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The DeVos family - owners of the Orlando Magic - contributing $50,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
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Henry Frederick Fri, 04/24/2020 - 02:59
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ORLANDO, Fla.  -- The DeVos family - owner of the Orlando Magic - is contributing $50,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida to help struggling families during this coronavirus pandemic.

Orlando Cops: Man under arrest on shoplifting charges at a 7-Eleven tried unsuccessfully to keep officers at bay after announcing he had the coronavirus and coughed & spit at them

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Central Florida
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- In what can only be described as a cowardly act, Orlando cops responding to a theft at a 7-Eleven had to deal with a less-than-cordial 26-year-old Orlando man attempting to take arrest him announced he had coronavirus and then overtly coughed and spit on him as they took him to the ground and cuffed him.

Mexican luchador, the Black Demon, becomes first pro wrestler to succumb to the global coronavirus pandemic

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Central Florida
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Roberto Múñoz Carrillo, the indie luchador known as the Black Demon on the independent pro wrestling circuit has succumbed to the coronavirus. He was just 39 years old.

Veteran WWE ring announcer Howard Finkel, who coined the term 'Wrestlemania,' has died at age 69

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Central Florida
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Howard Finkle, the WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer credited with coining the phrase "Wrestlemania," has died. He was 69 years old. 

NASCAR suspends driver Kyle Larson indefinitely for using N-word during a virtual race

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Central Florida
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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has suspends driver Kyle Larson indefinitely for using the N-word during a virtual race over the weekend.

NASCAR released a statement to Headline Surfer and other media outlets that cover its racing events. This is what the statement, dated April 13 from NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach said:

Swimming' no longer listed by Beach Safety as an exercise after a body was spotted face down in the surf at Volusia County's 'closed beaches' that are really open for exercise only

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Central Florida
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- This weekend is typically one of the busiest at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona and on the county's beaches to the north and south, stretching some 47 miles but one activity missing as an approved exercise is swimming.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said it could be early June before restrictions are relaxed and people can return to work despite a slightly downward trend in COVID-19 hospitalizations in greater Orlando

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Central Florida
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Despite a slight reduction in COVID-19 hospitalizations, Orange County Manager Jerry Demings doesn't foresee the lessening of restrictions in place to stop the spread of coronavirus pandemic until early June and even keeping some of the restrictions intact through the summer.

1st fatality on Volusia County's 'closed' beaches: Just 2 days after exceptions for swimming, walking, biking & fishing despite pandemic, unresponsive elderly man pulled from the surf by others in New Smyrna dies

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Central Florida
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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Just two  days after Volusia County claimed its beaches were still closed, except for swimming,  walking, biking and fishing despite the growing spread of the coronavirus, an elderly man found unresponsive on water's edge in New Smyrna on Mondaydied after he was transported to to hospital.

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