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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, hold a news conference in Del Rio, Texas, to talk about a three-week effort to enforce the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.

DeSantis’ law enforcement border mission racks up $1.6 million bill

The seven-week trip, led by three state agencies, was cast by the Republican governor as a needed measure to beef up security at the border.

Fatal Tampa crash closes part of Hillsborough Avenue

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Lanes are closed between Lee Place and Rome Avenue after two vehicles collided, Tampa police said.

Three years later, 20 years prison for shooting at Tampa cops

Walter Jeziorski speaks in a Tampa courtroom Tuesday before being sentenced to 20 years in prison. Jeziorski pleaded guilty to charges that he shot at Tampa police Officers Richard Lehr and Leigh Smith one morning in 2018.

Walter Richard Jeziorski III pleaded guilty to charges that he shot at two police officers, wounding one, in 2018.

Omicron variant spread wider and earlier than originally thought

Travelers arrive from international flights, including from South Africa, at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.

The latest news made it increasingly clear that travel bans would struggle to stop the spread of the variant.

All assets from St. Petersburg’s iconic Biff-Burger are set to be sold at auction next week.

Assets for St. Petersburg’s Biff-Burger to be sold at auction

The future of the iconic drive-up burger spot remains unclear.

Tom Brady spirals one-liners at Colts, Gronk, hate-mailers during podcast

A day after his team's 38-31 win over the Colts in Indianapolis, Bucs quarterback Tom Brady took a few crisp jabs at his longtime AFC nemesis.

The Bucs quarterback spared practically no one during a half-hour zinger session Monday.

St. Petersburg-based First Home Bank parent debuts on Nasdaq

In this March 23, 2021 file photo, pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange in New York's Financial District. The parent company of St. Petersburg-based First Home Bank began common stock trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “BAFN” Tuesday.

BayFirst Financial Corp became the only bank holding company on Florida’s west coast to be Nasdaq listed

Here are the deadlines from USPS, UPS and FedEx for holiday gift deliveries

A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility.

You can save money by taking note of these shipping deadlines.

SPORTS

Regrets? Yeah, these baseball teams may have a few

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Rays shortstop Wander Franco smiles during a news conference at Tropicana Field on Monday. He recently agreed to a deal for at least $182 million over the next 11 years. Will the Rays regret such a deal in a few years? Probability seems low.

Could fate really deliver a Brady-Belichick encore at the Super Bowl?

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Bucs quarterback Tom Brady is chased by Patriots nose tackle Davon Godchaux, right, and linebacker Josh Uche during the fourth quarter of the teams' Oct. 3 clash in Foxborough, Mass. Brady and the Bucs escaped with a 19-17 victory.

Now that the Rays have invested in Wander Franco, you can, too

Earlier today• Rays

So, do you want a home or road version of a Wander Franco jersey? Small or large? You've got plenty of time to decide because Tampa Bay's shortstop isn't going anywhere for a long time.

Lightning’s Zach Bogosian providing unexpected offense since return

Earlier today• Lightning

Lightning defenseman Zach Bogosian, center, celebrates his goal with teammates Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (41) and Pat Maroon (14) during a victory over the Flyers Nov. 23 at Amalie Arena.

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Athletes can suffer from intimate partner violence, too | Column

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People hold banners during a demonstration on domestic violence in London in March 2019.

Want to preserve lands in Pinellas County? Pay for them | Editorial

Earlier today• Opinion

Tex Carter, left, and his wife Kay Carter, of Tarpon Springs, join a tour of 14 acres owned by Pinellas County Schools on Nov 18 in Tarpon Springs. Tex is the president of the West Klosterman Preservation Group, a non profit which is working to raise $3.2-million by July, 2022, to preserve the land, which is in jeopardy of being cleared for housing by developers.

I don’t miss that America at all | Letters

Earlier today• Letters to the Editor

Equal rights — whether for women, people or color or many other groups — weren't what they are today. Here, U.S. deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, La., in November 1960. The first-grader was the only black child enrolled in the school, where parents of white students boycotted the court-ordered integration law and took their children out of school. [Associated Press]

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Paloma Mejia, 34, adds hops into the whirlpool while brewing Jai Alai IPA at Cigar City Brewing in Tampa. The local craft beer industry — still a heavily male-dominated field — is attracting more women to the profession.

For women working in Tampa Bay’s craft beer industry, there’s progress amid struggle

Fifteen women share their experiences working in a male-dominated field. Here’s what they had to say.

Pamela Lewis, center, and her family listen during an Oct. 24 rally held by the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement to mark the death of her son 25 years ago. His image appears on their T-shirts. TyRon Lewis was shot and killed by a St. Petersburg police officer in 1996 at the intersection where the rally was held, 18th Avenue S and 16th Street S. His death sparked rioting, and more unrest when the shooting was later ruled justified. The family gathers every year on the anniversary of his death to remember him.

25 years after police killed TyRon Lewis, family’s pain persists

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With the North Marina Area in the foreground, downtown Clearwater and the Memorial Causeway can be seen in the distance. Companies managed or operated by Church of Scientology members have purchased dozens of properties over the last two years in North Marina, a district the city wants to see redeveloped.

Scientology members fuel another land-buying surge in Clearwater

Chera Lynn Nyerick holds a photo of her son, Julian Carter, who took his own life after being involuntarily committed under the state's Baker Act 44 times. His death is the subject of a state investigation and an ongoing lawsuit.

Julian Carter was Baker Acted 44 times. Without proper care, he died at 11.