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Babe Ruth bat sells for $214,000 but home run ball flops in Baltimore auction

May 14, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

A nearly century-old Babe Ruth bat sold for $214,000 at a memorabilia auction Saturday night, but the first baseball whacked over the Yankee Stadium fence by the legendary slugger failed...

Research shows Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused lesions in fish: scientists

September 9, 2018 at 9:51 a.m.

ORLANDO Fla. - Oil that matches the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been found in the bodies of sickened fish, according to a team of...

‘Harry Potter’ stars help debut Universal Orlando ride

August 22, 2019 at 9:14 a.m.

Stars of the "Harry Potter" franchise hit the red carpet at the much-anticipated expansion of Universal Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter on Wednesday, ahead of the opening of the...

Brains of simple sea animals could help cure neural disorders

May 14, 2019 at 1:04 a.m.

A Florida scientist studying simple sea animals called comb jellies has found the road map to a new form of brain development that could lead to treatments for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's...

Muslim group calls for probe of FBI agent in Orlando shooting

August 24, 2021 at 11:58 p.m.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Muslim civil rights group is demanding an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and state officials into what it calls the "checkered history" of...

Two sick U.S. hospital workers test negative for MERS virus

August 24, 2021 at 11:57 p.m.

ORLANDO (Reuters) - Two U.S. hospital workers who fell ill after contact with a patient suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have tested negative for the often-deadly virus, a...

Two sick U.S. hospital workers test negative for MERS virus

May 14, 2019 at 1:02 a.m.

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO (Reuters) - Two U.S. hospital workers who fell ill after contact with a patient suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have tested negative for the...

Cuban-born man denied citizenship after almost 50 years in U.S

August 24, 2021 at 11:55 p.m.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Mario Hernandez, 58, passed multiple background checks to serve in the U.S. Army and as a federal prison guard trusted enough to watch over Oklahoma City...

U.S. confirms second case of MERS

May 14, 2019 at 1:02 a.m.

CHICAGO/ORLANDO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials confirmed the country's second case of MERS, a deadly virus first discovered in the Middle East, and said the patient was in good condition...

Family found dead in Tampa mansion killed in murder-suicide: police

August 24, 2021 at 11:45 p.m.

ORLANDO (Reuters) - The four people found dead in a burned-out Tampa mansion earlier this week were killed in a murder-suicide, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said on Friday. Darrin...

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