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Magic co-founder Pat Williams, who helped bring team to Orlando, dies at 84
Pat Williams, a co-founder of the Orlando Magic and someone who spent more than a half-century working within the NBA, died Wednesday from complications related to viral pneumonia, the team announced. Williams was 84. He started his NBA career as business manager of...
United Airlines jet makes unscheduled landing in Florida after a passenger fights with a crew member
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A United Airlines jet from Miami to New Jersey made an unscheduled landing in Orlando, Florida, this week after a passenger became “aggressive and disruptive,” the airline said. Video aired by WSVN-TV shows a fight between a woman and a flight attendant in...
Voxx: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Voxx International Corp. (VOXX) on Wednesday reported a loss of $9.3 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Orlando, Florida-based company said it had a loss of 40 cents. The consumer electronics...
Jonathan Isaac agrees to $84 million deal with Magic, AP source says
Jonathan Isaac has agreed to an $84 million deal that will keep him with Orlando for five more seasons, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Tuesday. Isaac agreed to a renegotiation of the last year of his current deal along with an extension, said the person, who spoke...
Flagg and Pritchard among those selected for USA Basketball select team to help with Olympic prep
Cooper Flagg’s summer will include some time playing against the U.S. Olympic team. The Duke signee — expected to be one of the top picks in the 2025 NBA draft and the consensus national high school player of the year this past season — was the lone collegian among the 15...
Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold. Then sores appeared in his groin and he would soak his bed with sweat. He took a test. On New Year’s Day 2022, at age 31, Hermida...
Musical 'From Here' explores life before and after the Pulse nightclub massacre
NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Donald Rupe didn't intend to write a musical about the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. What he wanted to write about was his friends. But the more he dug into it, the more he returned to his hometown's 2016 trauma. “The Pulse connection...
Darden Restaurants: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $308.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Orlando, Florida-based company said it had profit of $2.57. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to...
With deal done, Disney withdraws lawsuit, ending last conflict with DeSantis and his appointees
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney asked a federal appellate court to dismiss its lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday, a day after his appointees approved a deal with the company on how Walt Disney World will be developed over the next two decades, ending the last piece of conflict...
DeSantis appointees bury the hatchet with Disney by approving new development deal
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees on Wednesday gave final approval to an agreement that buries the hatchet between Disney and the governing district for Walt Disney World, which the Florida governor took over after the company two years ago publicly opposed a state law critics...
