Pythons become an obsession: A night out with the hunters who caught that record-breaking 19-foot snake • Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years
 Orlando Morning Report Sunday, August 13, 2023 | | |
| | | | Florida's Black history standards | Pythons become an obssession | Maui wildfire Good morning. It's Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. The weather today calls for sunny skies with a high of 96 and a low of 79. Click here for more weather. | | | | Several of Central Florida's Black leaders and descendants of victims of the Ocoee and Rosewood massacres denounced the state's controversial new African American history standards on Saturday at an event in Orlando. | | | | | Jake Waleri recently caught the largest python ever recorded in Florida. We follow Waleri and his cousin, Steve Gauta, into the dark swamps of Big Cypress Preserve as they set out to win the 2023 Python Challenge. | | | | | Authorities in Hawaii say a fire that swept through a picturesque town in Maui this week has killed at least 89 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century. The new death toll Saturday came as federal emergency workers with axes and cadaver dogs picked through the aftermath of the blaze, marking the ruins of homes with a bright orange X for an initial search and HR when they found human remains. At least 2,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed in West Maui, Gov. Josh Green said, with damage estimated at close to $6 billion across the island. Two of the victims have been identified so far, Maui's chief of police said. | | | | | Gone was the helicopter, but Donald Trump is renewing his reputation for defying norms and creating a mega-celebrity's spectacle at the Iowa State Fair. In fewer than two hours Saturday on the steaming fairgrounds in Des Moines, Trump attracted thousands of sweating, chanting supporters to his stops at the Iowa Pork Producers tent, a baby farm animal exhibit and a popular Grand Concourse pub. All the while, Trump not-so-subtly tried to set himself apart from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump's main rival with five months until Iowa's leadoff caucuses and who was on the fairgrounds at the same time. | | | | | USF pulled Kerby Joseph's scholarship offer in the 11th hour and he almost was run out of Illinois by coach Lovie Smith, but now he's thriving with the Lions, who missed the playoffs on the final day of his rookie NFL season. Joseph led them in interceptions. | | | | | "In Hawaii, we're all a family. Ohana is a real thing and even though I'm from Oahu and I don't have any immediate family there in Maui, you're connected somehow," said Pauole. "Prayers out to them. I'm praying for them every day, reaching out to who I can reach out to." | | | | | This week was about establishing physical and mental toughness, which featured the added element of record heat and humidity, driving the 'feels like' temperatures into the triple digits throughout much of the Central Florida area. | | | | | By Charlotte Varnes Tampa Bay Times American Athletic Conference members have spoken about the possibility of adding schools left behind during the most recent round of conference realignment. USF athletic director Michael Kelly said Friday that he and administrators from other conference schools have been in communication with AAC commissioner Mike Aresco after six Pac-12 […] | | | | | Plus: It should have been a somber visit but they blathered on about their extravagant life. | | | | | "Knock on wood we won't have a big storm this summer," DeSantis said recently about Florida's property-insurance crisis. Anna Eskamani has plans and reforms to address the issue. | | | |
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