Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Black history in Orlando & Florida GOP leaders switch from courting to slapping Big Tech around

Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.

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February 23, 2021

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Orlando Morning Report

 

Good morning! I'm Cassie Armstrong, entertainment and visuals editor at the Orlando Sentinel. February is Black History Month and Florida would not be the state it is today without the considerable contributions of people of African heritage. The visuals staff has plotted more than 40 sites significant to Black history in Central Florida on this interactive map. Check out OrlandoSentinel.com/BlackHistory to see stories, photos and video by staff photojournalist Willie J. Allen Jr. about ordinary people living extraordinary lives — right here in Orlando. New York Times bestselling author Tayari Jones talks NEA Big Read and recommends three books ahead of tonight's virtual event with UCF. Now, here's the rest of today's news ...

 

 

 


Today in Orlando, it will be mostly cloudy with a high of 75 and low of 56. Get hour-by-hour temperatures here.

Florida's GOP leaders flip from courting Big Tech to slapping it around

Gov. Ron DeSantis is leading a push to penalize and regulate tech titans Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter for censoring conservative views, commodifying personal data and blurring...

Trump, DeSantis headline an Orlando CPAC event heavy on election conspiracies

This weekend's CPAC conference in Orlando will have a decidedly Florida feel, with Gov. Ron DeSantis kicking off the event and Palm Beach resident Donald Trump closing it. But in between, the...

Florida passes 30,000 coronavirus resident deaths

Florida's resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 30,065 with the addition of 159 more reported fatalities on Monday while also adding 4,151 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total...

Ask Amy Drew: What is red-eye gravy and where can I try it?

A reader's recent discovery of red-eye gravy has her wondering where she might find some in Central Florida.

30 years of Orlando Fringe memories: 2017, the 26th festival

Back in 2016, I celebrated the 25th Orlando Fringe Festival in a series of articles detailing each year of the theater fest leading up to the milestone. This year, to honor the 30th festival,...

Pictures: Enchantment Ball Daddy-Daughter Dance at Harriett's Orlando Ballet Centre

Fathers and daughters of all ages gather for the Kendrick Law Group's inaugural Enchantment Ball Daddy-Daughter Dance at Harriett's Orlando Ballet Centre on Saturday night, Feb. 20, 2021. The...

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From FOX 35 News: Disney World adds more partitions, sectioned areas on monorails

You may notice some changes the next time you step onto a Disney monorail. FOX 35′s Ryan Elijah visited Magic Kingdom on Thursday and spotted the new partitions and section numbers on the monorail.

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