooky Empire 2018, a rock and roll, horror, Halloween and tattoo convention. |
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| Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, using fake news bulletins and other highly dramatized devices, fooled radio listeners into believing an alien army was destroying New York and spreading out across America on Oct. 30, 1938. He said he was "shocked" at the public's reaction. |
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| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is launching A Spoon Full of Hope soup, honey and cookies online and trying to break into local retail markets to raise revenue for its mission. It's a first for the charity and the national Feeding America network, but will consumers bite? |
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| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his work as mystery book author, political activism in Trump universe |
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| Check out photos from Plazaween 2018 at Wall Street Plaza in Orlando. The annual event included a costume contest and live music. |
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| A new study shows that Burmese pythons have flourished and evolved in their Florida habitat and might be heading to north. |
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| A very big cat caught a big break when his photos went viral and led to his adoption the next day. |
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| Adopted dog named Binx returned to shelter in 48 hours because he was "too good." |
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| A baby giraffe born at Brevard Zoo, the little boy was born six feet tall and weighed 158 pounds. |
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| An emu in Alachua County, Florida gave sheriff's deputies a tough time, leaving them cuts and scratches. |
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| Sometimes it takes a little man-made power to rescue nature from man-made things, as was the case of a little bear trapped in a hydropower dam in China. |
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| A house in Palm Bay is on the market that features Disney-themed touches including two Mickey Mouse-shaped pools. |
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| Marchers crowd the downtown streets during the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at Lake Eola Park on Saturday, October 27, 2018. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) |
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