Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 The latest on coronavirus in Florida: The state reported 58 new coronavirus deaths and more than 1,400 cases Friday. Nationwide, there are over 706,000 cases and over 37,000 deaths as of Saturday morning. |   | |
 Across the country, hotel and restaurant companies of all sizes are tapping into the small-business "Paycheck Protection Program." And now they're lobbying lawmakers to loosen the rules around how they are supposed to spend that money. | | | |
 The coronavirus testing site at the Orange County Convention Center announced modifications to testing procedures in advance of stormy conditions anticipated Saturday. | | | |
 A 16-year-old high school sophomore who had visited both Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World for spring break alleged in a federal lawsuit against a Wisconsin sheriff on Thursday that she was threatened with jail if she didn't remove social media posts saying she had COVID-19. | | | |
 But now the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation out of the University of Washington predicts a much lesser toll. Released Friday now projects Florida will see between 775 and 3,430 by May 29 with a median projected death toll of 1,363. | | | |
 SpaceX and NASA have set a date for the first launch of astronauts from American soil since 2011: May 27. | | | |
 Donning signs such as "compassionate release is a must" and "there's no social distancing in jail," about a dozen protesters on Friday drove past the Orange County Courthouse with horns blaring, calling for the early release of some inmates at the Orange jail, citing fears of a coronavirus outbreak there.Organized by criminal justice reform groups, the protesters came with a list of demands, including releasing those with low bond amounts who may not be able to pay and issuing civil citations or court dates instead of of arrests. | | | |
 President Trump's ex-lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to home confinement. | | | |
 A bald eagle in southwest Florida brought a squirrel to its eaglets, but it was just a stuffed animal. | | | |
 China has acknowledged the coronavirus death toll for the epicenter of Wuhan was 50% higher than previously reported. | | | |
 Hundreds of working families in Central Florida worry the economic free fall spawned by the coronavirus pandemic will cost them the only home they know – a rent-by-the-week hotel room. | | | |
 Orlando Sentinel theater critic Matthew J. Palm reviews "25 Years of Disney on Broadway." | | | |
 USF, Miami and Florida State had players selected during the virtual WNBA draft Friday night, pushing forward with one of the league's big events despite the coronavirus pandemic. | | | |
 Readers have strong thoughts! On Florida's disaster of an unemployment system, WWE wrestling, sofa-peeing and why I'm a delusional [BLEEP]. | | | |
 Orange County and Orlando officials aren't doing enough to inform Spanish-speaking citizens during the coronavirus outbreak, a guest columnist writes. Televised briefings should include a Spanish-speaking component. | | | |
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