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• 1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Orlando...

  ORLANDO, Fla. - Deputies said that one man was killed and a woman was injured in a double shooting at a convenience store in Orlando.The Orange County Sheriff's Office said they received a call Sunday at 2:57 a.m. of a shooting at the 7-11 store at 5719 Old Winter Garden Road, in Orlando.Deputies said they found a 21-year-old man lying on the ground, dead from a gunshot wound.A 30-year-old woman was also found with a gunshot wound and taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, deputies said. She..

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• Columbus Crew SC 2, Orlando City SC 2 | 2016 MLS Match Recap

  

  Two teams fighting to force their way into the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference split the points on Saturday night at MAPFRE Stadium. That those teams were the Columbus Crew SC and Orlando City SC, the two teams with the most draws in MLS, the 2-2 draw came as little surprise. In their final game before new coach Jason Kreis takes over on Monday, the Lions were on the back foot the entire first half as Columbus took the lead in the 20th minute when Tony Tchani burst into the visitors' p..

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• Orlando Pride fall 5-2 at Seattle Reign

  

  Orlando Pride coach Tom Sermanni was wary of the potent Seattle Reign FC lineup that featured five international players who weren't called up for the Rio Olympics.He was right. The Pride (6-8-0, 18 points) suffered a 5-2 road loss to the Reign (5-4-5, 20 points), adding to the challenges Orlando will face making the National Women's Soccer League four-team playoff field. Seattle struggled through portions of the season but showed their talent and strength Saturday, jumping ahead of Orlando in ..

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• Elizabeth Warren bashes Donald Trump at La Raza conference in ...

  

  In a fiery speech before the National Council of La Raza conference in Orlando Saturday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren repeatedly struck at Donald Trump while stressing economic issues important to Hispanics."We believe that diversity has made this country strong," Warren said at the national conference of the largest Hispanic advocacy organization at the Orange County Convention Center. "And racism, sexism, homophobia, hatred, injustice and bigotry have no place here." "We will never build Donald..

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• Broadway comes to Orlando to honor shooting victims

  

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Broadway is coming to Orlando over two consecutive nights to help honor the victims of the Pulse gay nightclub shooting.The cast of the Broadway musical, "Fun Home," is giving a one-night performance Sunday night at Orlando's new performing arts center with all proceeds being donated to the victims of the shooting and the gay rights group, Equality Florida.Some of Broadway's biggest stars are flying to Florida to give a concert Monday night at the same performing arts cente..

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• IOC decides against complete ban on Russians from Rio Olympics

  

  Olympic leaders stopped short Sunday of imposing a complete ban on Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Games, assigning individual global sports federations the responsibility to decide which athletes should be cleared to compete.The decision, announced after a three-hour meeting via teleconference of the International Olympic Committee's executive board, came just 12 days before the Aug. 5 opening of the games. "We had to balance the collective responsibility and the individual justice to which eve..

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• Crew 2, Orlando City 2 | Crew blows two-goal lead for third straight tie

  

  Crew SC played a dominating first half Saturday night at steamy Mapfre Stadium, scoring twice and creating terrific chances with hustle and precision. The only one in attack mode after the break, however, was the coach. Gregg Berhalter was as angry after the Crew’s 2-2 tie against Orlando City as at any point in this disappointing season. He lashed out during his postgame news conference, questioning his players’ will and calling out the shoddy defensive effort. The Crew (3-7-10) squandered a t..

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• 2 shot at Orlando convenience store

  

  1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Orlando 7-Eleven The shooting happened just before 3 a.m. at the gas station off Kirkman Road and Old Winter Garden Road. (Christina Jensen, staff) Last Updated: Sunday, July 24, 2016, 11:31 AM ORLANDO --  One person is dead and another injured after a shooting outside a 7-Eleven gas station early Sunday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. A man and woman shot at a 7-Eleven Woman was taken to ..

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• Student designs foldable shield for active-shooter scenarios

  

  Andrew Bloomfield wants anyone caught in an active shooter nightmare to unfold a path to safety. Disgusted by the mind-numbing trend of senseless, mass violence in recent years, the University of Florida engineering student — and putterer at heart — had been puzzling over ways people might protect themselves. Bloomfield, a 20-year-old UF junior from Ontario, said he pondered all kinds of ideas: entryway magnets that would ferret out weapons, a backpack that would turn into a shield, and a stra..

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• HIGHLIGHTS | Columbus Crew SC 2-2 Orlando City SC

  Both teams are in desperate need of points heading into this midseason clash. Columbus is now winless in its last seven while Orlando is on a four-game winless run of its own. The Crew will hope Ola Kamara can stay hot. The Norwegian has done well replacing the traded Kei Kamara, with nine goals in his last eight games.

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