As feds eye a potential Orlando ICE facility, records show detainees might stay for 7 days

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 2/14 12:00A Ryan Gillespie

ICE s new processing centers, like the one it is eyeing in a massive warehouse in east Orlando, would each hold up to 1,500 immigrant detainees for as long as a week before they are transferred to other facilities or deported, according to an...

Plant Doctor: Some plants will recover from recent freeze, start seeds for new ones now

Orlando Sentinel (Osceola County News) 2/13 11:00P Tom MacCubbin

Question : After the recent freeze, there are lots of open areas in my flower garden. When can I start seeds of zinnias and marigolds to grow transplants for these areas? Answer : Start the warm...

Christy Martin boxing benefit fights domestic violence

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 2/13 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Trailblazing boxer Christy Martin has been in a different kind of fight since her retirement from the ring in 2012. The International Boxing Hall of Fame honoree is today a crusader against domestic violence. Martin s latest fundraiser in support...

Conagra ordered to pay $25 million in lawsuit alleging Pam cooking spray caused lung disease

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 9:36A Robert Channick

A jury awarded a Los Angeles man $25 million in a lawsuit against Chicago-based Conagra alleging its butter-flavored Pam cooking spray caused a rare chronic lung disease that will require a double lung transplant.  The verdict last week in the...

As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 5:53A Associated Press

By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As outrage spreads over energy-hungry data centers , politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers have found rare bipartisan agreement over insisting...

Wendy’s closes US restaurants and focuses on value to turn around falling sales

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 5:49A Associated Press

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writer Wendy’s is closing several hundred U.S. restaurants and increasing its focus on value after a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter. Related Articles As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to...

Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 5:24A Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Dubai has announced a new chairman for DP World, one of the world’s largest logistics companies, replacing the outgoing head who was named in the Jeffrey Epstein documents. The announcement by the government’s Dubai Media Office did...

Amazon scraps partnership with surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 3:49A Associated Press

Amazon s smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety. The announcement follows a backlash that erupted after a 30-second Ring ad that aired during the  Super Bowl  featuring a lost dog...

Falling cocoa prices won’t necessarily mean cheaper Valentine’s Day chocolates

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 3:29A Associated Press

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press Business Writer Cocoa prices have fallen nearly 70% since last Valentine’s Day, but that won’t make heart-shaped boxes of chocolate or even chocolate Easter bunnies...

What is streamflation? (And will streaming prices keep rising?)

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 3:00A Nerdwallet

By Kate Ashford, NerdWallet If you use streaming services for videos or video games, you might have noticed some higher prices — or “streamflation” — on your credit card bills. While monthly inflation was only 0.3% in December, the category of...

Wall Street steadies after its AI-induced sell-off

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 2:58A Associated Press

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks steadied on Friday after an  encouraging update on inflation  helped calm a Wall Street that’s been wracked by worries about how  artificial-intelligence technology  may upend the...

Inflation measure falls to nearly five-year low as gas prices fall and housing costs cool

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/13 2:29A Associated Press

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering  some relief  to Americans grappling with the...

Friday for Central Florida has warm temperatures and drought concerns

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 2/13 1:04A Garfield Hylton

Friday is seasonable and dry with warm temperatures. Patchy fog is in the air, but expected to dissipate around 9 a.m., according to NWS Melbourne. Otherwise, skies will be sunny with a temperature high of around 77 degrees. Drought conditions...

Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to opening Universal Studios Florida

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 2/12 11:42P Compiled by Orlando Sentinel Sta

Director Steven Spielberg had the honor of cutting the ribbon to open Universal Orlando, then called Universal Studios Florida, on June 7, 1990. For the debut of Central Florida s third major theme...

Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards: Voting round now open!

Orlando Sentinel (Osceola County News) 2/12 11:15P Amy Drew Thompson

Thanks to readers like you, tens of thousands of nominations came in for the 2026 Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards , and now, the results have been tallied. The top-three picks have been determined, and the task falls back to the readers to decide...