The action comes after state Attorney General Andrea Campbell said in a March filing that terminating her office’s nonenforcement stipulation was “in the public interest” and would take effect at the start of June.
After a week of stormy weather delays, SpaceX is geared to try again Friday night to send up a satellite on what would be the Space Coast’s 26th launch of the year.
A Falcon 9 carrying the Arabsat BADR-8 telecommunications satellite headed for geosynchronous orbit has a 127-minute launch window that opens at 11:25 p.m., but the same low-pressure and stalled front that has plagued Central Florida with storms all week could cause windy conditions for the launch attempt as it moves offshore. SpaceX announced late Friday it would attempt liftoff at 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron’s forecast from Thursday says there’s only a 30% chance for good launch conditions on Friday, but that would improve to 85% if delayed until Saturday, although SpaceX has not identified a backup opportunity yet. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory that affects Cape Canaveral with forecast winds of 20 to 25 mph and gusts up to 40 mph expected through 11 p.m. The launch window, though, stretches until 1:32 a.m. Saturday.
It’s been more than two years since Chicken Fire set up shop on Colonial Drive near downtown Orlando, but during a recent weekday lunch rush the place was as packed as the hottest new spot in town.
Business at the Nashville-style hot chicken restaurant, which serves tenders, sandwiches and fries, has grown every year, owner Kwame Boakye said. The restaurant opened in December 2020 after taking flight as a food trailer in 2019.
“It’s just become a main category,” said Boakye, 27. “Hot chicken has just become a mainstream category of food now.”
Spicy chicken is soaring around Orlando and across the country.
The Dave’s Hot Chicken chain opened its first Florida restaurant on Alafaya Trail in Orlando last year and now has another location in Altamonte Springs. Lake Mary and Tampa outposts are listed on its website as opening soon.
Lakeland-based Publix is selling a Nashville hot chicken sandwich at its grocery store delis until June 30. Customers there can also get Nashville hot chicken tenders.
Paying bills and job hunting in this economy are hard for anyone. Wounded veterans, often facing ongoing physical and mental health issues, have it even worse.
More wounded vets than before reported not having enough cash to make ends meet, a recent survey found. Sixty-four percent of those surveyed — or 6 in 10 vets — said they didn’t have enough money to pay bills at least once in the past 12 months, a jump from 42% the previous year, according to the Annual Warrior Survey released this year by the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit veterans service organization.
“We’re getting more feedback from ‘warriors’ that they’re having a harder and harder time meeting their financial obligations on a regular basis,” says Tom Kastner, vice president of financial wellness at the Wounded Warrior Project.
Wounded vets are feeling the pinch of inflation like everyone else. The cost of everyday goods like food was the main reported cause of financial strain. That’s on top of a struggle with food insecurity. Nearly 2 in 5 wounded veterans — or 38.7% — met the threshold for being food insecure, defined as not having enough food for an active, healthy life. That figure is almost four times higher than the 10.2% of the U.S. general population, the survey found.
A Disney Cruise certainly isn’t cheap, especially compared with other cruise operators. But what about compared with other types of Disney vacations?
For many travelers, a Disney cruise actually comes out cheaper than a trip to Walt Disney World.
To better understand Disney Cruise Line versus Disney World costs, NerdWallet analyzed prices for two people sharing one room across three price tiers: Value, Moderate or Deluxe.
Disney World trip costs included four categories:
Cruise prices are mostly all-inclusive, so the analysis only included:
Here’s a closer look at the data on Disney Cruise Line versus Disney World costs.
While the data doesn’t definitively determine whether one is cheaper every time, there are some clear trends.
For longer trips (e.g., seven nights), cruises are always cheaper. Cruises are also a better deal for Deluxe-style trips with larger or fancier rooms, plus activities like spa services.
Here are the average prices across each trip type:
While Disney Cruises have a relatively high base cost, you won’t pay much more once onboard. Cruises include: