Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Tuesday, June, 22, 2021.

• Proposed ban on picketing in neighborhoods may be flawed, expert says (:30)
• Probe of shady Seminole campaign continues – without help from Seminole investigators | Commentary (6:11)
• Disney World to unwrap 2 fireworks shows, 50 golden statues for anniversary (11:58)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Monday, June 21, 2021.

• Florida probably won’t hit Biden’s 70% vaccinated goal by July 4 (:50)
• ‘You’re here to scare’: SeaWorld’s Howl-O-Scream auditions provide opportunities as live entertainment returns to theme parks (4:22)
• Eating invasive: Floridians bite back to protect the environment (8:13)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Friday, June, 18, 2021.

• CDC lowers COVID-19 alert level for cruises (:41)
• Central Florida Girl Scout have 214,000 boxes of cookies left over (7:06)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Thursday, June 17, 2021.

• DeSantis to send Florida police to Mexico border (:47)
• Got an old car to trade in? Used car prices are up nearly 20% in Orlando (4:14)
• Florida Fresh Air: Ferndale Preserve (8:58)
• Weather presented by Premier Sotheby’s International Realty (12:01)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

• Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives UCF $40M, largest gift in university’s history (:29)
• An airtight sex case ends in a sweetheart deal for a former candidate | Editorial (3:53)
• Here’s a festival where you can (musically) make a difference (7:39)
• Frontyard Festival extension’s not confirmed — but you can buy tickets (10:38)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

• Scott Maxwell: Nikki Fried’s marijuana-money conflicts are too big, plentiful to ignore | Commentary (:29)
• Disney World’s face-covering rules to relax more (6:08)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Monday, June 14, 2021.

• This Orlando thrift store fighting HIV/AIDS wants to be an ally for the city’s LGBT community (:44)
• Amid soaring wing costs, Orlando restaurants play chicken with prices, others close doors (4:29)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Friday, June 11. 2021.

• 5 years after Pulse, community still struggles to live up to promises (:48)
• Florida’s unemployment office axes call centers, despite thousands of laid-off workers who still need help (5:34)
• ‘It’s like they have you by the throat:’ Timucua arts space in Orlando loses property insurance (10:50)

Brandon Wolf has spent the past five years trying to honor the friends he lost at Pulse nightclub. He has become a nationally-recognized advocate for LGBTQ issues and gun violence prevention. This is the story of Brandon Wolf. And this is Pulse, Five Years Later.

• “Still as raw as it ever has been” (1:20)
• “I was left here for a reason” (2:40)
• “Safe spaces are our lifelines” (4:14)
• “I think I was fundamentally changed in an instant” (9:55)
• “I took my rage and my fury and I channeled it” (13:12)
• “I was afraid therapy would make me look weak” (18:32)
• “You never know what is going to be a trigger” (22:18)
• “If we cannot find hope and optimism, then all we’re going to find is despair” (26:40)
• “I just want to do the best that I can for this community” (30:43)
• “We are in such a dark and divided time” (32:17)

Orlando Sentinel Now afternoon update for Thursday, June 10, 2021.

• Orange hotel tax collections are coming back, but county still dipping into reserve funds (:45)
• Florida Fresh Air: Clermont’s Lake Hiawatha Preserve has kids’ fun, disc golf (8:05)
• Weather presented by Premier Sotheby’s International Realty (11:24)