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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...
After years of delays, scaled-back plans underway for memorial to Florida nightclub massacre
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Survivors and the families of victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre had hoped by now to have a permanent memorial in place for Wednesday's eighth anniversary of the attack by a lone gunman who killed 49 people at the gay-friendly club in Orlando, Florida. ...
Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase faces October trial
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home will go on trial in October following a hearing on Friday. An Oct. 7 trial date was set during a court hearing for Sarah Boone in state court in Orlando,...
Florida's Supreme Court rejects state prosecutor's bid to be reinstated after suspension by DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's highest court on Thursday rejected an effort by a suspended state attorney to get reinstated after she was removed from office last year by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in his second suspension of a Democratic prosecutor. Supreme Court justices...
