Trump’s embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/22 5:45A Associated Press

By ALAN SUDERMAN, AP Business Writer President Donald Trump’s goodwill in the cryptocurrency industry has taken a hit after he and his wife launched meme coins — a move critics say looks like an unseemly cash grab that undermines an effort to...

Plans for a new ship in the works for Celebrity Cruises

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/22 4:40A Richard Tribou

The Edge-class party won t be done with the debut of Celebrity Xcel later this year as a sixth ship in the popular class was just ordered by Celebrity Cruises parent company Royal Caribbean Group. The agreement contingent on financing was...

Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on AI safety in attempt to diverge from his predecessor

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/22 2:25A Associated Press

By MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press Technology Writer Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former...

Multiple advisories for a cold, rainy and gusty Wednesday morning

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/22 1:51A Garfield Hylton

It feels a lot like winter across Central Florida. Wednesday morning began cold and rainy with temperatures in the upper-20s to lower-30s, according to NWS Melbourne. There is a cold weather advisory for Lake, Volusia, Seminole and Orange...

DNA proves wrong man held in 1975 Winter Garden murders, lawyers say

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/22 12:59A Leonora Lapeter Anton

A trail of blood at the murder scene and the absence of it on the accused killer s clothes show it is impossible for Florida death row inmate Tommy Zeigler to have killed his wife and in-laws on...

Winter Park Playhouse will move to Shakespeare Center for ’25-26 season

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

The Winter Park Playhouse will take up residence in the Lowndes Shakespeare Center for its 2025-26 season as its regular theater receives a major overhaul. The unique arrangement will see the Winter...

Meaty Beany Chili is a one-pot, plant-based super stew

Orlando Sentinel (Osceola County News) 1/21 10:00P Amy Drew Thompson

Younger me was a dreamer of big things. And amid those that involved world travel, an esteemed career and enviable, incandescent romance, one was pervasive — in particular as I trudged, leash in hand,...

Tuesday is cold, windy and rainy

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 12:45A Garfield Hylton

There is an 80% chance of rain throughout the day. Highs in Central Florida will be near 59 degrees, according to NWS Melbourne. Those temps increase to a high of 69 headed further south from Orlando. Winds are blowing north-northeast at 15 to 20...

Seminole balks at bike-trail tunnels with $40 million price tag

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 10:30P Martin E. Comas

A years-old plan by Seminole County to build a pair of tunnels along a popular trail near Altamonte Springs giving bicyclists and pedestrians an easy way to cross under two of the busiest highways in...

Aaron De Groft, whose ‘Basquiat’ exhibit triggered a scandal at Orlando museum, dies at 59

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Aaron De Groft, who came to Central Florida to raise the profile of Orlando Museum of Art — but then embroiled the institution in an FBI fraud investigation over purported Basquiat paintings — has...

Final FestN4 in Fringe ArtSpace finishes strong

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Orlando Fringe s final FestN4 at its downtown ArtSpace showed growth over last year — perhaps a welcome harbinger of a rebound for the nonprofit s large May festival, which saw its attendance decline...

Trump is holding off on tariffs but betting Day 1 moves can cut energy prices and tame inflation

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/20 4:09A Associated Press

By JOSH BOAK, MATTHEW DALY and PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) —  Donald Trump  is holding off on tariffs during his first day and placing a big bet that his  executive actions  can cut energy prices and tame inflation. But it s...

New bill targets start times for Florida middle schools, high schools

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 12:58A Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — With Florida school districts facing a 2026 deadline, a Senate Republican  filed a proposal that would repeal requirements aimed at later start times for many high schools. The proposal (SB 296), filed Friday by Sen. Jennifer...

Man arrested for DUI after hitting and killing a 6-year-old in Orange County

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/19 3:05A Elainie Barraza

A 53-year-old man was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail for a DUI after hitting and killing a 6-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle on Saturday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The man, identified as Francisco Rosillo...

Trump movement is divided over H-1B visas. Do they hurt Florida workers?

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/19 12:00A Skyler Swisher, Steven Walker

Ten years after being laid off from Disney, Leo Perrero still views a visa program for skilled international workers as deeply flawed, blaming it for disrupting his information technology career and putting him in the unsettling position of having...