Harry Potter fans anticipating the third attraction based on the popular book and movie franchise at Universal Orlando Resort learned that the fictional setting for the ride will be the British Ministry of Magic.

Not long ago, Polk County’s biggest draw was citrus.

The Philadelphia 76ers have been waiting 3 1/2 weeks to get a full 33 minutes out of Joel Embiid.

A Southwest Airlines flight to Houston was evacuated after a cellphone caught fire while the plane was still at the gate in Denver.

The NBA Cup is back for a second season, starting Tuesday night and running through Dec. 17.

A strong across-the-board showing by Donald Trump helped propel the Republican former president to victory in Florida, once a preeminent swing state that has increasingly slipped out of Democrats’ grasp.

Darius Johnson scored 24 points and assisted on a go-ahead slam dunk with less than a minute remaining to lead UCF to a 64-61 win over No. 13 Texas A&M.

Police in Florida say two people were killed and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire during a Halloween street celebration that drew thousands of costumed revelers to downtown Orlando.

Oregon, Georgia and Miami remained the top three seeds in The Associated Press College Football Playoff bracket projection with BYU overtaking Iowa State for No. 4.

Florida and Texas were the two U.S. states with the largest number of new residents last year, and their biggest source was other countries.

Universal Orlando Resort will open its fourth central Florida theme park, just in time for Memorial Day next year.

Florida theme parks including Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld say they’ll open their gates on Friday after shutting down for Hurricane Milton.

The fabric roof over the home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays was ripped to shreds after Hurricane Milton came ashore in Florida, bringing wind gusts exceeding 100 mph and flooding parts of the state.

Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English.

The Orlando Police Department has closed its investigation into the former owners of the Pulse nightclub without filing any charges.

A blog-style article on the experience of getting to witness a weather satellite launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida as a weather intern.

County jails are often referred to as the largest mental health facility in the area.

This happened more than a year ago and it is part of a series where we are looking at viral videos.

Canadian Olympic basketball team general manager Rowan Barrett said Friday that Golden State is blocking Andrew Wiggins from competing in Paris, while the Warriors countered it was a mutual decision between the team and Wiggins.

Playwright Donald Rupe didn’t intend to write a musical about the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida.

Survivors and relatives of the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in Florida had hoped by now to have a permanent memorial place at the site.

Target is reporting a decline in quarterly revenue as still-stubborn inflation cuts into shoppers’ spending.

Defensive end to sign four-year, $4.119 million deal

Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points, Caris LeVert added 15 and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided a potentially franchise-shifting loss by rallying for a 106-94 win over the Orlando Magic in Game 7.

The Cavs and Magic are going to the limit.

Paolo Banchero scored 10 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Orlando Magic hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-96 and force a decisive Game 7 in the their first-round NBA playoff series.

Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points, Evan Mobley blocked Franz Wagner’s layup in the final seconds and the Cleveland Cavaliers survived a scare from Orlando, holding off Paolo Banchero and the Magic 104-103 in Game 5.

There’s a quadrupleheader of playoff games in the NBA on Saturday.

Charlie Woods failed to qualify for his first U.S. Open after shooting 9-over 81 in a local qualifying event in Florida.

Day 2 draft target meets with AFC South champions

The Cavaliers have waited a year to redeem themselves in the NBA playoffs.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are still alive.

NIL progression for Coogs

Golden State forward Draymond Green was ejected less than four minutes into the Warriors’ game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

Kickoff returns are returning to the NFL.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Regional Director of Finance to oversee the financial operations of our television stations and digital media businesses.

Texans executed a big trade

Coach Jamahl Mosley and the playoff-contending Orlando Magic have agreed on an extension that keeps him under contract through the 2027-28 season.

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that quarterback Baker Mayfield is staying with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after agreeing to a three-year contract worth up to $115 million.

Shane Lowry knows he's playing good golf.

Saturday’s 3 p.m. tip should be an electric atmosphere not only because it’s the last home game of the season at Fertitta Center, but because there is plenty more to earn.

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The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods had a rough welcome in his first attempt at playing a PGA Tour event.

Charlie Woods is taking the first step toward trying to play on the PGA Tour.

Shaquille O’Neal has become the first player to have his jersey number retired by the Orlando Magic.

Katie Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak in the 800-meter freestyle is over.

The men’s race will start at 10:10 a.m., while the women will begin at 10:20.

Galen Rupp can join elite company if he qualifies for his fifth Olympics on Saturday in Orlando. His chance comes after the most difficult two years of his career.

Each year, one in five children in the US experience a mental health disorder, and about 247 billion dollars is spent on treatment and management of these conditions. Ivanhoe explains how to talk to your child about their emotional health.

Olympic qualification for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials is a bit murky. We've got you covered.

The 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials begin Saturday in Orlando, with multiple spots on the American team up for grabs. Here's how you can follow.

Lydia Ko is back to winning on the LPGA Tour.

Two people with direct knowledge of the negotiations tell The Associated Press that San Jose State is working to finalize a deal with former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo to replace Brent Brennan as head coach.

Lydia Ko is feeling refreshed and right at home at the LPGA's season opener.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way that we work.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed the state’s university system to make it easier for out-of-state students facing antisemitism and other religious harassment in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war to transfer to Florida campuses.

South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature convenes Tuesday in Pierre for its annual session, expected to last into early March.

The body of a woman who went missing 12 years ago appears to have been found last week in a minivan submerged in a central Florida retention pond near Walt Disney World.

The New York Knicks traded RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to the Toronto Raptors on Saturday and got back OG Anunoby, dealing two of their top offensive players but likely getting a boost to their defense.

Authorities in central Florida have issued an arrest warrant for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the victim was “targeted” for the attack.

Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member, assistant coach or head coach in his first 20 seasons with the Miami Heat.

A Virginia man has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators’ desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

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Maybe the reason Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week in the Bahamas is to prepare for what really matters: The father-son appearance in the PNC Championship.

Beyond Meat is cutting 19% of its non-production workforce after a weaker-than-expected third quarter.

About two in three Americans say their household expenses have risen over the last year, but only about one in four say their income has increased in the same period.

An 11-year-old boy allegedly shot two 13-year-olds after they had scuffled at a youth football practice in central Florida on Monday night, authorities said.

Florida's high-speed passenger train service has suffered its first fatality on its new extension to Orlando.

A privately owned high-speed passenger train service has been launched between Florida’s two biggest tourist hubs.

Generation Z was born between 1995 and 2012, which puts some of them in their early twenties, and these young adults have taken the workplace by storm.

Sightings of a black bear at Florida’s Disney World caused parts of the “Happiest Place on Earth” to close on Monday, the theme park announced.

A Florida reptile park has taken in an alligator that lost its nose and upper jaw to a fight or boat propeller.

A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork.

There is going to be a new way to get around downtown Orlando, Florida, and it’s not going to require any human drivers.

Two Florida police officers were shot and critically injured during a traffic stop, and the suspect was fatally shot by SWAT team members several hours later.

The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans.

The board of Walt Disney World’s governing district now filled with Gov. Ron DeSantis appointees has approved a contract for its firefighters, ending years of contentious negotiations.

Librarians in Florida who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours, and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers, can breathe easier now.

Passengers traveling with a firearm must properly pack it in checked baggage and declare to the airline

The Republican-controlled Legislature in Iowa will aim to enact a ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a rare special session that starts Tuesday.

The Texas-based chain’s new Knoxville location is the largest store yet at a whopping 74,000 square feet.

There are 30 commuter rail systems in the United States, and in 2022, 266 million passengers used the service.

The autopsy report of Olympic sprinter Tori Bowie concluded she died from complications of childbirth.

Pat Sajak, who has hosted the syndicated game show “Wheel of Fortune” for more than 40 years, announced in a tweet Monday night that he plans to step down next year.

Across central Florida, the 49 victims killed and dozens more survivors of the massacre at a gay-friendly nightclub were remembered with the unveiling of a 44-foot (13.4-meter) -wide mural and an overnight vigil at the site of the Pulse club on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy.

It’s about this time every year where we look for Saharan dust to make its several thousand-mile trip across the Atlantic.

Dev Shah is the champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Rookie of the year Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic headlines the NBA's All-Rookie team.

A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

South Dakota’s House has failed to override Gov. Kristi Noem’s recent veto of a bill that would have created government regulations for the use of cryptocurrency in the state.

Response rates to federal surveys have been dropping in recent years due to growing public concern about privacy and online scams.

A contestant on the popular game show ‘Wheel of Fortune’ is going viral after host Pat Sajak tried to body slam him after he swept the game during Tuesday evening’s episode.

The Federal Reserve has raised its key rate by another quarter point, bringing it to the highest level in 15 years.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol.

Olivier Nkamhoua tied his career high with 27 points, and No. 4 seed Tennessee beat Duke 65-52 to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019.

Holy Cross found out Sunday it would face second-seeded Maryland in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Matt Bradley scored 17 points, including two free throws in the final minute, and No. 5 seed San Diego State held on to beat 12th-seeded College of Charleston 63-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

A 9-year-old girl known for excelling in school and gymnastics is among three people killed in what authorities have described as a random series of shootings by a lone gunman outside Orlando.

Authorities say a central Florida television journalist and a little girl were fatally shot near the scene of a fatal shooting from earlier in the day.