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A single Central Florida restaurant was shut down the week of Dec. 17-23, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Brevard County

The Burger King at 1895 W. New Haven Ave. in Melbourne was shut down on Dec. 20 after inspectors found eight violations including one high priority violation from the discovery of dozens of rodent droppings on site.

Inspectors returned later that day finding only one basic violation, but stated the restaurant had met inspection standards and allowed it to reopen.

Complaints and warnings

Orange County had the top spot for most warnings and other complaints in Central Florida, with 20.

Lake had seven, Volusia had seven, Osceola had six, Brevard had three and Seminole had two. Warnings given with required follow-up inspections could lead to a business being shut down if problems remain.

Rough weather at sea caused the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that had successfully landed a record 19 times to topple while getting a ride back to Florida.

SpaceX announced late Monday that the booster, which first flew on the historic Demo-2 mission in 2020 that took NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into space, and still displays the NASA “worm” logo on its side, had made its final flight.

“During transport back to Port early this morning, the booster tipped over on the droneship due to high winds and waves. Newer Falcon boosters have upgraded landing legs with the capability to self-level and mitigate this type of issue,” SpaceX posted on X.

The Falcon fleet’s life leading rocket completed its 19th and final launch and landing on December 23. This one reusable rocket booster alone launched to orbit 2 astronauts and more than 860 satellites — totaling 260+ metric tons — in ~3.5 years pic.twitter.com/q1ANdGCpEg

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 26, 2023

Images on social media showed the booster having fallen to one side, with only the bottom portion of what had been the 135-foot-tall fuselage still on board the droneship Just Read the Instructions as it made its way into Port Canaveral on Tuesday morning. read more