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Florida Highway Patrol seeks driver after Orlando hit-and-run injures scooter rider

Florida Highway Patrol cruiser (WJXT)ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol is seeking the public’s help as it searches for a hit-and-run driver who troopers say struck a 16-year-old girl on a scooter.Around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, FHP says the scooter driver was traveling north on Guy Road on the right shoulder, just south of Bearle Road in Orlando, when she was struck by a vehicle from behind. After the crash, troopers say the driver of the vehicle fled the scene.The […]

September 18, 2024

Orlando News

Q&A: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons on ‘Whiplash’ returning to theaters after 10 years

Ten years after “ Whiplash ” took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle’s breakthrough feature is returning to theaters nationwide Friday.In 2014, “Whiplash" was the ultimate indie movie Cinderella story — a Sundance discovery made by a 20-something that that would go on to become both a box office hit and an awards darling: It won three Oscars, including for J.K. Simmons ’ portrayal of a semi-sadistic and ever quotable jazz ensemble instructor; launched Chazelle’s directing career into the […]

September 18, 2024

Orlando News

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

HealthFILE - Family nurse practitioner Carol Ramsubhag-Carela prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine before inoculating a patient at a vaccinations site on Aug. 30, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File) (Jeenah Moon, The Associated Press. All rights reserved)DAKAR – The global vaccine alliance Gavi will buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine to battle outbreaks of the disease in African countries, the organization said on Wednesday. The vaccine doses — manufactured by the Danish […]

September 18, 2024

Sports News

Astros’ Jose Altuve ejected after removing sock, cleat in wild scene: ‘They missed that call’

For Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, the proof was under his sock. Altuve, 34, attempted to sway plate umpire Brennan Miller during the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game against the San Diego Padres after he grounded out to third for the final out of the inning. The ball seemingly hit off his foot, but Miller didn’t buy it. Houston Astros manager Joe Espada argues with home plate umpire Brennan Miller as second baseman Jose Altuve looks on during the Padres game on […]

September 18, 2024

Orlando News

Get ready for the presidential election with News 6′s voter phone bank Tuesday

Elections staff will answer phones from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.Volunteers answer calls at the News 6 Voter Registration Phone Bank in February. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)ORLANDO, Fla. – We are less than 50 days away from the presidential election on Nov. 5, the deadline to register to vote is Oct. 7, and early voting will be here before you know it.It’s time to make sure your voter registration is in and up-to-date, that you […]

September 18, 2024

Orlando News

12 downtown Melbourne security cameras now in use following crime, homeless concerns

Local News‘It’s only getting safer,’ mayor says about downtownMelbourne City Hall (FILE) (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)MELBOURNE, Fla. – One of the major stories in Melbourne over the last few years has been safety downtown.In 2022, at a popular night spot that’s no longer there called “Off the Traxx,” Alain Noel was killed on the dance floor when police say the 34-year-old was shot in a feud about “club turf.” The following year, another late-night shooting […]

September 18, 2024

Orlando News

Brevard Renaissance Fair moving to new location in Melbourne

Local NewsFair leaves Wickham Park after disputes with countyA Brevard County renaissance fair themed after Henry VIII (FILE) (News 6)MELBOURNE, Fla. – After nine years, one of Brevard County’s biggest annual events will celebrate its tenth anniversary a new location.The Brevard Renaissance Fair was nearly without a home after a dispute last December when the county didn’t give the fair grant money it relies on to advertise the six-week festival. Founder and president Pete Moolhuizen said he was also at […]

September 18, 2024

Politics News

‘Vocally anti-Trump’ FBI agent leading probe of Florida assassination attempt: whistleblower

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s lead agent probing the second assassination attempt on former President Trump’s life allegedly posted anti-Trump rhetoric on social media, according to a whistleblower’s account to Congress last year – though the bureau calls these claims "demonstrably false."Jeffrey Veltri is the FBI’s special agent in charge of its Miami bureau, which oversees neighboring areas, such as West Palm Beach, where suspect Ryan Routh was arrested on Sunday after being accused of pointing a gun at the […]

September 18, 2024

Orlando News

A Hungarian company is linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria

BUDAPEST – In a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital is the headquarters of a company that is linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria as part of an apparent Israeli operation against the Hezbollah militant group.BAC Consulting shares the ground floor of the modest building in Budapest with other enterprises. On Wednesday morning, Associated Press journalists saw the names of multiple companies, including BAC, posted on pieces of printer paper […]

September 18, 2024

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Florida Highway Patrol seeks driver after Orlando hit-and-run injures scooter rider

Q&A: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons on ‘Whiplash’ returning to theaters after 10 years

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

Astros’ Jose Altuve ejected after removing sock, cleat in wild scene: ‘They missed that call’

Get ready for the presidential election with News 6′s voter phone bank Tuesday

12 downtown Melbourne security cameras now in use following crime, homeless concerns

Brevard Renaissance Fair moving to new location in Melbourne

‘Vocally anti-Trump’ FBI agent leading probe of Florida assassination attempt: whistleblower

A Hungarian company is linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria

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