An in-house review discredits claims by two top-level employees of Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, who accused him of breaking rules and laws, mistreating them because they are women and bullying other employees.

Laverne McGee, a former Orlando TV anchor who had been Singh’s communications...

U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are again stressing their concerns about the controversial plans to ask for citizenship status for the 2020 Census.

The Caucus, for which Soto, D-Kissimmee, is the Civil Rights Task Force Chair Representative, sent a letter Friday to Secretary...

The Orange County Comptroller on June 1 will start to collect tourism-related taxes directly from home-sharing company misterb&b, marking the first such site other than industry giant Airbnb to enter into such a voluntary collection agreement.

The move will ensure that the county receives the 6...

The Orlando Police Department is investigating a shooting at a downtown apartment complex that left one man dead early Friday morning.

Officers arrived at the third floor of the Crescent Central Station apartments at 480 N. Orange Ave. at about 1:34 a.m. and found a 23-year-old man who appeared...

The Democratic primary battle for Congress between U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and Alan Grayson has so far focused on Puerto Ricans and progressives, with each candidate saying they’re the better choice for both groups of voters.

Grayson, 60, is counting on his national reputation as a liberal firebrand...

Meet the students named valedictorians for Orange County schools for 2018. Click through the gallery to see the valedictorians. Students are listed alphabetically by school name, then by last name.

Facing criticism from city officials, Amazon on Thursday said an executive “misspoke” in describing Orlando’s pilot test of the company’s facial-recognition software.

In a video from a summit in South Korea, Ranju Das, head of the company’s Rekognition program, said Orlando had “cameras all over...

With this month’s deluge of rain — and a weekend forecast for more, state and local health officials are warning of an increased risk for mosquito-borne illnesses, including Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya, all carried by the same mosquito.

First comes the rain, then mosquitoes, said Kelly Deutsch,...

Orlando home prices and rents are increasing — but at least the parks around them seem to be improving, according to the latest ranking by Parkscore.

The city’s parks rank 46th out of the 100 largest cities in the U.S., which is average but seven spots higher than its ranking a year ago.

Orlando’s...

A fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam in Orlando on Thursday was canceled after a report publicized video of the event’s host shooting two dogs in 2008.

Chris Comins, listed as the host for the reception, was acquitted in 2011 of two felony counts of animal cruelty with a firearm...