The NBA Cup is back for a second season, starting Tuesday night and running through Dec. 17.

A strong across-the-board showing by Donald Trump helped propel the Republican former president to victory in Florida, once a preeminent swing state that has increasingly slipped out of Democrats’ grasp.

Darius Johnson scored 24 points and assisted on a go-ahead slam dunk with less than a minute remaining to lead UCF to a 64-61 win over No. 13 Texas A&M.

Police in Florida say two people were killed and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire during a Halloween street celebration that drew thousands of costumed revelers to downtown Orlando.

Oregon, Georgia and Miami remained the top three seeds in The Associated Press College Football Playoff bracket projection with BYU overtaking Iowa State for No. 4.

Florida and Texas were the two U.S. states with the largest number of new residents last year, and their biggest source was other countries.

Universal Orlando Resort will open its fourth central Florida theme park, just in time for Memorial Day next year.

Florida theme parks including Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld say they’ll open their gates on Friday after shutting down for Hurricane Milton.

The fabric roof over the home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays was ripped to shreds after Hurricane Milton came ashore in Florida, bringing wind gusts exceeding 100 mph and flooding parts of the state.

Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English.

The Orlando Police Department has closed its investigation into the former owners of the Pulse nightclub without filing any charges.

County jails are often referred to as the largest mental health facility in the area.

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Canadian Olympic basketball team general manager Rowan Barrett said Friday that Golden State is blocking Andrew Wiggins from competing in Paris, while the Warriors countered it was a mutual decision between the team and Wiggins.

The Los Angeles Lakers held a press conference to introduce the team’s new head coach, JJ Redick.

Playwright Donald Rupe didn’t intend to write a musical about the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida.

Survivors and relatives of the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in Florida had hoped by now to have a permanent memorial place at the site.

Target is reporting a decline in quarterly revenue as still-stubborn inflation cuts into shoppers’ spending.

Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points, Caris LeVert added 15 and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided a potentially franchise-shifting loss by rallying for a 106-94 win over the Orlando Magic in Game 7.

The Cavs and Magic are going to the limit.

Paolo Banchero scored 10 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Orlando Magic hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-96 and force a decisive Game 7 in the their first-round NBA playoff series.

Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points, Evan Mobley blocked Franz Wagner’s layup in the final seconds and the Cleveland Cavaliers survived a scare from Orlando, holding off Paolo Banchero and the Magic 104-103 in Game 5.

There’s a quadrupleheader of playoff games in the NBA on Saturday.

Charlie Woods failed to qualify for his first U.S. Open after shooting 9-over 81 in a local qualifying event in Florida.

The Cavaliers have waited a year to redeem themselves in the NBA playoffs.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are still alive.

Golden State forward Draymond Green was ejected less than four minutes into the Warriors’ game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

Kickoff returns are returning to the NFL.

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Coach Jamahl Mosley and the playoff-contending Orlando Magic have agreed on an extension that keeps him under contract through the 2027-28 season.

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that quarterback Baker Mayfield is staying with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after agreeing to a three-year contract worth up to $115 million.

Shane Lowry knows he's playing good golf.

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It’s officially that time of year when you can start to feel the daylight to be lasting just a little bit longer than usual.

The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods had a rough welcome in his first attempt at playing a PGA Tour event.

Charlie Woods is taking the first step toward trying to play on the PGA Tour.

Shaquille O’Neal has become the first player to have his jersey number retired by the Orlando Magic.

Katie Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak in the 800-meter freestyle is over.

The men’s race will start at 10:10 a.m., while the women will begin at 10:20.

Galen Rupp can join elite company if he qualifies for his fifth Olympics on Saturday in Orlando. His chance comes after the most difficult two years of his career.

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The 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials begin Saturday in Orlando, with multiple spots on the American team up for grabs. Here's how you can follow.

Lydia Ko is back to winning on the LPGA Tour.

Two people with direct knowledge of the negotiations tell The Associated Press that San Jose State is working to finalize a deal with former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo to replace Brent Brennan as head coach.

Lydia Ko is feeling refreshed and right at home at the LPGA's season opener.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way that we work.

Jaylin Seller scored 18 points, Darius Johnson added 17 and UCF erased a 16-point deficit to beat No. 3 Kansas 65-60 on Wednesday night.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed the state’s university system to make it easier for out-of-state students facing antisemitism and other religious harassment in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war to transfer to Florida campuses.

South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature convenes Tuesday in Pierre for its annual session, expected to last into early March.

The body of a woman who went missing 12 years ago appears to have been found last week in a minivan submerged in a central Florida retention pond near Walt Disney World.

The New York Knicks traded RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to the Toronto Raptors on Saturday and got back OG Anunoby, dealing two of their top offensive players but likely getting a boost to their defense.

Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member, assistant coach or head coach in his first 20 seasons with the Miami Heat.

A Virginia man has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators’ desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Maybe the reason Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week in the Bahamas is to prepare for what really matters: The father-son appearance in the PNC Championship.

Beyond Meat is cutting 19% of its non-production workforce after a weaker-than-expected third quarter.

About two in three Americans say their household expenses have risen over the last year, but only about one in four say their income has increased in the same period.

Florida's high-speed passenger train service has suffered its first fatality on its new extension to Orlando.

A privately owned high-speed passenger train service has been launched between Florida’s two biggest tourist hubs.

A Florida reptile park has taken in an alligator that lost its nose and upper jaw to a fight or boat propeller.

A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork.

There is going to be a new way to get around downtown Orlando, Florida, and it’s not going to require any human drivers.

Two Florida police officers were shot and critically injured during a traffic stop, and the suspect was fatally shot by SWAT team members several hours later.

The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans.

The board of Walt Disney World’s governing district now filled with Gov. Ron DeSantis appointees has approved a contract for its firefighters, ending years of contentious negotiations.

Librarians in Florida who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours, and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers, can breathe easier now.

The Republican-controlled Legislature in Iowa will aim to enact a ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a rare special session that starts Tuesday.

There are 30 commuter rail systems in the United States, and in 2022, 266 million passengers used the service.

Across central Florida, the 49 victims killed and dozens more survivors of the massacre at a gay-friendly nightclub were remembered with the unveiling of a 44-foot (13.4-meter) -wide mural and an overnight vigil at the site of the Pulse club on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy.

It’s about this time every year where we look for Saharan dust to make its several thousand-mile trip across the Atlantic.

Dev Shah is the champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Rookie of the year Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic headlines the NBA's All-Rookie team.

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A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal is facing a possible misdemeanor charge in central Florida.

South Dakota’s House has failed to override Gov. Kristi Noem’s recent veto of a bill that would have created government regulations for the use of cryptocurrency in the state.

Response rates to federal surveys have been dropping in recent years due to growing public concern about privacy and online scams.

The Federal Reserve has raised its key rate by another quarter point, bringing it to the highest level in 15 years.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol.

Olivier Nkamhoua tied his career high with 27 points, and No. 4 seed Tennessee beat Duke 65-52 to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019.

Holy Cross found out Sunday it would face second-seeded Maryland in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

The University of Virginia men's basketball team has lost to Furman, 67-68 in the NCAA tournament.

The Cavaliers and Paladins will be trying to secure the pace that they prefer in their 1st Round matchup in Orlando.

The NCAA tournament kicks off its round of 64 play on Thursday and the Virginia Cavaliers will try to make another run.

Let’s go ahead and put Denver and Sacramento into the Western Conference playoffs.

A 9-year-old girl known for excelling in school and gymnastics is among three people killed in what authorities have described as a random series of shootings by a lone gunman outside Orlando.

Brooke Henderson has a three-shot lead in the Grand Hilton Vacations Tournament of Champions.

Malik Nabers threw for a touchdown, caught one and had 163 yards receiving in No. 16 LSU’s 63-7 rout of Purdue in the Citrus Bowl.

The holiday travel season this year is expected to rival the busiest seasons before the coronavirus pandemic at Florida’s two most bustling airports.

The federal agency tasked with airport security says so far this year officers have stopped a record number of guns going through airport security.

The Transportation Security Administration is raising the fine for people caught with a firearm in their carry-on bag.

Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane.

Casey Anthony is back in the headlines after 11 years, but this time with her first on-camera interview since being acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.

Every NBA team is doing something to get ready for Election Day on Tuesday.

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For the second time in about a month, a lawsuit challenging Florida’s so-called “don’t say gay” legislation that restricts teaching on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools has been dismissed by a federal judge.

It's one of dozens of union locals that has launched a recruiting blitz to bring in "unrepresented" journeymen and offer paid apprenticeships to the potential next generation of skilled welders.

Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero will do a periodic diary on his season for The Associated Press.

The Orlando thrill ride where Tyre Sampson, 14, fell to his death earlier this year is being taken down, according to a statement from the attraction’s operator

Hurricane Ian was over southwest Florida for just a few hours.