Editorial cartoons for March 24

HOLIDAY — The mother of a 12-year-old girl was arrested Thursday after authorities said she faked a kidnapping attempt on her daughter in an effort to frame a former business partner.Tammy Steffen, 36, is charged with child neglect, filing a false po...

CLEARWATER — Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced Friday that his agency will not arrest a man deputies say fatally shot another man during an argument over a handicap parking space.The incident falls under Florida’s self-defense law known...

The Rays made the easiest move to replace injure C Wilson Ramos, calling up journeyman Adam Moore from Triple-A.Moore, 34, has played parts of eight seasons in the majors, last with the Indians in 2016 and before that with the Mariners, Royals and Pa...

Unlike the Biletnikoff Award, which exhibited gross negligence in leaving Bulls WR Tyre McCants off its preseason watch list, the selection committee of another national individual honor evidently has kept close tabs on USF.Bulls fourth-year junior M...

Many people know that Florida is one of the more dangerous places to live in terms of intense tropical weather. We’re one of the world’s most hurricane-vulnerable regions (80 indirect storm deaths in 2017), and often noted as the lightning capital of...

A Florida man has been arrested after restaurant video footage shows him grabbing a waitress’ buttocks as she waited on customers.In now-viral security camera footage from VinnieVanGoGo’s in Savannah, Ga., Ryan Cherwinski, 31 years old and weighing i...

A portion of northbound Interstate 75 was closed Friday morning as crews tried to keep a dangling semi-trailer from going over the Trooper Jeff Young Memorial Bridge.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Troy Betts was heading north on I-75 near m...

TAMPA — Tampa International Airport was ranked this week as the 10th safest U.S. airport to go online without being hacked, but the ranking is not only about the place, but also about how savvy its travelers are.The data security firm Coronet ranked ...

TAMPA — When it comes to filling a ballpark, the Tampa Bay Rays are Major League Baseball’s perennial bottom-dweller.The team has finished last in average attendance the past six seasons at Tropicana Field. As of the All-Star Game, the season’s tradi...