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Photos taken by workers at Gopher Resource in Tampa show a factory plagued with problems.
Florida’s only lead factory finds itself in damage-control mode
Gopher Resource had been working to clean up and fix problems before inspectors arrived. After a five-year absence, regulators finally showed up.
Official: Chinese vaccines’ effectiveness low
A medical worker adjusts her mask near propaganda boards showing famed Chinese medical expert Zhong Nanshan and the words "Vaccine China Made" outside vaccination center in Beijing Friday, April 9, 2021. In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Beijing has yet to approve any foreign vaccines for use in China.
37 observations on attending WrestleMania 37 in Tampa
Everything seems larger than life when it comes to the WWE. WrestleMania 37 at Raymond James Stadium, home of the latest Super Bowl champs, is no exception.
From a reporter who doesn’t know much about the WWE.
Ramsey Clark, attorney general under LBJ, dies at 93
In this Sept. 14, 1976 photo, Ramsey Clark, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, center, speaks at Lincoln Center in New York. Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy, died, Friday, April 9, 2021. He was 93.
After serving in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration, Clark became an outspoken activist and critic of U.S. policy.
U.S. total
Yesterday's total
Cases
31,151,495
66,533
Deaths
561,783
709
Florida total
Since Friday
Cases
2,118,713
6,906
Deaths
34,676
50

Last updated 8:30 a.m. April 11. 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

In this Oct. 23, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a joint statement with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Former President Donald Trump plans to affirm his commitment to the Republican Party — and raise the possibility that someone else will be the GOP's next presidential nominee — in a closed-door speech to donors Saturday night.
Trump: The key to Republican success is more Trumpism
The Associated Press obtained the former president’s prepared remarks for a speech he delivered to donors behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago.
Broadcaster Rob Lorei says he was fired by WMNF — again
Longtime Tampa Bay broadcaster Rob Lorei, seen here in a 2019 photo hosting the show Radioactivity on WMNF 88.5, said he was fired by WMNF's general manager. Lorei helped found the community radio station more than four decades ago.
It’s the second time in two years that Lorei is out at the community radio station he helped establish more than four decades ago.
One dead, one injured after being hit by pickup on St. Petersburg’s Central Avenue
A truck hit two pedestrians Friday night on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. One has died.
The man and woman were using a crosswalk in the 2000 block of Central Avenue, according to St. Petersburg police.
Tampa Downtowner ride service to end April 30
Chris Murray with the Downtowner ride service drops off a passenger in the Channelside area. The rideshare will be closing down in Tampa at the end of April.
Funding for the free rideshare service has run out.

SPORTS

Lightning, Andrei Vasilevskiy cool off red-hot Predators
Earlier today• Lightning
Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy blocks a shot against the Predators in the second period of Saturday's game in Nashville.
37 observations on attending WrestleMania 37 in Tampa
Earlier today• Pro Wrestling
Everything seems larger than life when it comes to the WWE. WrestleMania 37 at Raymond James Stadium, home of the latest Super Bowl champs, is no exception.
McKenzie Milton isn’t just back. He’s a serious contender to start at FSU.
Earlier today• Florida State Seminoles
Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton, who once starred at UCF, looked ready to start again after Saturday's spring game.
Brent Honeywell to make debut for Rays on Sunday
Yesterday• Rays
Rayts pitcher Brent Honeywell does an interview during a spring game at Charlotte Sports Park on March 22.
More Sports

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Another word for anxiety is fear | Column
3 hours ago• Opinion
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.
What tax cuts don’t do | Column
Yesterday• Opinion
As president, Ronald Reagan reduced the highest marginal rate to 50 percent in 1982, to 38.5 percent in 1987 and 28 percent in 1988. He was a big proponent of supply side economics, which believes that tax cuts for the wealthy lead to higher investments, producing economic benefits that trickle down to the entire economy. A rising tide would lead to widespread prosperity. So did it?
Foolish lawsuits in Florida? Here are a couple doozies | Editorial
Yesterday• Opinion
Workers perform maintenance on the Carnival cruise line ship Carnival Magic while it is docked at Port Canaveral last year.
No winners in tragic Bayshore Boulevard traffic case | Letters
Yesterday• Letters to the Editor
Judge Christopher Nash is shown a picture of Lillia Raubenolt while presiding over Cameron Herrin's sentencing hearing on Thursday. Herrin was sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt and her 1-year-old daughter, Lillia, in a 2018 traffic crash.
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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
At Gopher Resource in Tampa, workers recycle 50,000 used car batteries a day. Their safety equipment doesn’t always protect them, an 18-month Tampa Bay Times investigation found.
Dust covers machinery in 2014, the same year that OSHA last inspected the factory for lead issues.
Federal regulators have been missing in action at Florida’s only lead factory
A tribute to the Floridians taken by the coronavirus
Andrew Kindt, 41, St. Petersburg, stands on his boat near the Sunshine Skyway bridge. Kindt was fishing in the area seen in the background in August when 25-year-old Mitchell Martin jumped from the bridge. Kindt stayed with the body until first responders arrived. Construction has finally begun on a long-awaited barrier to prevent suicidal people from jumping off the iconic bridge.
Skyway bridge suicide barrier may finally stop the ripples of loss
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, envelopes from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Reemployment Assistance Program are shown, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Florida took an aggressive approach to unemployment fraud. Was it worth it?