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ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando’s City Hall was a place of mourning, anger and suspicion Tuesday evening as dozens gathered on its steps demanding answers about the death of a woman found hanging from a tree in her backyard last week. Yolna Lubrin, 31, who went by the nickname Yo-Yo, was cut down by Orlando police officers Thursday morning at her home in the 1000 block of West Livingston Street, according to the department. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A crowd or more than 60 people gathered outside City Hall around 7 p.m. to hear from community advocates and family members of Lubrin, includi......

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that supporters of Donald Trump’s reelection are “listless vessels,” a comment that drew a quick demand for an apology by the former president’s camp. “If all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement,” DeSantis said in a taped interview with the conservative website The Florida Standard. “Ultimately, a movement can’t be about the personality of one individual,” DeSantis continued. “The movement has got ......

Bob Saget’s words of wisdom helped make John Stamos’ life fuller. Stamos shared some advice his late “Full House” co-star imparted on him when he was a new father. “For the first few months I didn’t feel as connected with my son as I thought I would,” Stamos wrote Wednesday in an Instagram caption of a heartwarming video of his son, Billy, when the then-baby was laughing on his dad’s lap. “Bob Saget said just wait until the first time he laughs at you,” continued Stamos. The actor and wife Caitlin McHugh welcomed their now-4-year-old in April 2018. Saget died in a hotel room in Orlando, Florid......

ORLANDO, Fla. — Yes, they’ve monkeyed around with Jungle Cruise, one of the original rides at Walt Disney World. But the spirit of the Magic Kingdom attraction remains on board with skippers punning the show. Disney World posted on its Twitter account that work is complete on the Jungle Cruise makeover, which had not forced the ride to close for day guests. New scenes were plopped in over several weeks, and some affected areas were tarped over during the transition. Unless you’re a headhunter fanatic or someone steadfastly against change, the enjoyment level for Jungle Cruise should be similar......

Fred Piccolo, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ communications director, has resigned from the governor’s office, a move he said was planned before he deleted his Twitter account shortly after his controversial Christmas Eve tweet about COVID-19 victims. Piccolo, who was named DeSantis’s chief spokesman in July, said he will move over to the state Department of Education next week, where he will rejoin Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran. Piccolo previously worked for Corcoran at the state House Speaker’s office. Piccolo made national headlines last week after stating that photos of each dead COVID-19 vi......

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man who boarded a flight from Orlando despite having coronavirus symptoms later died, and now an EMT who helped him on the plane is feeling sick, according to news reports. Tony Aldapa and others performed CPR on Monday night on the fellow passenger who had a case of the virus that ended up killing him, KCAL-Channel 2 in Los Angeles reported. The United Airlines flight to Los Angeles made an emergency landing so the sick passenger could be taken to a hospital, where he died. On Tuesday, Louisiana authorities confirmed the passenger died of acute respiratory failure after cont......