Car spins out of control, injuring 4 children near downtown Orlando and other top stories.

• Car spins out of control, injuring 4 children near downtown Orlando

  

  Car crashes into 4 children near downtown Orlando Updated: Sep 2, 2016 - 1:10 AM © 2016 Cox Media Group. ORLANDO, Fla. - Four children were injured Thursday evening near downtown Orlando when they were struck by a car that spun out of control, the Orlando Police Department said. A motorist lost control of a vehicle shortly after 8 p.m. at S. Bumby Ave. and E. South St., crashing into the children, who were standing on a sidewalk, Orlando police Lt. Jonathan Bigelow said. ..

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• Free Brad Paisley concert in Orlando kicks off 2016 college football ...

  

  Country music star Braid Paisley will kick off the 2016 college football season on Sunday with a free concert in downtown Orlando. Organizers announced this week that the concert will be held on the Seneff Arts Plaza at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando.  The Seneff Arts Plaza is a green space outside the performing arts center.The stage will be set up on Orange Avenue outside City Hall. Fans can access the concert venue at South Street and Anderson Street. Th..

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• SpaceX explosion destroys rocket, satellite at Cape Canaveral

  

  An explosion at SpaceX's launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Thursday morning sent clouds of smoke into the sky, destroyed a satellite, and set off a social media storm.SpaceX confirmed the explosion destroyed an Amos 6 satellite set for launch on Saturday. An early-afternoon post on CEO Elon Musk's Twitter account said the explosion took place "during propellant fill operation. Originated around upper stage oxygen tank."A SpaceX spokesman said the pad was clear of personnel and there were no injur..

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• Florida finds Zika in trapped mosquitoes, 1st in U.S. mainland

  

  MIAMI — Authorities in Florida said Thursday they have found the Zika virus in three groups of trapped mosquitoes in Miami Beach, the first time this has happened in the continental U.S. The three mosquitoes were trapped in a 1.5-square-mile area of Miami Beach that had been identified as an active zone of active transmission of the virus, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said in a news release. "This find is disappointing, but not surprising," Commissioner of Agricu..

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• Tornado watch issued for all of Central Florida

  

  The hours-long tornado watch for large parts of Central and northern Florida has expired, according to the National Weather Service.The tornado watch was in effect until 11 p.m. in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Polk, Brevard and Volusia counties, as well as the northern part of the state. The NWS will update if another watch is issued.The watch was issued as Hurricane Hermine advanced toward Florida's northern Gulf coast. This is a breaking news story, please check back for more details.g..

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• Orlando Nightclub Shooting Survivor's New Perspective: 'I'm Pro-Gun'

  5207334Jeff Rodriguez, a survivor of the Pulse nightclub attack in Orlando, says the shooting has given him a new outlook on gun related issues. “I’m still upset more than sad or depressed; I’m angry because I feel robbed, people’s lives were robbed, my friends’ lives were robbed and those of us who survived were robbed, too,” Rodriguez tells New 6’s Eryka Washington earlier this week. Rodriguez endured six surgeries and two months in the hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds to his leg, ..

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