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Already in 2024, several drivers have lost their lives in several high profile wrong-way crashes on major Central Florida roadways, including I-4 and State Road 429, which is part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFEA) – the public agency that operates the local toll roads and has been atContinue Reading

Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state’s capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence. The Republican-led Legislature in Tennessee gave final approval to theContinue Reading

An incident in downtown Orlando is causing traffic to be rerouted. According to the Orlando Police Department, officers are working an incident at Orange Avenue and South Lucerne Circle. Traffic is being diverted east and west at Anderson Street, and traffic northbound on Orange Avenue is being diverted east andContinue Reading

A former senior U.S. official who until recently helped oversee human-rights compliance by foreign militaries receiving American military assistance said Wednesday that he repeatedly observed Israel receiving “special treatment” from U.S. officials when it came to scrutiny of allegations of Israeli military abuses of Palestinian civilians. The allegation comes asContinue Reading

A woman tells News 6 partner WPLG that she and her boyfriend, a fellow bodybuilder, made a huge mistake when they conducted a photoshoot with an assault rifle at a West Kendall strip mall. Police said a panicked mother called them after seeing the gun pointed at a daycare there.Continue Reading

The City of Cocoa is one step closer to a Brightline station. On Wednesday, the Brevard County Tourist Development Council voted to approve $5 million in funding to go toward the station’s design and construction — but not without some pushback from the board. “I was sweating bullets but as youContinue Reading

An unforgettable day for 4-year-old Stone Hicks. From the moment he got to the Orlando Police Department, he walked in the building and then suited up in his very own police uniform. “He’s been battling end-stage kidney disease. Our kids go through so much when they battle their critical illnessContinue Reading

We are well over a month away from the start of hurricane season and the National Hurricane Center has highlighted an area of pressure around 900 miles northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. This is not to alarm anyone, but just to keep you in the loop with what isContinue Reading

A suspect in the deadly April 11 carjacking near Winter Springs claims he was paid to deliver the victim to someone else, and was also given the gun used in the attack, according to a federal affidavit obtained by News 6. Jordanish Torres-Garcia, 28, is set to make his firstContinue Reading

President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American girl who was held hostage in Gaza for several weeks at the start of the war. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House meeting with Abigail and her family was “a reminder of the workContinue Reading

The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. While the current case involves an Idaho abortion ban, the court’s ruling could have implications beyond that state. Idaho lawmakersContinue Reading

Ford Motor Co.’s first-quarter net income fell 24% from a year ago as the company’s combustion engine vehicle unit saw revenue and sales decline. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker said Wednesday it made $1.33 billion from January through March, compared with $1.76 billion a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, Ford madeContinue Reading

Volusia County is debating building a huge motocross facility near the “World Center of Racing.” The 65-acre property the county is eyeing is just off Tomoka Farms Road just west of Port Orange. Right now, the county is in the middle of holding community meetings for resident feedback. “We haveContinue Reading

Nearly two months after the body of missing Florida 13-year-old Madeline Soto was officially recovered, Stephan Sterns — the man considered the prime suspect in the case — was charged with first-degree murder. Plenty of questions still surround Soto’s disappearance. As the investigation continues, below is a timeline of eventsContinue Reading

When President Joe Biden showed off his putting during a campaign stop at a public golf course in Michigan last month, the moment was captured on TikTok. Forced inside by a rainstorm, he competed with 13-year-old Hurley “HJ” Coleman IV to make putts on a practice mat. The Coleman familyContinue Reading

Eastbound Interstate 4 was shut down Wednesday afternoon in Seminole County after a military Humvee flipped, trapping one person, according to the fire department. The crash occurred in the area of mile marker 97, near West Lake Mary Boulevard, where all eastbound lanes were shut down as the patient wasContinue Reading

Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, Russia opposed and China abstaining. The resolution calls on all countriesContinue Reading

The movie first made famous by Robin Williams in 1993 is now a musical. “Mrs. Doubtfire” follows the story of a Daniel Hillard, a struggling and out-of-work actor. He loses custody of his kids during a messy divorce and creates the character of a Scottish nanny, Euphegenia Doubtfire, as anContinue Reading

President Joe Biden picked up the endorsement of North America’s Building Trades Unions at a Wednesday event where the president and his allies set out to dismantle Republican Donald Trump’s reputation as a successful real estate developer. “Donald Trump is incapable of running anything,” said Sean McGarvey, the organization’s president.Continue Reading

One of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both people on board, a federal aviation official said Wednesday. The pilot had made radio contact about the in-fight emergency shortly after takingContinue Reading

A federal investigation has concluded that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a history of racist social media postings, an FBI official told The Associated Press Wednesday. Derontae Martin, 19, wasContinue Reading

Oracle Corp.’s planned campus in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as the business software giant’s world headquarters, placing it in a city that’s a center for the U.S. health care industry, CEO Larry Ellison said. Ellison spoke about Oracle’s plans for its Nashville offices during a conversation about health care technologyContinue Reading

Two occupants of a minivan were killed Wednesday in a crash when the vehicle struck a semitruck, then several trees before catching fire in Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on southbound Interstate 75 near Reddick, troopers said. Troopers were dispatched around 10:20 a.m. toContinue Reading

What on earth are these? Many visitors and residents often inquire about these cluster of eggs on plants or on concrete slabs near a body of water. There are popping up everywhere in Central Florida. These light pink eggs are apple snail eggs. An apple snail egg case is aContinue Reading

The Orange-Osceola state attorney and Kissimmee police chief will give an update Wednesday on a “case of public interest.” State Attorney Andrew Bain and Kissimmee police Chief Betty Holland will speak from the Osceola County courthouse at 4 p.m. No other details have been provided. News 6 will stream liveContinue Reading

The search for a missing 13-year-old girl ended Friday night when her body was found in Osceola County, according to deputies. Deputies said Madeline Soto’s body was found around 4:30 p.m. in the woods off Hickory Tree Road. It was announced earlier in the day that detectives believed the 13-year-oldContinue Reading

Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, following a dispute with the U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been looted from Italy almost a half-century ago. The dispute began in March 2022 when an Italian court ruled that theContinue Reading

A teenage girl was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Wednesday after stabbing a student and two teachers at a secondary school in Wales, police said. The three victims were taken to a hospital for treatment of stab wounds after the attack at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed-PowysContinue Reading

Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday. Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, the new missiles give Ukraine nearly doubleContinue Reading

They’re resources that go beyond the books on its shelves. Did you know that the Orange County Library System offers free social worker services? No library card required! “A lot of people don’t like to tell their business, but sometimes you may need to tell them a little bit toContinue Reading

Children dead in the English Channel. Morgues full of migrants reaching capacity in Tunisia. Police in Cyprus patrolling off the island nation’s eastern coast to thwart boats loaded with Syrian refugees. With pivotal June elections for the European Parliament getting closer, such scenes of despair and tragedy are complicating effortsContinue Reading

British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion so he could honor the men who didn’t come home. It was not toContinue Reading

More than one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday by the organization that shows how aContinue Reading

Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense, residents and members of the group said Wednesday. Their withdrawal came after a contending armed Karen group,Continue Reading

At 78, John Lithgow’s acting career is not slowing down. He appeared in the best picture nominee “Killers of the Flower Moon” and starred with Jeff Bridges in the FX series “The Old Man.” Recently, the two-time Academy Award nominee and multiple Emmy, Tony and Golden Globes-winning actor played theContinue Reading

The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation. The Transportation Department said airlines will be required to provide automatic cash refunds within a few days for canceledContinue Reading

The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday. The website, known as one of the largest global online resources of family history, is collaborating with the Irei Project, whichContinue Reading

Penguin Random House is teaming with Amazon MGM Studios on a series of books based on “Wednesday,” the Emmy-winning hit about young Wednesday Addams of Addams Family fame. The publisher announced Wednesday (of course) that the series will debut this summer, with upcoming releases including an all-ages coloring book, aContinue Reading

“ Barbenheimer ” is a hard act to follow. But as Hollywood enters another summer movie season, armed with fewer superheroes and a landscape vastly altered by the strikes, it’s worth remembering the classic William Goldman quote about what works: “Nobody knows anything.” Four decades later, that still may beContinue Reading

A person was shot Wednesday morning in Daytona Beach, prompting a police investigation. The shooting happened in the 1000 block of Mason Avenue. Daytona Beach police said the victim was taken to Halifax Hospital for treatment. Police asked the public to stay away from the following areas as the investigationContinue Reading

Telecommuting, a pandemic-era novelty that has become a permanent alternative for many people, has some Connecticut and New Jersey employees of New York-based companies questioning why they still have to pay personal income tax to the Empire State. Their home states are wondering as well. Fed up with losing outContinue Reading

Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional transplant, and out of options.Continue Reading

I think it’s pretty obvious at this point, my favorite day “On Patrol” with you guys is any day that we get to feature a dog or a cat that needs a home. We are here for our monthly visit over at Orange County Animal Services featuring a beautiful dogContinue Reading

The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The final rule also trims sodium in kids’ meals, although not by the 30% first proposed in 2023. And it continues to allowContinue Reading

Norfolk Southern’s first-quarter earnings report Wednesday gave the railroad the opportunity to publicly defend CEO Alan Shaw’s strategy again before investors decide on May 9 whether to back him. Since the railroad already preannounced its disappointing results earlier this month when it disclosed a $600 million settlement over the disastrousContinue Reading

Tech giant Cisco Systems on Wednesday joined Microsoft and IBM in signing onto a Vatican-sponsored pledge to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically and to benefit the common good. Cisco Systems chief executive Chuck Robbins signed the document, known as the Rome Call, and met privately with PopeContinue Reading

A sprawling 8.5-acre downtown Orlando sports and entertainment district, which was given the final green light on Monday, now has a name. In a news release issued early Wednesday, officials said the project, which will be located next to the Kia Center at West Church Street and South Hughey Avenue,Continue Reading

Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. Boeing’s CEO said theContinue Reading

Stephan Sterns, the prime suspect in the disappearance and death of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, is expected back in court Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing. Sterns, who turns 38 on Thursday, has already waived multiple court appearances leading up to his jury trial in Osceola County, which is expected to startContinue Reading

The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Chuch has suspended a priest who participated in services for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Dmitry Safronov took part in Navalny’s funeral as well as presiding at the commemoration on March 26, the 40th day after his death — an important Russian OrthodoxContinue Reading