Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 The NBA has suspended its season in the wake of a player testing positive for the coronavirus. |   | |
 In a televised statement Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the United States would be suspending all travel from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days, starting Friday. The United Kingdom is exempt, he said. | | | |
 The greater Orlando area is no longer ranked first in the nation for its affordable housing crisis for extremely low-income households — as the region was one year ago. But don't celebrate yet. | | | |
 Orlando Utilities Commission raises specter of water war by seeking a permit for an enormous allocation. | | | |
 "Rightly or wrongly, most investors we speak with believe Disney's US parks will close," the note said. "For them 'whether the parks will close' is no longer the operative question." | | | |
 Orlando hotel occupancy saw a double-digit dip last week — a steeper drop than the national average — as worldwide fears of the coronavirus escalated just as Central Florida's busy Spring Break and convention season was about to get underway, according to STR, a firm that tracks hotel business. | | | |
 TALLAHASSEE – As the legislative session winds down, Gov. Ron DeSantis' agenda is wobbling, but still headed to the finish line as lawmakers on Wednesday continued protracted budget talks weighed down by coronavirus fears and addressed an E-Verify bill he favors. | | | |
 One week after a Florida Senate panel failed to take up a measure to prohibit the arrests of children under 10 in most cases, the full Senate voted Wednesday to approve a compromise version of a bill inspired by the arrest of a 6 year-old at an Orlando school last year. | | | |
 The Orlando day-care driver who left a toddler in a hot van where he died in 2017 was sentenced to 10 years of probation by a judge Wednesday. | | | |
 Florida could be back in the running to host the headquarters of U.S. Space Command after the Air Force announced last week a decision to re-open the selection process. | | | |
 There are many things to do in Lake County, but after 18 years, I realize I've missed more than a few. | | | |
 Seminole High baseball coach Kenne Brown temporarily lost that job for using profanity. The episode illustrates how coaches are given a pass a teacher would rarely get. They should actually be held to at least as high a standard as teachers since they have a greater influence on students. | | | |
 This year, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Tuesday, which means dozens of bars and Orlando-area establishments are pulling out all the stops for a weekend celebration a few days early. Here's a list of weekend events, plus a few falling on the holiday itself. | | | |
 Bring your friends to V.L.C., the new vegan eatery in Waterford Lakes for super-attentive employees, nice combo options and generous portions of plant-based foods. | | | |
 Find out how to watch Orlando City SC now that streaming is no longer available. Plus, a new agreement means Fox Sports Florida will continue to stream on YouTube TV. | | | |
 Missed opportunities on the basepaths and cold bats at the plate early on derailed the No. 12 UCF Knights, who fell 3-2 to the No. 5 Miami Hurricanes Tuesday night at John Euliano Park in front of a packed crowd. | | | |
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