CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The pilot of a small plane made an emergency landing on a Florida highway Friday.The 29-year-old pilot had a mechanical issue with his Piper PA28-140 that affected the flow of fuel and wasn't able to return to the plane to its home base safely, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.He landed the aircraft on the Sawgrass Expressway in Broward County just after 10:30 p.m.

The plane didn't strike any cars and the pilot wasn't injured, the department said.The plane blocked two lanes of traffic until it could be moved to the median shoulder..

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Apple, Google drop popular video game Fortnite from app stores over direct payment plan

NEW YORK - Apple and Google dropped the popular game Fortnite from their app stores after the game’s developer introduced a direct payment plan that bypasses their platforms.Apple and Google both take a 30% cut from in-app revenue purchases in games, which has long been a sore spot with developers.Fortnite is free, but users can pay for in game accoutrements like weapons and skins. Its developer, Epic Games, said in a blog post Thursday that it was introducing Epic Direct payments, a direct payment plan for Apple's iOS and Google Play.

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Missing child alert issued for 6-year-old Florida girl

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A missing child alert has been issued for a 6-year-old Florida girl who may be with a 39-year-old woman, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.The alert was issued Friday morning for Solidad Padilla, who was last seen Wednesday in Holiday.The child is believed to be traveling with 39-year-old Ashley Norsworthy in a 2017 gray Toyota Rav4 bearing license plate number 846LFD.Padilla has brown hair, hazel eyes and is 3 feet, 4 inches tall.

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Florida reports 6,148 new coronavirus cases, 229 deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. – Over the past five days, Florida has reported less than 7,000 new COVID-19 cases, outside of a blip on Wednesday due to a large data dump, which is a positive trend.The Florida Department of Health reported 6,148 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, bringing the state’s running total since March to 563,285 cases.The state also announced 229 new fatalities, bringing Florida’s death toll from the virus up to 9,276. That number includes 9,141 residents and 135 non-residents who died in Florida.

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Florida man accused of climbing onto semi in traffic during road rage incident

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Following an argument on a busy interstate, a Florida man got out of his vehicle and climbed up onto the cab of a semi truck to confront the driver, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said traffic was at a standstill on Interstate 95 Thursday when Richard Robitaille, 37, got into an argument with a 65-year-old man driving a semi truck.After that verbal altercation, Robitaille got out of his vehicle, climbed the steps leading up to the cab of the semi and continued the argument, records show.The semi truck driver attempted to burn Robitaille with a cigarette, which caused Robitaille to push the driver’s arm away, according to the report.Robitaille was arrested on a charge of battery on a person

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WATCH LIVE at 11:30 a.m.: Seminole County provides update on back to school preparations

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Leaders in Seminole County are expected to hold a news conference Friday to discuss new updates regarding safety and school preparations ahead of the 2020 school year.The discussion will include updates from Superintendent Dr.

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Florida teens sold drugs on Snapchat, detectives say

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Three teens who were supposed to be doing virtual school were instead selling drugs over a popular social media platform, Polk County deputies said.The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit received information that THC cartridges and marijuana were being sold on Snapchat to Polk County students.Undercover detectives said they were able to identify one of the teens as a 17-year-old boy from Lakeland. Detectives then arranged for a transaction, officials said.“On Thursday, detectives waited at a gas station where the meetup was to take place.

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States can’t afford Trump’s jobless aid plan, Wolf says

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania does not have the money to provide $100 a week as President Donald Trump pushes states to help pay for a new round of federal unemployment assistance, Gov.

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Coronavirus capable of traveling 16 feet, according to Univ. of Florida researchers

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Researchers at the University of Florida have conducted a study that shows coronavirus can travel up to 16 feet, and that it is still capable of infection at that distance. The team said their findings "strengthen the notion that airborne transmission of viable SARS-CoV-2 is likely and plays a critical role in the spread of COVID-19.”"The number-one thing is we shouldn't be complacent with regards to distance," said UF researcher Dr.

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Nova Scotia to provide more details on province’s back to school plan

back to school plan is supported by public health, the IWK Health Centre and education partners. Nova Scotia seeing drastic increase in homeschooling interest The province’s approach includes staggered recesses and lunches, enhanced cleaning protocols, distancing in classrooms, and mandatory masks in hallways and on buses.A class will be treated as a bubble to minimize contact with other students.

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Virginia mayor urged to resign after making Aunt Jemima comment about Biden picking Harris

Luray Mayor Barry Presgraves under fire for Biden comment (Town of Luray.)FOX NEWS - The mayor of a small town in Virginia is being urged to resign following a Facebook post in which he claimed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden "just announced Aunt Jemima" as his running mate.Luray Mayor Barry Presgraves made the comment last weekend and has since faced a bitter backlash from the Luray Town Council as well as other residents who characterized his post as racist.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherPresgraves has since taken down his post and on Monday apologized at a town council meeting."I understand what I posted on social media was wrong, offensive and unbecoming," Presgraves said.Reading from a

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Coronavirus Diary: Have toilet seat, will travel

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – People said we were crazy. We said we’d be careful.Maybe so, my doctor-uncle warned, but it would only take one moment of carelessness to get infected — one time finding ourselves too close to unmasked people.Others raised eyebrows in Zoom calls, silently judging our desire to spend a nonessential week at the beach in South Florida, the U.S.

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Trump requests mail-in ballots for Florida primary despite weeks of criticism

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has requested a mail-in ballot for Florida’s Tuesday primary election, despite weeks of criticizing the practice.Ballots were mailed on Wednesday to both the president and First lady Melania Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort, which Trump lists as his legal address, according to online Palm Beach County elections records.

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Mystery: FBI releases new images of mother who vanished in Florida

MIRAMAR, Fla. – The FBI has released new pieces of information in the case of missing mom Leila Cavett and it has to do with the white truck that was found in Hollywood and surveillance of her seen at a gas station not too far away in a different car, News 6 partner WPLG-TV reported.At the headquarters in Miramar, the FBI on Thursday showed images from surveillance video of the last few times Cavett was seen, which was three weeks ago.Detectives confirmed that the 21-year-old mother and her 2-year-old son were alone when they drove from Georgia in a white pickup truck south to Florida on July 24 and 25.“She arrived on July 25 and it appears she went missing on July 26, so its during that time that’s really critical for us,” said Georg Piro,

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India conducts record single-day high of nearly 8.5 lakh Covid-19 tests

coronavirus cases were reported on Friday morning in the country.

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Wolf has no plan to change recommendation on school sports

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Stacey Solomon's powerful advice as storm makes her re-evaluate mental health

Stacey Solomon handed out some sage advice to her followers as the storm made her reassess her mental health.

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Paris, Marseille named as high-risk Covid-19 zones, making curbs likelier

Paris: The French government on Friday declared Paris and Marseille and its surrounding area high-risk zones for the coronavirus, granting authorities there powers to impose localised curbs to contain the spread of the disease.The declaration, made in a government decree, follows a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in France over the past two weeks.On Thursday, France reported more than 2,500 new COVID-19 infections for the second day in a row, levels last seen in mid-April when the country was in the middle of one of Europe's strictest lockdowns.The government move gives local authorities in Paris and the Bouches-du-Rhone area powers to limit the circulation of people and vehicles, restrict access to public transport and air travel,

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Into the unknown: NBA teams face concerns outside of bubble

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Luke Walton was trying to find the right words to motivate his players to finish the season strong.The Sacramento Kings had been eliminated from playoff contention, which was nothing new for the team with the NBA’s longest streak of missing the postseason.Yet, even players who’d spent their whole careers with the organization had never heard the type of speech their coach made this week. This wasn’t the normal talk of playing for pride, of trying to make an impression for next season.

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Pandemic makes Trent’s Q1FY21 performance seem lacklustre

₹96 crore, below analysts’ estimates. Covid-19 lockdown forced Trent to close its stores for a major part of the quarter.Trent mainly operates stores across five concepts— Westside, Zudio, Star, Landmark and Utsa; with Westside as its flagship chain.For the quarter, the extended store closures meant the company had to make incremental provisioning with respect to inventories estimated at over ₹40 crore.

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Lillard, Blazers escape Nets, advance to play-in series

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Damian Lillard sent Portland into the NBA's first play-in series with 42 more points and a crucial steal, helping the Trail Blazers escape with a 134-133 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night. The Trail Blazers secured the No.

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Opinions on how Orange County Schools should reopen divided among parents, teachers and health experts

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Opinions on how Orange County Public Schools should provide education for the 2020-2021 school year has become divided among parents, teachers, and health experts.“I choose to go face-to-face let us have that choice too,” OCPS parent Renee Williams said.The mother of four said it’s time for a return to normalcy for her family despite the health risks.“My husband has an autoimmune disease, so I know very well what it’s like to dodge a virus,” Williams said.President of the Florida Education Association Fedrick Ingram said the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has caused a legal fight over the timetable of reopening Florida schools safely.“We were reckless with beaches, we were reckless with restaurants and

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Some Orange County parents already want to switch learning options

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County parent is not happy she selected the LaunchED program for her kids.“They basically told me I signed up for nine weeks, and there’s not much they can do,” Coral Blais said.Blais is a mom of two; both of her children go to school in the Orange County Public Schools district. She said her 5-year-old daughter has a speech impediment, and her 7-year-old son has autism.

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Central Florida election officials say USPS is keeping up with mail-in delivery demand

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – With talks of the United States Postal Service receiving funding in reference to mail-in voting delivery, two Central Florida election officials told News 6 they haven’t noticed any delayed in delivery.Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles said his office received a record amount of mail-in ballots than any other primary election in the county’s history.[RELATED: 2020 VOTER GUIDE: Everything you need to know ahead of Florida’s primary election]"We are very satisfied with the service we are getting from the postal service.

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Parents, teachers picket B.C. health minister’s office over COVID-19 school plan

the role masks will play in the school setting, are still being worked out. B.C.

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How many children have contracted coronavirus in Orange County?

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – More than 200 children under the age 18 have contracted the coronavirus in Orange County within the last two weeks, according to numbers from the Florida Department of Health.Dr. Raul Pino, FDOH Health Officer in Orange County, said since the beginning of the pandemic, Orange County has seen 2,021 children test positive.

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Coronavirus: SJHL teams practice patience during waiting game for 2020-21 season

SJHL) as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.Meetings have been taking place and are still ongoing to decide when and if the players can safely lace up for a 2020-21 season.Melville Millionaires general manager (GM) and head coach Mike Rooney said on Thursday that there was a tentative schedule set to start on Sept. 25.

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Bike camp gets results for families with disabilities

“iCan!” bike camp put together by the Down Syndrome Foundation of Florida.Founder, Camilla Gardiner has been organizing the annual camp for nine years.“We basically had the whole place to ourselves,” Gardiner laughed during a recent interview.Home video shows groups of kids on special training bikes smiling as they make their way around the empty convention space.“In the beginning, our riders are a little apprehensive and parents don’t know what to expect but as the week progresses the excitement is hard to explain,” Gardiner said.Gardiner helped establish the foundation in 2010 as a way to help families with the cost of things like therapy, tutoring, sports, camps, and other experienced-based activities.

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Chris Sale rehabbing the best he can for Red Sox

With an arm repaired by Tommy John surgery and a pandemic locking him out of the Red Sox spring training facility, Boston left-hander Chris Sale is managing his rehab the best he can.The team has moved some weights into an outdoor batting cage, which Sale also uses as a locker room. Some electric fans help cool him off from the Fort Myers, Florida, heat.

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Learning at home: Edmonton Catholic’s plan for online options

Parents have a difficult choice to make when it comes to the 2020 school year: send children back to school or enroll them in online learning.

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Coronavirus: Parents, teachers’ union and TDSB give Ontario’s updated education plan thumbs down

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s announcement for additional funding for school ventilation systems and allowing school boards to dip into reserve funds came late Thursday afternoon. While many are still digesting the details, several are already saying the plan lacks in key details to keep students safe.

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Could COVID-19 present an opportunity for UCF football? ‘They have a chance,’ analysts say

[MORE: Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic]“Until that knife gets stuck in my heart and they say there’s no fall football. And, that knife, if it’s coming will come from the SEC.

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Suns top Mavs to keep playoff hopes alive, go 8-0 in bubble

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Devin Booker scored 27 points and the Phoenix Suns rolled past the Dallas Mavericks 128-102 on Thursday to keep their playoff hopes alive and finish as the only unbeaten team in the restart.Dario Saric scored 16 points and Cameron Payne and Cameron Johnson each added 15 for the Suns. They will qualify for the play-in series that starts Saturday if Portland loses to Brooklyn later Thursday.Dallas was already locked into a playoff matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers, so the starters played limited minutes.

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Grizzlies roll past Bucks 119-106, reach West play-in round

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Jonas Valanciunas and Ja Morant had triple-doubles and the Memphis Grizzlies kept their season alive Thursday with a 119-106 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, who were missing star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo after he was suspended for head-butting an opponent.Dillon Brooks added 31 points as Memphis posted its second wire-to-wire win of the season and wrapped up a spot in the play-in tournament that will determine the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The Grizzies (34-39) are tied for eighth place in the Western Conference with Portland and Phoenix, which beat Dallas on Thursday.

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Free COVID-19 testing will continue at Econ Soccer Complex

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Free coronavirus testing will continue next week at the Econ Soccer Complex.Testing is still on for Aug. 14 and will start up again on Aug 18 and will run through Aug.

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Company hired to do contact tracing is ‘relatively new’ in the field

weeks ago we told you about a Florida lawmaker calling for an investigation into Florida’s contact tracing program.[RELATED: News 6 report prompts Florida lawmaker to call for investigation into state’s contact tracing program]Florida taxpayers are paying tens of millions of dollars to two companies for the service, even though one of the companies has very little experience in the field.Reggie Thomas says he tried over and over to apply online to become a contact tracer, but says his application went nowhere.“It said to look for a welcome letter in your email and a welcome letter never showed up,” Thomas said.Kathy Gayle said she tried as well."I have spent probably two months trying to make phone calls and go online and research how to

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Due to high demand, Orange County closing micro-grant applications

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County closed the micro-grant application portal Thursday evening after receiving a large response from home-based small businesses, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said.The county began accepting applications on Monday for its micro-grant program for home-based businesses and four days later had received 1,200 applications. The program was founded by $3 million from the county’s portion of the federal CARES Act money.The grants ranged from $1,000 to $3,000 but the average grant so far has been $2,500, according to the county.Due to high demand, the application portal closed at 6 p.m.

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9-year-old student tests positive for COVID-19 at Orange County private school

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A 9-year-old boy in a class with eight other students at a local private Christian school has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Florida Department of Health in Orange County director Dr. Raul Pino.Pino said the case at Circle Christian School marks the first one at a school, although the infection is believed to have been community acquired.

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Here’s why 55% of Orange County voters won’t see local candidates on their ballots

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – During this year’s primary election, hundreds of thousands of Orange County registered voters will not cast their ballots for sheriff, property appraiser, or state attorney.According to data from the elections office, more than 55% of the county's registered voters will not see major races on their ballots."The sheriff, the property appraiser, and the state attorneys race there are only democratic candidates and it is a partisan contest and so only the democrats will vote on it," Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles said.Cowles said no republican candidates qualified for those races.Cowles tells News 6 according to state law if the candidates running for constitutional offices are all from the same party,

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Pupil at high school in Coatbridge tests positive for coronavirus

pupil at St Ambrose High School in Coatbridge has tested positive for coronavirus.The affected student at the North Lanarkshire school is now self-isolating having tested positive for the deadly bug this morning, Thursday August 13.It came after they displayed mild Covid-19 symptoms.NHS Lanarkshire has confirmed tonight that the school will remain open.The health board say as the child did not return to school, the risk to other children and teachers remains low.Work is now underway to identify close contacts of the individual.

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NEW YORK - Apple has dropped the hugely popular “Fortnite" game from its App Store after the game's developer introduced a direct payment plan that bypasses Apple's platform.Apple takes a 30% cut from in-app revenue purchases, which has long been a sore spot with developers.“Fortnite" is free, but users can pay for in game accoutrements like weapons and skins. Its developer, Epic Games, said in a blog post Thursday that it was introducing Epic Direct payments, a direct payment plan for Apple's iOS and Google Play.

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N.B. held series of updates regarding back to school plan

With an uncertain year fast approaching, New Brunswick’s education minister hopes regular communication can calm nerves.

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Coronavirus: Ontario major teachers’ unions allege back-to-school plan breaks provincial law

COVID-19 and as such, the province is required under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act to implement all reasonable measures to reduce the risks posed by the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]They allege the provincial plan fails to provide adequate health and safety protections such as smaller class sizes, minimal measurable standards for ventilation in schools, and mandatory masking for younger children.The unions — the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation — represent more than 190,000 teachers and

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Kennebecasis Valley Minor Hockey Association scrambling to find enough members

The association is scrambling to find enough ice time for its membership this year and it’s related to the coronavirus pandemic. Time Roszell has more.

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Kennebecasis Valley Minor Hockey Association lobbying Town of Quispamsis to reopen arena

COVID-19 pandemic.But the Town of Quispamsis has opted to keep the Quispamsis Memorial Arena (QMA), one of KVMHA’s most commonly-used facilities, closed to the public until January.Pierce said it’s not clear why, but it’s left her association trying to find at least 28 additional ice times when the season begins. Saint John abruptly reverses implementation of recreation cards “Ideally, we would like to have access to this arena,” Pierce said of the QMA.

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Search continues for Georgia mom whose toddler was found wandering alone in South Florida

The FBI release this photo of Leila Cavett, 21, who disappeared in South Florida July 26, 2020, hours before her toddler son was found wandering an apartment complex. (FBI Miami)MIAMI - The FBI is asking the public's help in the search for a missing Georgia mother of a 2-year-old who was found wandering alone by South Florida police late last month.Leila Cavett, 21, has been missing since July 26.

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Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson completes quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood also completed two weeks of self isolation after he tested positive for the virus and had mild symptoms.Chitwood returned to work this week after he said he battled through “the worst sickness I think I’ve ever experienced.”At least five people who attended the Florida Sheriffs Association meeting in Bonita Springs, including Chitwood, on July 27 later tested positive for COVID-19, according to the News Service of Florida.

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Orange County School Board to hold special meeting before in-person learning begins

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County School Board will meet for a final time to discuss possible changes to the school district’s reopening plan before some students return to campus for in-person learning.While the semester started virtually for all Orange County Public School students on Monday, those who opted for face-to-face learning will make their first trips to campus on Aug. 21.

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