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Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan Josh Cranor, 35, of Lakeland and his son Jake, 7, react after Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Matt Gay (9) missed a 34 yard field goal in the final seconds against the New York Giants Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 in Tampa. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost 32-31. CHRIS URSO | Times
Tampa Bay Buccaneers blow 18-point lead, fall to New York Giants 32-31
Giants 32, Bucs 31: Tampa Bay was done in by another rookie quarterback.
Yesterday• Bucs
Florida’s online voter registration site went down. Kind of. Andrew Gillum isn’t happy.
Tallahassee Mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum talks with reporters before addressing a group of gay and lesbian Democrats in Tallahassee on Aug. 19. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
Gillum accused Florida’s Republican governor of “routine” voter suppression.
Yesterday• The Buzz
Port Richey man dies after his motorcycle slams into car making a U-turn
Stay with tampabay.com for the latest news and updates. Times
Seth Monroe Majors, 31, died at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point.
5 hours ago• Breaking News
On Mike Pence’s new press secretary and her bizarre Florida connection
Vice President Mike Pence reacts during an immigration and naturalization ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ALEX BRANDON | AP
Katie Waldman, a former University of Florida student senator, was accused of helping discard independent student newspapers with a front-page endorsement of a rival party’s candidate. | Analysis
Yesterday• The Buzz
Rays relief pitcher Andrew Kittredge rushes to cover home after delivering a wild pitch during the fourth inning in a loss to the Red Sox. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times
A tense final week awaits the Tampa Bay Rays
Martin Fennelly: Magic takes a day off against the Red Sox, with a winning streak snapped.
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Thomas Bassinger: This loss is on coach Bruce Arians, not the kicker.
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Northeast football player Jacquez Welch collapses during game
The senior, who has severe bleeding on the brain from a pre-existing condition, is on life support.
Yesterday• HomeTeam
MOSI the favored site as Hillsborough takes steps to establish film studio
The County Commission has set aside $2 million for the project as the Film Commission studies the demand for it.
Sep. 20• Hillsborough
Stay with tampabay.com for the latest news and updates. Times
Woman, 58, dies walking across State Road 574
She was not in a crosswalk when she was hit, troopers say.
Yesterday• Crime
Richard Swearingen, Florida's Commissioner of the Department of Law Enforcement, testifies before state lawmakers on Monday. Florida Channel
Florida’s big idea to stop mass shootings ignores guns
But law enforcement officials are getting behind a “threat assessment system.”
Yesterday• The Buzz

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SPOTLIGHT

Evander Preston inside his gallery Evander Preston Contemporary Jewelry Design in Pass-a-Grille. The portrait of Preston (left, top) was done by Adam Turkel. The carved wooden sculpture of a white dinner jacket to Preston's right was done by Tampa artist Fraser Smith. Preston died on Sept. 14. Times (2007)
Evander Preston, eccentric jeweler of Pass-a-Grille, dies
His gallery and his eccentric presence have been a constant in the St. Pete Beach area for decades.
A team of a dozen victims' rights attorneys on Wednesday filed the third lawsuit in three months against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige. The complaint states a woman was repeatedly sexually abused as a child in Scientology's care and that church policy enabled the abuse. PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU | AFP/Getty Images
Scientology policy enabled years of child sexual abuse, lawsuit says
Michael Jenkins spent seven days at North Tampa Behavioral Health last July. Since then, he says his three children have been afraid he’ll leave and not come home. JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times
You’re trapped. This Florida hospital is cashing in.
Neeld-Gordon Garden Center, open at this location since 1925, is closing on Sept. 28. MARTHA ASENCIO-RHINE | Times
Neeld-Gordon Garden Center closing after more than 100 years in St. Petersburg
Tampa investor and owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Vinik, right, speaks about his investments in the video game industry at the eSports Summit Wednesday in Tampa as Matt Samost, Vice President of New Ventures for Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment looks on. LUIS SANTANA | TIMES | Tampa Bay Times
Could competitive video gaming be the next big thing in Tampa Bay?

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This photo provided by Florida Department of Corrections shows Cheryl Weimar. Weimar, an inmate at a Florida prison is suing the state corrections agency, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, saying she was left paralyzed after being beaten by four guards. Weimar, and her husband, Karl, said in their lawsuit that her civil rights were violated when she was nearly beaten to death by guards at the Lowell Correctional Institution last month. (Florida Department of Corrections via AP); Photo of Lowell via Florida Department of Corrections Associated Press
Florida prisons are unsafe. One reason: The guards. | Editorial
Yesterday• Opinion
Noah McAdams, 3, has leukemia, and his parents didn't want to go along with the chemotherapy his doctors prescribed. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
In Tampa leukemia case, child’s care should come first | Editorial
Sep. 19• Opinion
Martin Fennelly - Sports columnist
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Have the Rays used up their pennant-race mulligans?
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So where do Pete Alonso’s feats rank among Tampa Bay’s ballplayers?
Sep. 19• Rays
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How losing $330 million taught Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman a valuable lesson
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Pinellas school guardian pawned his gun and body armor, deputies say
Sep. 19• Crime
Former Pinellas school guardian Erick Russell, 37, is accused of pawning the Glock 17 9mm semiautomatic pistol, body armor and two magazines he was issued to protect students, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. He told deputies he needed gas money. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]
Witness to St. Petersburg shooting is killed. His family wants answers.
Sep. 18• Crime
Marquis Scott, 20, is a former Northeast High School football captain who his family says was trying to turn his life around. Then he was fatally shot while riding his bike, according to St. Petersburg police. BOYZELL HOSEY | Courtesy of Scott family
‘Deeply sorry’ Justin Trudeau begs forgiveness for brownface photo
Sep. 19• Nation & World
Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau reacts as he makes a statement in regards to a photo coming to light of himself from 2001, wearing "brownface," during a scrum on his campaign plane in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. SEAN KILPATRICK | AP
Teen stabbed to death as onlookers watched, recorded video
Sep. 19• Nation & World
Khaseen Morris was stabbed in the chest during a large brawl among teens at a strip mall Monday afternoon in Oceanside, N.Y. Facebook/Nassau Police Department

SPECIAL REPORTS

Leslie Lugo’s family visits her grave in September. EVE EDELHEIT | Eve Edelheit
Heartbroken
Johns Hopkins promised to elevate All Children’s Heart Institute. Then patients started to die at an alarming rate.
This mug shot shows David Welch when he was arrested, at age 15, and charged with murdering his father, Oscar Welch. Now 42, David Welch remains in prison with a life sentence. [Polk County Sheriff's Office]
At 15, David Welch did something awful. Is society ready to forgive him?
Part of the forgotten Zion Cemetery was on property now occupied by the sprawling Robles Park public housing project in Tampa. The Tampa Housing Authority, owners of the complex, said it would welcome a partnership with anyone interested in researching the grounds to determine what became of the African-American cemetery. [LUIS SANTANA | Times] LUIS SANTANA | Times
Nearly 400 people buried in Tampa are missing. What happened to Zion Cemetery?
Seven-year-old Sriyam Sriadibhatla, who suffers from B acute lymphoblastic leukemia, waits for chemotherapy at Palm Beach Children's Hospital in West Palm Beach. Susan Stocker
They donated to kids with cancer. A Vegas telemarketer cashed in.
EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times (03/19/2009) In the woods not far from the current Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, up a dirt road, and up a hill is a small cemetery with 31 unmarked graves. Some of the White House Boys think the bodies of children murdered by guards at the Florida School for Boys are buried in the cemetery. Some of the graves can be attributed to students killed in a 1914 fire. Others can be attributed to a flu epidemic that swept the campus, but not all are accounted for.
They went to the Dozier School for Boys damaged. They came out destroyed.

VIDEOS

Trash collects in JoeÕs Creek Watershed, Pinellas Park Ditch, on Sept. 17, 2019 in Pinellas Park. The grasses and sediment acts as camouflages for an alligator to the right of the trash. TRACEE STOCKWELL | TIMES | Tampa Bay Times
What are microplastics? An expert breaks it down.
Hundreds of people gathered at Grady Goat Yoga to attempt to beat the Guiness World Record for Goat Yoga which currently stands at 352 participants. The event featured over 100 goats frolicking and climbing on top of over 500 participants as they attempted to break the record on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 in Thonotosassa. Although the event had over 500 people attend organizers would not know for sure if the record was broken until Guiness World Records verifies the attempt which could take several weeks. LUIS SANTANA | Times LUIS SANTANA | Times
Hillsborough goat farm goes for Guinness world record
Closeup of woman smoking an e-cigarette. Ledger file photo THE PATRIOT LEDGER | TNS
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Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn works the Dunkin drive through on Kennedy Boulevard as part of the Lightning Strikes of Kindness promotion on Tuesday in Tampa. The NHL gave the Lightning $100,000 for winning the Presidents Trophy. The Lightning are giving that and much more away in a day-long multi-site giveaway involving players, coaches and executives. DIRK SHADD | Times
Lightning makes appearances throughout the area with strikes of kindness
A scene from the Bucs game Sunday at Raymond James Stadium or the new Joker movie? Warner Bros.
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News

Port Richey man dies after his motorcycle slams into car making a U-turn
Stay with tampabay.com for the latest news and updates. Times
Peace Week returns to PHSC campuses
Building sand mandalas will be offered each day throughout Peace Week at Pasco-Hernando State College's Porter Campus. JONES, OCTAVIO | Tampa Bay Times
Tampa police investigating shooting that ‘does not appear to be random’
Their car was hit from behind on the Bayside Bridge. One of them died.
Ron DeSantis is slow on filling Florida’s water boards. That’s a problem.
From Italian Creme Cake to crowdfunding: School fundraisers still help kids
Democrats blast latest Trump crisis. But what will they do?
Religious response to suicide increasingly one of prevention, compassion
‘Very musical rabbi’ to be guest cantor at Spring Hill temple
Person shot and killed at Spring Hill house gathering
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New York Giants linebacker Markus Golden (44) celebrates as Matt Gay (9) looks at the ground after Gay missed a 34 yard field goal in the final seconds Sunday. When drafted by the Bucs in April, Gay said Tampa Bay's woeful kicking history had nothing to do with him. It does now. CHRIS URSO | Times
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Mike Evans (13) leaves the field after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the New York Giants at Raymond James Stadium on September 22, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. MONICA HERNDON | Times
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Connecticut Sun's Courtney Williams is lifted in the air by her father Don Williams at the end of Game 2 of a WNBA basketball playoff game against the Los Angeles Sparks, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) JESSICA HILL | AP
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Rays relief pitcher Andrew Kittredge rushes to cover home after delivering a wild pitch during the fourth inning in a loss to the Red Sox. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times
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New York Giants quarterback Alex Tanney (3) beaks away from Tampa Bay Buccaneers outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett (58) during the second quarter Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 in Tampa. CHRIS URSO | Times
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Arts & Entertainment

The Who gets supersized, sounds superb with an orchestra in Tampa
The Who, with Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend, right, perform at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Sept. 22, 2019. JAY CRIDLIN | Tampa Bay Times
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Asante Blackk as young Kevin Richardson in a scene from "When They See Us." ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA | AP
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Here’s what’s new at the Dalí Museum, from tech to Goya
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Aaron Shulman to present book, film at the Dali Museum
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