Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Florida unemployment system is failing workers, particularly those from impoverished, underserved and immigrant communities for whom the digital and language divide is an even greater barrier to access desperately needed benefits. |   | |
Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order mandating Floridians stay home starting at midnight Thursday evening contains an exemption for "essential services."Four of those "essential services" are explicitly defined in the order: - Attending religious services conducted in churches, synagogues and houses of worship- Participating in recreational activities (consistent with social distancing guidelines) such as walking, biking, hiking, fishing, hunting, running, or swimming-Taking care of pets-Caring for or otherwise assisting a loved one or friend. | | | |
 UF Dr. Bruce Spiess has fashioned protective masks from once discarded medical material as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to keep up with the worldwide surge of coronavirus cases. | | | |
 A coronavirus testing site on Alafaya Trail tested nearly 200 people in its first week, according to the Florida Department of Health in Orange County. Health officials still hope to ramp up its capacity to about 50 tests per day, while so far its most productive day resulted in 39 samples being collected, said Kent Donahue, a spokesman for the agency. | | | |
 Nearly four years after the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, a state appeals court Wednesday rejected negligence lawsuits filed against the employer of shooter Omar Mateen. | | | |
 New data shows six in seven hotel rooms unoccupied during coronavirus pandemic | | | |
 SeaWorld Orlando, Crayola Experience offer at-home activities during coronavirus closures | | | |
 Many employees are on unpaid furloughs now that Central Florida museums are closed to the public during the coronavirus pandemic. | | | |
 The NCAA extended its dead period for football recruiting from April 15 to May 31. The move comes as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that's been gripping the country. | | | |
 Spring practice for Orlando area football players is now in doubt after high schools were ordered to remain closed until May 4 at the earliest due to the coronavirus pandemic. | | | |
 310 South Park in Winter Park will take half off takeout orders with purchase of a $25 gift card. | | | |
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