Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 The number of COVID-19 tests performed in Florida is far higher in data reported by the CDC than what's reported by the state, according to a new analysis that calls the discrepancy "a cause for concern." |   | |
 As a young man held a gun to her head in the pool area of an east Orange County apartment complex, 19-year-old Jamie Kettering begged for her life: "Don't do it." | | | |
 Rebekah Jones, the woman who created and ran Florida's online coronavirus data site, has been fired, just days after she said she fought the state Department of Health's efforts to make the data harder to access for the public, researchers and the media. | | | |
 Orange County will soon begin offering $10,000 grants to small businesses and $1,000 to people who have faced furloughs or job losses as part of its plan to spend $243.2 million in coronavirus relief dollars it received from the federal CARES Act. | | | |
 Gov. Ron DeSantis has started blaming the jobless for making mistakes on their unemployment applications, saying that's why they're not getting paid. What a bad look for the governor. | | | |
 Reported Florida coronavirus deaths climbed past 2,000 Tuesday. One research group projects the state's death toll will pass 4,700 by August, but that's down from over 5,400 projected a week ago. | | | |
 Altamonte Springs' annual Red Hot & Boom fireworks show is the latest local Fourth of July celebration to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. | | | |
 A Florida deputy pleaded guilty to 30 felony charges, including the theft of almost $50,000 from a children's charity he founded, and the payment of kickbacks to lure patients into a drug treatment center he ran. | | | |
 The coronavirus pandemic has forced tourism industries to focus more on domestic travelers, meaning a slashing of international teams. | | | |
 Pier 1 has stores in Orlando's Millenia Plaza, the Waterford Lakes Town Center, Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Sanford, Kissimmee, Lady Lake and Daytona Beach. | | | |
 Orlando Olympia High receiver Victor Jones Jr. said his recruitment has not been hurt by the coronavirus and he now has 10 Football Bowl Subdivision scholarship offers. | | | |
 Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Association have exchanged proposals on how to resume play during the coronavirus pandemic, trying to work out salary cuts and safety procedures integral to hosting a tournament without fans in Orlando. | | | |
 Disney Springs reopens with 44 stores, restaurants plus new rules | | | |
 There has been a sighting of a roller coaster in motion at SeaWorld Orlando theme park on Tuesday, and it included riders wearing different kinds of face coverings. | | | |
 Universal began limited operation of select venues at CityWalk on Thursday, May 14 | | | |
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