Good morning, Central Florida. Here's what you need to know today.

Your Weather Planne

Outdoor burning is discouraged on Friday due to the dry conditions and increasing wind. We'll be rain-free for another day with highs around 80 under a mix of sun and clouds.

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Highs: Lower 80s

Lows: Lower 60s

Rain Coverage: 0%

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Around Central Florida

1. Opening Day 2025: Rays set to begin a season of change
It’s Opening Day and the Tampa Bay Rays are set to begin a season unlike any other in the team’s 28 years of existence.

2. Orlando International Airport honors Tuskegee Airmen with an exhibit
March 27 marks the first official Tuskegee Airmen commemoration day in the state of Florida.

3. Central Florida residents fight back against state plan to erase rural boundaries
A fight is brewing in Central Florida as state lawmakers push forward legislation that could eliminate Orange and Seminole county's rural boundaries — despite overwhelming voter support to keep them.

4. Winter Garden officials to discuss potential development, soccer stadium
The city was expected to discuss Thursday potentially approving a letter of intent to continue conversations and negotiations with a company called Federal Finance about a future development.

5. EXCLUSIVE: Fram2 commander shares insight into first polar orbit
The Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight around Earth’s polar regions, as the commander shares with Spectrum News what this new adventure means to him.


Around the Nation

1. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'

2. Turkish student at Tufts University is latest Palestinian supporter swept up in US crackdown

3. FAA acknowledges it must do better after deadly DC air collision

4. King Charles III briefly hospitalized for observation following side effects from cancer treatment

Quote of the Day

A county clerk in New York refused Thursday to file a more than $100,000 judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, setting up a potential challenge to laws designed to shield abortion providers who serve patients in states with abortion bans.