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Orlando Morning Report

Friday, May 31, 2024

Disney World, Florida leaders plan expansion | Restaurant inspections | Orlando still deadliest for pedestrians

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'A huge kiss and make up:' Disney World, Florida leaders plot major expansion

The Walt Disney Co. is gearing up to spend billions of dollars in Central Florida as part of a new development plan, ramping up speculation that the company could be eyeing a major Disney World expansion.

2 Central Florida restaurants shut down last week

Two Central Florida restaurants were shut down the week of May 19-26, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Orlando remains among nation's deadliest areas for pedestrians

Florida dominates the top 20 most perilous places in the new report, which puts Orlando at 18th. The group conducting the analysis, Smart Growth America, blames road and sidewalk designs that encourage vehicles to drive fast but fail to protect the walkers nearby.

Winter Garden's history of citrus, railways, tractors showcased in two museums

Winter Garden visitors can explore the region's history at both the Winter Garden Heritage Museum and the Central Florida Railroad Museum.

Orlando's planned Holocaust Museum scales back as leader departs

Talli Dippold steps down as CEO of the Holocaust Center as its board of directors pauses work on new museum to scale things back.

A formerly crime-ridden Orlando hotel welcomes tenants to new affordable units

A private developer, boosted by a city subsidy, has transformed the old Ambassador Hotel.

Lynx bus crash with car ends in death of 19-year-old Orlando man

The man was killed Wednesday night when the car he was driving was hit by the bus at an Orange County intersection, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Woman sexually harassed in DeSantis' Florida State Guard, records show

The leader of a small unit sent to the Texas-Mexico border by Gov. Ron DeSantis' Florida State Guard repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances toward a woman he supervised, according to the woman's attorney.

'Smell of death:' Florida doctor, nurse share horrors of war-torn Gaza

In a May 24 event organized with Partners for Palestine, health care providers spoke at St. Luke's United Methodist Church about their two-week March trip to European Gaza Hospital.

Commentary: Exploring the environmental impact of our online activity

One of the most worrying aspects is the increasing energy consumption associated with data storage. Server centers, which are the backbone of the digital infrastructure, consume huge amounts of energy.