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It’s no secret that the United States is the most decorative country when it comes to winning medals at the Summer Olympics, with the red, white and blue taking home 2,521 medals, the most of any country.

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Nielsen: at least 22.8 million watched Chauvin verdict

NEW YORK – At least 22.8 million Americans watched on television this week as former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

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‘We’ve seen a significant increase:’ Health leaders seeing rise in young people hospitalized with COVID-19

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Officials are stressing the importance of getting young people vaccinated as Seminole County leaders report that age group is being hospitalized at an alarming rate.

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Busch Gardens offers family fun with Sesame Street weekends

TAMPA, Fla. – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is introducing a new event featuring Sesame Street during weekends in the springs.

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FedEx driver ‘unhappy’ with truck threatens to put 9mm in worker’s face, report shows

OCALA, Fla. – A FedEx driver is accused of threatening an employee when he was unhappy with his vehicle, according to Ocala police.

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Longhorn Band will be required to play 'The Eyes of Texas'

AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas has announced that its traditional marching and pep bands will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” when they return to performing, but a new band will also be created that won't play the school song with racist elements in its past.

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Space jams: Hear what the Crew-2 astronauts will listen to on their way to the launch pad

Part of planning a historic mission to space means accounting for every minor detail, including the tunes.

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Class of 2021: Here’s how many tickets Marion County students will receive for graduation

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Members of the Class of 2021 who attend public school in Marion County will receive either six, eight or 10 graduation tickets, based on class size and capacity limits of graduation venues, officials announced Thursday.

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Is this an "Asterisk Oscars" or a sign of things to come?

In 93 years of existence, the Oscars have been postponed by shootings — the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the attempted killing of Ronald Reagan — and by a flood, when 1938 rainstorms overwhelmed the Los Angeles River. Sunday’s ceremony will be the first Academy Awards delayed by a pandemic.

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California public schools see 'sharp decline' in enrollment

SAN FRANCISCO – California public schools have experienced a sharp decline in enrollment this year as the pandemic forced millions into online school, according to data made public Thursday.

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Florida sees 6,629 new COVID-19 cases as new research shows no significant risk in vaccinating pregnant women

ORLANDO, Fla. – New research released Wednesday from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention shows vaccines do not pose a significant risk to pregnant women.

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Restoring service central to Biden's postal board nominees

President Joe Biden's nominees to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service pledged Thursday to rebuild trust with the American public through prompt deliveries, as they outlined a vison for the agency in their first formal statements to lawmakers.

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EPL looks to deploy moves to stop future Super League threat

LONDON – Having rapidly mobilized to thwart rebel clubs from joining a breakaway European competition, the Premier League is taking steps to prevent the so-called “Big Six” from attempting something similar in the future.

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Expedition hauls tons of plastic out of remote Hawaii atolls

HONOLULU – A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing nets that threaten to entangle endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other animals on the uninhabited beaches stretching more than 1,300 miles north of Honolulu.

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Man receives life in prison after leading police on chase following armed robbery in Ormond Beach

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – One of two suspects in a 2019 armed robbery in Ormond Beach and later led police on a high-speed chase has been sentenced to life in prison, according to State Attorney’s Office.

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'The Mole Agent' infiltrates a nursing home, and Hollywood

NEW YORK – “The Mole Agent” infiltrated a nursing home in Chile, and countless of hearts around the world including inside the film academy.

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Trash, roaches and feces: Dirt-caked children removed from filthy Flagler home, deputies says

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Children who were caked in dirt and wearing soiled diapers were removed from a filthy home in Bunnell on Thursday and their parents were arrested, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

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General: Afghan military will collapse without some US help

WASHINGTON – Afghanistan’s military “will certainly collapse” without some continued American support once all U.S. troops are withdrawn, the top U.S. general for the Middle East told Congress Thursday. Gen. Frank McKenzie also said he was very concerned about the Afghan government’s ability to protect the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

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Unmute, please: Echoes, glitches resound in virtual summit

WASHINGTON – Climate. Climate. Macron. Macron again. Beep. Beep. Beep. Can someone please tell Vladimir Putin he’s on live? Mr. President, Mr. President?

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SpaceX aims for 3rd crew launch hour before Friday's sunrise

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX aimed to launch its third crew a little before sunrise Friday, this time using a recycled capsule and rocket.

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Florida Supreme Court rejects recreational marijuana amendment

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing people to use recreational marijuana, saying it would be misleading to voters.

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Daytona Beach school resource officer helps chase down man with gun, police say

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona Beach police are crediting the fast actions of a school resource officer with helping to safely nab a man wanted in connection with a violent robbery.

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Benjamin Crump to visit Cocoa, calls for Justice Department investigation into ‘justifiable’ shootings

COCOA, Fla. – Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said he’ll be visiting Brevard on Friday for a press conference aimed at asking the U.S. Justice Department to review the deputy-involved shooting of two Cocoa teens.

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EXPLAINER: How come nations' climate targets don't compare?

WASHINGTON – This week's climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions. But in the weird world of national climate pledges, numbers often aren’t quite what they seem.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens

WASHINGTON – COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged 80% since the start of the year, dramatic proof the vaccination campaign is working. Now the trick is to get more of the nation’s younger people to roll up their sleeves.

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Hit French medical drama director dons scrubs to fight virus

PARIS – Sometimes in the best cases, life affects art and art affects life.

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Inventive books make final 6 for International Booker Prize

LONDON – Books from Europe and Latin America that blur the boundaries of fiction, history and memoir are the final six contenders for the 50,000-pound ($69,000) International Booker Prize.

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White Castle in Orlando sets new opening date

You’ve been waiting for this day since the news broke in 2019 and the time has finally come to enjoy White Castle in Central Florida.

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Countering Biden, GOP pitches $568B for infrastructure

WASHINGTON – A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a public works proposal with a much smaller price tag and a narrower definition of infrastructure than what President Joe Biden has proposed, highlighting the stark differences between the two sides that will be difficult to bridge in coming months.

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Excitement building along Space Coast ahead of Crew-2 launch

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – With anticipation building for Friday’s launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, families are making plans along the Space Coast to secure a spot for watching the liftoff.

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Disney makes progress on Cinderella Castle’s 50th anniversary décor

ORLANDO, Fla. – Over the past several weeks, Walt Disney World Imagineers have made significant progress on the 50th-anniversary transformation of the iconic Cinderella Castle.

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Milan gets buzzier with 1 million bees in designer hives

MILAN – Italy’s financial and fashion capital of Milan got a little buzzier on Thursday with a project that mixes biodiversity with art.

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Walkups available at Oviedo Mall vaccination site

OVIEDO, Fla. – Seminole County is adding another option when it comes to getting the coronavirus vaccine.

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NASA's Mars helicopter soars higher, longer on 2nd flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s little Mars helicopter aced its second test flight Thursday, soaring even higher and longer than before.

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Sex abuse charges expand to 2nd New Hampshire youth center

CONCORD, N.H. – Four former youth detention center workers charged with sexual assault made initial court appearances in New Hampshire on Thursday, including one accused of abusing a girl multiple times in a “candy storage room” at a second state-run facility.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis makes food bank announcement

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is making a food bank announcement Thursday morning, according to the governor’s office.

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Olympic athletes promised legal support if they protest

GENEVA – Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics were promised legal support Thursday by a global union and an activist group in Germany.

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Prototype of first US dollar coins going up for auction

A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money will go up for auction Friday.

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J&J vaccine 'pause' latest messaging challenge for officials

NEW YORK – Confronted with rare cases of blood clots potentially linked to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. health officials faced a delicate task: how to suspend distribution of the shots without setting off alarm about their safety.

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Barcelona maintains support of Super League despite backlash

BARCELONA – Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintained his support for the Super League on Thursday despite the quick exit of 10 of the 12 founding clubs in the breakaway competition.

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Florida police officers charged with issuing dozens of bogus citations to drivers they never pulled over

HIALEAH, Fla. – Two Florida police motorcycle officers are facing charges that they issued dozens of bogus tickets to drivers they never pulled over.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis makes ‘major’ environmental announcement

WELLINGTON, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is making a “major” environmental announcement Thursday morning, according to the governor’s office.

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2 killed when motorcycle crashes into van in Cocoa Beach, police say

COCOA BEACH, Fla. – A motorcyclist traveling in Cocoa Beach crashed into a van Wednesday night, killing the biker and the van driver, according to police.

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'He was guilty.' Extra juror in favor of Chauvin conviction

MINNEAPOLIS – An alternate juror at the trial of Derek Chauvin said she agreed with the jury's decision to convict him in George Floyd's death, saying she saw Chauvin as the leader of officers at the scene and that he brushed off warnings by bystanders that Floyd was in danger.

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Marion County man, 86, killed when truck runs red light, crashes into his van, FHP says

An 86-year-old Citra man was killed Wednesday afternoon in Marion County when his van was struck by a truck that ran a red light, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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US airline bailout helps Southwest post $116 million profit

DALLAS – Southwest Airlines is the first major U.S. airline to report a profit since the pandemic started, as federal payroll aid helped boost the company to net income of $116 million in the first quarter.

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What the shell? Woman struck in head by turtle that crashed through windshield on I-95 in Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle?

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US jobless claims fall to 547,000, another pandemic low

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, a new low since the pandemic struck and a further encouraging sign that layoffs are slowing on the strength of an improving job market.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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