Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 AdventHealth has received $40 million from the federal government as part of COVID-19 relief funds distributed to health systems and providers. The Department of Health and Human Services distributed $12 billion to 395 hospitals that have been heavily-impacted by COVID-19 and cared for 100 or more patients through April 10. More than $286 million of those funds were spread among 15 hospitals in Florida. |   | |
 In time for Memorial Day weekend, most Florida state parks have opened again, including Blue Spring, Wekiwa Springs and De Leon Springs. | | | |
 Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay theme parks reopen June 5. | | | |
 The state announced 46 new reported deaths Friday, pushing the death toll to 2,190, according to the Florida Department of Health. | | | |
 The toll the coronavirus has inflicted on Florida's workers hit a stunning milestone in April, spiking unemployment to 12.9%, the highest it's been since the state began its current estimating process in 1976. | | | |
 Legoland on Friday declared it had state permission to reopen on June 1, but the governor's office later said that wasn't the case. | | | |
 The First Academy in Orlando held its graduation ceremony last week. From "COVID cords" to individual time slots, almost everything was different for the class of 2020's commencement. | | | |
 Sixteen puppies valued at over $100,000 were stolen in an early morning break-in at Petland Waterford Lakes – just hours after the store's owners were sued by the Florida Attorney General's office for allegedly selling sick puppies, some of whom later died. | | | |
 Florida's public universities should use a "controlled, phased-in approach," as they reopen this fall that includes plans addressing face mask use and coronavirus testing, according to a preliminary set of guidelines released Friday. | | | |
 CityArts opens its Pompeii exhibit as cultural organizations begin their return to normal programming. | | | |
 With less than a week before the planned launch of astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon capsule went vertical on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. | | | |
 Orlando City will be a No. 1 seed if Major League Soccer can clear all the hurdles needed to resume play with a tournament at ESPN Wide World of Sports on Disney World property, according to The Athletic. | | | |
 Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac continues to juggle his work to get back on the basketball court at full strength with his commitment to helping in the Central Florida community. | | | |
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