Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 In total, 1,337 people have died from mass shootings across the country since the June 12, 2016, shooting at Pulse – equal to more than one death per day. The data includes shooters killed by police, according to the archive. |   | |
 SpaceX will try again Tuesday to launch Israeli company Spacecom's AMOS-17 satellite after a successful second static fire test Saturday. The company's last satellite slated to go to space with SpaceX blew up on the launch pad due to an issue with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. This mission will be free for Spacecom as a result of the 2016 accident. | | | |
 Sunshine State Distributing, an Orlando-based company, is now distributing CBD drinks throughout Central Florida as the market grows. | | | |
 Skipping across the Conway Chain of Lakes like 850-pound stones, Jet Skis and Sea-Doos rule the urban waterways here most weekends, and Belle Isle's had enough.City leaders in the community of about 8,000 people would like to clamp down on personal watercraft, gas-powered water scooters better known by their brand names." Before someone dies, we need to change what is going on out there," said Zander Clem, a lawyer who lives on the north shore of Little Lake Conway.Belle Isle's beef isn't with the fast machines nor with most riders just the reckless ones, said Belle Isle City Manger Bob Francis."It's a little out of control out there," he said. Some residents have grown weary of jet-skiers, claiming riders are too aggressive. A few are worried someone may get injured if the city doesn't do something. | | | |
 Florida shark attacks are on the rise, and it's not just because sharks are circling Shark Week on their calendars. | | | |
 Orlando city planners have held preliminary meetings recently with developers looking to build as many as five new high rise towers in the city's Central Business District, according to a report in GrowthSpotter. | | | |
 Universal Orlando announced the new Epic Universe theme park on August 1. Blogger Alicia Stella, owner of OrlandoParkStop.com, has been investigating the possibility of this new park for months. Orlando Sentinel Theme Park Rangers Dewayne Bevil and Gabrielle Russon talked with Alicia about some of her findings. | | | |
 The Unity Players create theater as a way to help foster children and those who serve them. | | | |
 Orlando City will have to take down its fiercest rival in order to reach its first tournament final. | | | |
 UCF coaches expect the Knights' scrimmage to help create some separation in the three-man starting quarterback competition. | | | |
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