UCF lab hosts NASA challenge, but ‘Lunar Knights’ robotics club has rough go
UCF’s robot looked the part but couldn’t do the job in the end.The Lunar Knights robotics club was one of 43 university teams taking part in NASA’s 2024 Lunabotics Challenge on Tuesday on the...
Posey retires, Webster faces Sabatini as Florida congressional primaries are set
Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey announced his retirement in a last-minute surprise following the Friday deadline to file to run for Congress, while another Central Florida veteran lawmaker drew a far-right primary challenger.Despite qualifying,...
Universal Orlando specialty license plate on deck in new Florida law
The nonprofit Make-A-Wish Foundation benefited from the instant success of the Walt Disney World specialty license plate, and now Universal Orlando might play a similar role for the charity Give Kids The World if and...
Disney World’s fire department gets rebranded
LAKE BUENA VISTA — Disney World’s fire department has a new look.The Gov. Ron DeSantis-backed tourism oversight district approved Wednesday a rebranding of what was previously known as the Reedy Creek Fire Department. The...
Bob Graham, former Florida governor and US Senator, dead at 87
TALLAHASSEE — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early...
Taylor Swift in a class of her own at the University of Miami —...
A University of Miami dean’s own homework assignment last year — learn all you can about Taylor Swift’s songs as fast as you can — has led to one of the coming fall semester’s...