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High pressure continues to sit around the Sunshine State through late week, keeping us mainly dry with building highs each and every day through this weekend.
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Highs: Upper 80s Lows: Low to Mid-60 Rain Coverage: 0%
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Around Central Florida
1. Bob Graham, ex-U.S. senator and Florida governor, dies at 87
Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87.
2. Orange County shifts transit focus to smaller projects
Mayor Jerry Demings said the county simply can’t fix larger transportation projects with the lack of funds.
3. Florida parents react to new limitations set on book challenges
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1285 on Tuesday, which limits how many times someone who doesn’t have kids enrolled in a school district can challenge a piece of literature.
4. City of St. Cloud reveals ways to combat city's flood risks
St. Cloud’s Floodplain Management Office is giving insight to the city’s flood risks and vulnerabilities and future projects to combat them.
Around the Nation
1. First 6 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial; 12 more still needed
2. House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate
3. Fed’s Powell suggests that elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year
4. Yellen: Iran's actions could cause global 'economic spillovers'
5. Wind energy installations hit new high in 2023, report says
6. New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job
Don't Miss This
- NASA says mystery object that crashed into Florida home came from the ISS
- Former Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog dies at 92
- Hockey business is booming as the NHL bounces back from the pandemic in a big way
- Despite weather glitch, Paris Olympics flame lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games
- Florida sees another jump to its average gas prices
Quote of the Day
Miners who have long been exposed to dust particles that cause lung diseases have new protections. On Tuesday, the U.S. Labor Department announced it finalized a rule to reduce miners’ exposure to silica dust.
Crystalline silica is generated by cutting, sawing, grinding, drilling and crushing stone and rock, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. About 100 times smaller than a grain of sand, the silica is easily inhalable. A known carcinogen, silica dust that is inhaled may cause lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, kidney disease and other serious, oftentimes irreversible medical conditions such as black lung, according to the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.