Millions of people across the northern Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for a rare winter storm that’s expected to scatter heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Aaron De Groft, a former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the institution under a cloud in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of an art fraud probe into more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings, has died. He was 59.

Frigid temperatures engulfed the South on Monday ahead of a winter storm that’s expected to spread heavy snow and disruptive ice around a region from Texas to north Florida that rarely sees such weather,

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The owner of a hotel in Orlando, Florida's tourist district has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department after the agency sued alleging discrimination when the resort canceled a planned conference for an Arab American group in the weeks after the attack which triggered the war in Gaza.

Pensacola beat the old record of 3 inches. Icy conditions will bring dangerous roads across the Panhandle and North Florida on Wednesday morning. The front loses its speed over the Peninsula. Here's your forecast.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — J’Wan Roberts made a go-ahead layup with 1.1 seconds left to lift No. 10 Houston to a 69-68 win over UCF on Saturday. Roberts powered his way to the basket off an inbounds pass, beating UCF’s shot blockers to the rim. The Knights were unable to get off a final shot attempt.

The UCF Knights fell to the Houston Cougars in a Big 12 college basketball game Saturday at Addition Financial Arena.

The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida's endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers.

UCF takes on the No. 10 Houston Cougars after Keyshawn Hall scored 40 points in UCF's 95-89 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils.

After the game, "Front Office Sports" on Instagram revealed the future sites for the next five College Football Playoff National Championship Games. The next five will be played in Miami, Florida (2026); Las Vegas, Nevada (2027); New Orleans, Louisiana (2028); Tampa, Florida (2029); and Miami, Florida again in 2030.

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is probable for tonight's game against Orlando Magic despite a right elbow sprain. Jokic, a three-time MVP, delivered a triple-double against Miami Heat last game. Nuggets are fourth in the Western Conference with a 25-16 record.