News Roundup
1-10 of 85719
Deadly Sunday for swimmers in bay area waters
Two people drowned and another suffered life-threatening injuries in the waters of Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday.Investigators said all three cases appear to be accidents, but the incidents stand as a reminder that summer, with vacation ...
Updated: 7 minutes ago
Lottery resultsNumbers drawn after 9 p.m. are no longer available by our deadlines. For results, go to tampabay.com/lottery.Pick 2, 3, 4, 5Mon., June 18, midday:246834485e_SRit00068Mon., June 18, evening:899038415e_SRit71731Fantasy 5Mon., June 18:Not...
Updated: 1 hour ago
Pinellas deputies arrest Mississippi man 31 years after sexual battery
SEMINOLE — She was 22 when deputies said a man forced her at knifepoint into the woods off Seminole Boulevard and sexually battered her in February 1987.The case went cold, but now the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said it has arrested the man it ...
Updated: 1 hour ago
Iceland World Cup Fever … catch it!
TAMPA — Iceland isn't what it used to be. Literally. The Nordic island country is shrinking, what with global warming. Iceland's glaciers are getting smaller. If you took all that ice and laid it end to end, well, you clearly have nothing bette...
Updated: 1 hour ago
Tampa police seek driver who struck pedestrian and drove off
TAMPA — Police are seeking the public’s help in locating the driver who fatally struck a pedestrian on Sunday night and then drove off.The incident took place at 9:15 p.m. near the intersection of N Nebraska Avenue and E Linebaugh Avenue.No details a...
Updated: 1 hour ago
St. Petersburg teen, seven months pregnant, dies in Pasco crash
HUDSON — A 16-year-old St. Petersburg teen who was seven months pregnant was fatally injured in a crash Sunday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The incident took place at 9:11 p.m. on Little Road south of Hudson Avenue. The teen, Emily ...
Updated: 1 hour ago
WashingtonPentagon suspends August drills with South KoreaThe Pentagon on Monday formally suspended a major military exercise planned for August with South Korea, a much-anticipated move stemming from President Donald Trump’s nuclear summit with Nort...
Updated: 2 hours ago
St. Pete heroin dealer delays sentencing by firing another lawyer
TAMPA — William Harold Wright was supposed to learn his punishment Monday for bringing massive shipments of heroin to the streets of St. Petersburg.Instead, the convicted drug dealer once again ditched his attorney and declared his innocence, cutting...
Updated: 2 hours ago
For starters: Rays at Astros, trying to stop a streaking champion
UPDATE, 6:40: Cash said he had a good talk with Hechavarria, and that he understood the situation. Cash said Hechavarria will get to play some, and when he does it will be at short. … RHP Chris Archer (abdominal strain) is slated to throw a bul...
Updated: 3 hours ago
1-10 of 85719
![Sharon Cook of St. Petersburg shifted from hopelessness to action shortly after her husband James White, an Air Force pilot, disappeared on a mission during the Vietnam War. She was a long-time advocate for families of troops who were taken prisoner or disappeared during the war. [JIM DAMASKE | Times]](http://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20180618/ARTICLE/306189819/AR/0/AR-306189819.jpg&MaxW=600&imageVersion=Rotator)
![In this June 7, 2008 file photo, a woman evaluates the aroma of a wine in California. On Friday, June 15, 2018, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins announced the NIH is shutting down a study that was supposed to show if a single drink a day could prevent heart attacks, citing ethical problems that would undermine the credibility of its findings. [AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File]](http://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20180616/ARTICLE/306169988/AR/0/AR-306169988.jpg&MaxW=600&imageVersion=Rotator)
