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A shopper is seen leaving the Publix Super Markets store located along U.S. 19 in Tarpon Springs Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Publix shopper Bill Dunn, 65, of Holiday, was banned from store after asking management why they were not enforcing mask use.
Publix will no longer require masks for vaccinated employees and customers
Those who are not fully vaccinated will still be required to wear a mask, the company announced in a statement.
Derek Jeter’s Tampa mansion, rented by Tom Brady, sells for $22.5 million
New York Yankee Derek Jeter/ house on Davis Islands.
The sale suggests that Tom Brady, the home’s famous tenant, may be relocating.
Gladys Douglas’ 44-acre oasis ‘now owned by the people forever’
Dozens of activists and city officials celebrate on Thursday, May 13, 2021, the day Dunedin closed its $10 million purchase of the 44-acre Gladys Douglas property at the corner of Virginia Avenue and Keene Road.
Dunedin closed on the $10 million purchase Thursday. The land was headed for housing development last year.
New rules boost health for transgender patients. ‘We’re just human beings.’
When 76-year-old Geri Russo, of Pinellas Park, began her transition from male to female two years ago, a doctor told her she was too old. Russo is among those who stand to benefit from the Biden administration's decision, announced this week, to restore protections against discrimination in health care for gay and transgender patients.
Advocates say the Biden administration’s restoration of protections against discrimination is a step forward in reducing inequities.
U.S. total
Yesterday's total
Cases
32,869,982
38,807
Deaths
584,725
802
Florida total
Since Thursday
Cases
2,286,203
3,590
Deaths
36,719
71

Last updated 2:12 p.m. May 14. The Florida total includes in-state residents and non-residents who tested positive while visiting the state. Source: Johns Hopkins and Florida Department of Health

Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies are searching for the driver of a red Nissan Juke, pictured here, that hit five people in St. Pete Beach Thursday, killing one.
Four family members hurt, one killed in St. Pete Beach hit-and-run
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says five members of a family were crossing Gulf Boulevard when they were hit.
Lazydays RV founder’s Florida estate sells for $16.7 million
The Oaks Estate, a mansion formerly owned by Lazydays RV co-founder Donald Wallace and his wife Erika, sold late last month for $16.7 million.
It’s one of the highest prices ever for a house in the Tampa Bay area.
Minor amounts of Red Tide lingering in samples around lower Tampa Bay
A fisherman traverses a shipping channel last month in Tampa Bay. Officials have been monitoring algae bloom levels in the waters off Tampa Bay.
No fish kills or breathing trouble have been reported in recent days around Tampa Bay.
Masking up at a store? What Trader Joe’s, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens and other retailers say
In this Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a woman, wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart store, in Derry, N.H. Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said Friday, May 14, 2021 that it won’t require vaccinated shoppers or workers to wear a mask in its U.S. stores, unless state or local laws say otherwise. Vaccinated shoppers can go maskless immediately, the company said. Vaccinated workers can stop wearing them on May 18.
Walmart and Costco on Friday also dropped their in-store mask requirements for fully vaccinated customers.

SPORTS

Brett Phillips comes through again as Rays rally for walkoff win over Mets
Earlier today• Rays
Brett Phillips struck out in his first three at-bats but singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of the Rays' walkoff win over the Mets.
Mike Zunino’s home run jump-starts sleepy Rays offense
Earlier today• Rays
Rays catcher Mike Zunino rounds third base after hitting a home run against the New York Mets in the eighth inning Friday at Tropicana Field.
Kyle Trask looks the part of a Bucs quarterback at rookie minicamp
Yesterday• Bucs
Quarterback Kyle Trask (2) is seen on the field during rookie minicamp Friday in Tampa.
Tampa’s Pete Alonso truly happy to be home for weekend
Earlier today• Rays
New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso gets set in the batter's box during the second inning of Friday's game against the Rays at Tropicana Field.
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VIEWPOINTS

The good, bad and utterly pointless moves from around Tampa Bay and Florida this week
1 hour ago• Opinion
Port Tampa Bay, a goliath grouper, and Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri
Lakewood Elementary shows why public schools need our support | Letters
2 hours ago• Letters to the Editor
Lakewood Elementary School kindergartners Kennedi Flournoy, 5, (right, front) and Heavenlei McKinnie, 5, (left) work on sight words. Lakewood was one of the lowest performing schools in the state of Florida. Now it's one of the schools touted by the state as having avoided the COVID-slide, and is on its way to strong accountability performance.
Editorial Cartoons for Saturday & Sunday from Times Wire Services
Yesterday• Opinion
How to protect yourself from ransomware | Column
Yesterday• Opinion
A Colonial Pipeline station in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta.
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LATEST

As guidelines change, the question of whether to mask becomes more personal
56 minutes ago• Health
The good, bad and utterly pointless moves from around Tampa Bay and Florida this week
1 hour ago• Opinion
Lakewood Elementary shows why public schools need our support | Letters
2 hours ago• Letters to the Editor
Brett Phillips comes through again as Rays rally for walkoff win over Mets
Earlier today• Rays
Mike Zunino’s home run jump-starts sleepy Rays offense
Earlier today• Rays
Mavericks beat Raptors to clinch top-6 spot, avoid play-in
Earlier today• Raptors
A 12th straight victory sends Holy Names to state
Earlier today• HomeTeam
Durant bats go cold at inopportune time
Earlier today• HomeTeam
Tampa’s Pete Alonso truly happy to be home for weekend
Earlier today• Rays
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In Florida, the ACLU is looking for cases that will bring change to the system.
A Pinellas protester was in jail for months. A fight against cash bail got him out.
In Florida, the ACLU is looking for cases that will bring change to the system.
State canvassers Cynthia Hollinger, 64, standing on right, and Sunni Schappacher, 67, talk with a family as they work to re-register them in a state database for a coronavirus vaccine on their front porch Wednesday in Brandon. From left is Curtis Lanier, 65, holding his 2-year-old daughter Lena Jean, along with his father-in-law Paul Bedat, 76. The canvassers are going door-to-door to speak with people who are hesitant about the vaccines. It's part of Florida's effort to reach herd immunity.
To beat coronavirus, herd immunity is the goal. Can Florida get there?
A tribute to the Floridians taken by the coronavirus
A worker inside Gopher Resource passes through a cloud of dust laced with the neurotoxin lead. The factory recycles 50,000 used car batteries a day. It is the only factory of its kind in Florida.
Hundreds of workers are exposed to poisons inside Florida’s only lead factory
Charles Fowler and Doris Floyd visit the grave of their biological son Dominique Mulkey, 26, who was shot to death Oct. 20 by two Tampa police officers. The names of the officers have not been made public. A recent Florida appeals court in an unrelated case said they don't have to be under provisions of Marsy's Law, a voter-approved amendment to the Florida Constitution.
Florida turns the other way as demand rises for police transparency