Trevor Fraser

A mockup of the SpaceX crew capsule is seen on display in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Not a test anymore: SpaceX, NASA launch 4 astronauts from Cape in historic mission

November 16, 2020 at 4:11 a.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ? A Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts cut through the night sky on Sunday, ushering in the historic return to a greater American role in space...

Displays at Embellish FX, a costume shop in Orlando, on Friday, September 18, 2020.
(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel)

Halloween won’t be as much fun this year, thanks to the pandemic

October 23, 2020 at 1:51 p.m.

For the past 12 years, George Goldstein has built and run the Orlando Haunted Maze at his Lockhart neighborhood home. The electrician has even managed to keep it going through...

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, Chris Puehse, owner of Foothill Ammo, displays .45-caliber ammunition for sale at his store in Shingle Springs, Calif. An appeals court on Friday, April 24, 2020, has reinstated a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, reversing a federal judge's decision to stop the checks that he said violate the constitutional right to bear arms. The law, which took effect last July, requires Californians to pass an in-store background check before buying ammunition, which involves running buyers' names through a California Department of Justice database that tracks legal purchases of guns. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Orlando financial planners field difficult questions about ammo and the election

September 29, 2020 at 1:42 p.m.

If clients of financial planners are a barometer, people are worried about the future. "I've gotten the question a couple times, 'Colby, should I stock up on weapons and ammunition?'"...

Panera Bread contest offers a free month of wifi, coffee with subscription

September 11, 2020 at 12:17 p.m.

Earlier this year, Panera Bread debuted its coffee subscription service. For $8.99 a month, customers can get unlimited hot or iced coffee or hot tea. This includes free refills in...

Candace Chentel is pictured with the Jeep she purchased recently. She is at her home in Orlando on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)

Buying a car during the pandemic? Be prepared for new experiences, including the whiff of disinfectant

March 12, 2024 at 12:25 p.m.

The new car smell of 2020 is disinfectant. "When I got in to test drive, everything smelled like Lysol wipes," said Candace Chentel of Orlando. Chentel, 32, bought a 2011...

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2020 file photo shows Taylor Swift at the premiere of "Taylor Swift: Miss Americana" in Park City, Utah. Swift's eighth album "Folklore" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's 200 albums chart this week, marking the best first-week sales of the year and giving the pop star her seventh No. 1 title on the chart. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

10 storytelling albums to listen to after Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’

August 21, 2020 at 1:42 p.m.

Taylor Swift's "Folklore" has enjoyed three weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart with no end in sight as of press time. Released on July 24, the Pennsylvania singer's eighth album...

After ‘Umbrella Academy,’ here are 10 more shows based on offbeat graphic novels

August 17, 2020 at 3:24 p.m.

On July 31, Netflix released the second season of its hit show "The Umbrella Academy." The quirky dramedy following a dysfunctional family of super-powered siblings garnered more 45 million views...

Author Erica Armstrong Dunbar attends the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in New York.

Beyond ‘Hamilton’: 10 books on American history you should read

August 20, 2020 at 5:17 p.m.

"Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow. So the hype got to you, you finally checked out "Hamilton" on Disney Plus and now you want to learn everything you can about the...

In this cult favorite, you get a look at some comedy's best and brightest before they were stars including Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Michael Ian Black and Judah Friedlander. And they bring you one extraordinary summer day of freewheeling makeout culture, log-cabin camps and disco-era short shorts.

Our Top 10 classic summer movie picks to beat the heat

August 10, 2020 at 7:43 p.m.

Summer is a special season for film, and not just because its when studios trot out their loudest, most expensive fare. Filmmakers look to summer for its effects on friendships,...

Book cover "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow.

Beyond ‘Hamilton’: 10 books on American history you should read

August 5, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

So the hype got to you, you finally checked out "Hamilton" on Disney Plus and now you want to learn everything you can about the influential figures in American history....

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