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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is seen on the field just prior the Rays taking on the Houston Astros for Game 4 of the American League Division Series Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 in St. Petersburg. On Wednesday, Castor said city, county and Tampa Sports Authority officials would be putting together a financial package to help pay for an Ybor City ballpark for the team.
Tampa mayor says she’s working to create a Rays stadium financial plan
Jane Castor said the city, Hillsborough County and the Tampa Sports Authority will have several financial options to present to the Tampa Bay Rays for an Ybor City ballpark within weeks.
Retired Tampa cop shot by Hillsborough deputy was hard of hearing, neighbor says
Tuesday morning's shooting happened at a home on Longcrest Drive in Riverview. An 88-year-old man was killed after he charged at a Hillsborough deputy, who was not injured in the incident.
Angel Ortiz said his neighbor, 88-year-old Ronald Ehrich, would have complied with commands to drop his gun if he knew a deputy was in his home.
COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone
Leanna Arcila, 7, is licked by Watson, a therapy dog with the Pawtucket police department, as she receives her COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday from Dr. Eugenio Fernandez at Nathanael Greene Elementary School in Pawtucket, R.I. Even as the U.S. reaches a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully-vaccinated people, infections and hospitalizations are spiking, including in highly-vaccinated pockets of the country like New England.
The U.S. is averaging nearly 119,000 cases of COVID-19 a day and hospitalizations are up 25 percent.
Over 500 graves might be on Clearwater company’s land. Is city responsible?
Archaeologists Mary Maisel, left, and Erin McKendry, with Cardno, excavate sand in March while working to confirm graves from Clearwater's erased St. Matthews Baptist Church Cemetery.
The Black cemetery was supposedly moved in the 1950s. An archaeological report questions that belief.
Harper Austin, 3, of Land O’ Lakes, approaches Santa, also known as Bob Distelcamp, 68, at International Plaza. In-person visits with St. Nick are back.
Tampa Bay is at the mall seeing Santa Claus up close and personal again
Visits with Santa were curtailed last year in the pandemic, but at some malls now, little ones are having old-fashioned encounters with the famously bearded one. It feels almost normal, a parent said...
Garth Brooks to play Orlando’s Camping World Stadium in March
Garth Brooks performs at the Country Music Awards in 2017. He plays Orlando's Camping World Stadium on March 26, 2022.
Tickets for Brooks’ only Florida stadium appearance go on sale Dec. 17.
Tampa woman just driving in wrong place, family says, when she was shot dead
A table has been turned into a memorial for 21-year-old Savannah Mathis at BJs Alabama BBQ on South Dale Mabry Highway, owned and operated by her family. Mathis was shot to death and her sister injured while they were driving the night of Dec. 1 in West Tampa.
Savannah Mathis, 21, was attending HCC to become a nurse. Her younger sister also was injured when shots rang out Dec. 1 in Tampa’s West Riverfront neighborhood.
Philanthropist, Publix heiress Carol Jenkins Barnett dies at 65
Carol Jenkins Barnett died Tuesday night at age 65 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
Barnett was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s in 2016 at age 59

SPORTS

Rays lose 3 players in minor-league Rule 5 draft
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Lefty reliever Kenny Rosenberg was chosen by the Angels with the No. 8 overall selection in the minor-league Rule 5 draft.
Injury bug takes a bite out of Bucs coaches
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Bucs coach Bruce Arians walks off the field after Sunday's 30-17 win over the Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Get ready to gulp: Tom Brady has thrown for 100,000 career yards
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Bucs quarterback Tom Brady eclipsed the 100,000-yard passing mark for his career (college and pro) during his team's Monday night win against the Giants on Nov. 22.
Early Christmas gift? Bucs can wrap up NFC South on Sunday
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Bucs running back Leonard Fournette (7) celebrates a touchdown with quarterback Tom Brady (12) Sunday's victory over the Falcons in Atlanta.
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VIEWPOINTS

‘Get Back’ to that Beatles question I asked John Lennon in his last in-depth interview | Column
Earlier today• Opinion
Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison play their rooftop concert in "The Beatles: Get Back." The author's "Playboy" interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono came a decade later.
Guns in schools? Ha! It’s time to do something about books | Column
Earlier today• Opinion
A student at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., is accused of killing four students and wounded several others.
Real leadership needed on academic freedom at the University of Florida | Editorial
Earlier today• Opinion
University of Florida president W. Kent Fuchs.
Floridians, open enrollment deadlines for Affordable Care Act Marketplace health care coverage are coming up soon | Column
Earlier today• Opinion
In March 2010, then-President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House. Floridans lead the way in the number of people who take advantage of the Marketplace.
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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.
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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.
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