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Orlando, FL, United States

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US population slows to smallest gain since Depression

U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said Monday, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence. → Read More

Slain FBI agents worked to protect children from abusers

Alfin and Schwartzenberger, gunned down Tuesday while serving a search warrant at a child pornography suspect's South Florida apartment, devoted their careers to capturing criminals who sexually abuse youngsters, often times testing the legal boundaries of computer privacy. → Read More

Census data for congressional seats still months away

The numbers used for divvying up U.S. congressional seats among the states won’t be ready until the end of April, a Census Bureau official said Wednesday. → Read More

Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data

Steven Dillingham said in a statement that he would resign on Wednesday, the day Trump leaves the White House and President-elect Joseph Biden takes office. → Read More

Census halts efforts to comply with Trump citizenship order

The director of the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday indefinitely halted efforts to comply with President Donald Trump's order demanding data on who is in the country illegally after receiving blowback from civil rights groups and concerns raised by bureau statisticians about the accuracy of such figures. → Read More

Attorneys want sanctions against DOJ over 2020 census data

Attorneys for the coalition said Monday in a court filing that the Department of Justice has produced data reports for only half of the requests they have made. → Read More

Census: Early analysis shows falsifying data was rare

The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday said less than a half percent of census takers interviewing households for the 2020 head count may have falsified their work, suggesting such problems were few and far between. → Read More

144 new cases of coronavirus, 8 additional deaths reported in SC

144 new cases of coronavirus, including eight additional deaths have been reported in South Carolina, health officials announced on Saturday. → Read More

Census Day arrives with US almost paralyzed by coronavirus

Census Day — the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade count — arrived Wednesday with a nation almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus. But census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline. → Read More

Mario meet Hulk: Nintendo park coming to Universal Orlando

Harry Potter and Hulk: Welcome your new neighbors, Mario and Pokemon. A fourth park at Universal Orlando is being created based on characters from Nintendo, the park's owners announced Thursday. → Read More

The Force is now with Disney World, but the weather isn’t

The Force is strong with Disney and Star Wars, but it may be no match for Hurricane Dorian. → Read More

New Disney park attractions will have Mary Poppins, Wakanda

Mary Poppins. Wakanda. Rapunzel. A hodge-podge of beloved characters and settings would hardly fit in the same sentence if not for the fact they're all coming to Disney parks or cruise ships within the next few years. → Read More

Woman found dead in Charlotte home after fire, blast

A woman has been found dead in the remains of a home leveled by a fire and explosion in North Carolina's largest city. → Read More

2020 Census being printed without citizenship question

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday started printing the questionnaire without the controversial query. → Read More

Michael now a hurricane, midweek strike expected on FL panhandle

Tropical Storm Michael is now a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to become a dangerous Category 2 hurricane with an anticipated midweek strike on the Gulf Coast in the Florida Panhandle. → Read More

Doctor: Florida officer shot in standoff is in coma

A police officer is in a coma and has a long road to recovery after being shot by a Florida felon who eventually killed four children during a standoff. → Read More

Artist charged with attempted murder in theme park attack

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a caricature artist at Universal Orlando Resort tried to kill his manager by stabbing him in the neck with scissors on New Year's Day. Detectives said Monday th... → Read More

Astronauts help move stalled rail car during spacewalk

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two American astronauts helped move a stalled rail car back into place outside the International Space Station on Monday, quickly finishing the primary job of an unplanned spac... → Read More

Activists say ending SeaWorld orca shows not enough

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Animal rights activists applauded SeaWorld's plans to end its orca shows at its San Diego park but said the company should phase out its captivity of killer whales altogether. SeaW... → Read More