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![In this Tuesday, May 29, 2018 file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, waves to people during White House Sports and Fitness Day on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. Trump’s legal team, through an unlikely combination of bluster, legal precedent and a decision to sharply shift tactics, protected their client from a perilous in-person interview and those lawyers took a victory lap this week when a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller findings was published. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190420/ARTICLE/190429991/AR/0/AR-190429991.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "In this Tuesday, May 29, 2018 file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, waves to people during White House Sports and Fitness Day on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. Trump’s legal team, through an unlikely combination of bluster, legal precedent and a decision to sharply shift tactics, protected their client from a perilous in-person interview and those lawyers took a victory lap this week when a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller findings was published. [Associated Press]")
![Former Miami Hurricanes coach Mark Richt speaks with reporters at halftime of Saturday's spring game. [ MATT BAKER | TIMES ]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190420/ARTICLE/304209882/AR/0/AR-304209882.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Former Miami Hurricanes coach Mark Richt speaks with reporters at halftime of Saturday's spring game. [ MATT BAKER | TIMES ]")
![Former xecutive pastry chef Kim Yelvington, left, and David Laxer show off some of the sweet treats at Bern's WineFest grand tasting on April 19, 2015 at Haven. [AMY SCHERZER | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419562/AR/0/AR-190419562.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Former xecutive pastry chef Kim Yelvington, left, and David Laxer show off some of the sweet treats at Bern's WineFest grand tasting on April 19, 2015 at Haven. [AMY SCHERZER | Times]")
![Rays opener Ryne Stanek brings it during the first inning against the Red Sox on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Trop. [CHRIS O'MEARA | Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/304199714/AR/0/AR-304199714.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Rays opener Ryne Stanek brings it during the first inning against the Red Sox on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Trop. [CHRIS O'MEARA | Associated Press]")
![The Easter Bunny swims in the coral reef with the many species of sea animal and fish at the Florida Aquarium. [Times, 2010]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190417/ARTICLE/190419697/AR/0/AR-190419697.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Easter Bunny swims in the coral reef with the many species of sea animal and fish at the Florida Aquarium. [Times, 2010]")
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![Former xecutive pastry chef Kim Yelvington, left, and David Laxer show off some of the sweet treats at Bern's WineFest grand tasting on April 19, 2015 at Haven. [AMY SCHERZER | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419562/AR/0/0/AR-190419562.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Former xecutive pastry chef Kim Yelvington, left, and David Laxer show off some of the sweet treats at Bern's WineFest grand tasting on April 19, 2015 at Haven. [AMY SCHERZER | Times]")
Pastry chef suing Tampa's Bern's Steak House over alleged discrimination
![David Price had to leave a 2012 spring game with a sore neck, from toweling off too vigorously. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times 2012]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190420/ARTICLE/304209858/AR/0/0/AR-304209858.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "David Price had to leave a 2012 spring game with a sore neck, from toweling off too vigorously. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times 2012]")
Rays Tales: Given Blake Snell’s bathroom break, the 10 weirdest injuries in team history
![Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri discusses the controversial shooting of Markeis McGlockton and Florida’s stand your ground self-defense law during a July 2018 press conference at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Administration Building in Largo. [DIRK SHADD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190416/ARTICLE/190419704/AR/0/0/AR-190419704.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri discusses the controversial shooting of Markeis McGlockton and Florida’s stand your ground self-defense law during a July 2018 press conference at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Administration Building in Largo. [DIRK SHADD | Times]")
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![The sun rises over Philippe Park in Safety Harbor on a pleasant morning on April 19, 2019. A cold front was forecast to bring potentially severe weather to the Tampa Bay area later in the day. [CARL LISCIANDRELLO | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419593/AR/0/0/AR-190419593.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The sun rises over Philippe Park in Safety Harbor on a pleasant morning on April 19, 2019. A cold front was forecast to bring potentially severe weather to the Tampa Bay area later in the day. [CARL LISCIANDRELLO | Times]")
Tampa Bay dries out as storms move east; Sunsine Skyway Bridge reopened
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![Specialist Patti Gonzales, who teaches reading lessons in small groups, works with Markus Barron at Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Tampa on Feb. 6. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190417/ARTICLE/190419671/AR/0/AR-190419671.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Specialist Patti Gonzales, who teaches reading lessons in small groups, works with Markus Barron at Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Tampa on Feb. 6. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
![Robert Allen Doyle,60, along with others who attend the twice weekly homeless feedings by Food Not Bombs are forced to sit on the ground after city workers removed all the park benches from Lykes Gaslight Square Park a month ago and replaced the benches with planters. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190415/ARTICLE/190419769/AR/0/AR-190419769.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Robert Allen Doyle,60, along with others who attend the twice weekly homeless feedings by Food Not Bombs are forced to sit on the ground after city workers removed all the park benches from Lykes Gaslight Square Park a month ago and replaced the benches with planters. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]")
![WMNF radio station general manager Craig Kopp resigned. [Photo Luis Santana | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190418/ARTICLE/190419635/AR/0/AR-190419635.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "WMNF radio station general manager Craig Kopp resigned. [Photo Luis Santana | Times]")
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![Justin Pawlowski, 37, of St. Petersburg, was arrested on Hillsborough County charges of transmitting harmful material to a minor, using a computer device to solicit a minor and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. [Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190417/ARTICLE/190419660/AR/0/AR-190419660.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Justin Pawlowski, 37, of St. Petersburg, was arrested on Hillsborough County charges of transmitting harmful material to a minor, using a computer device to solicit a minor and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. [Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office]")
![Special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as released on Thursday, April 18, 2019, is photographed in Washington. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190418/ARTICLE/190419638/AR/0/AR-190419638.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as released on Thursday, April 18, 2019, is photographed in Washington. [Associated Press]")
![The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying a man seen burglarizing a Dunedin Little League concession stand. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190417/ARTICLE/190419669/AR/0/AR-190419669.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying a man seen burglarizing a Dunedin Little League concession stand. [Pinellas County Sheriff's Office]")
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![Members of the media got to preview the new coaster Tigris on April 18, 2019 at Busch Gardens in Tampa. Tigris is Florida’s tallest launch coaster, and reaches 150ft high. The ride opens to the public on Friday. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190418/ARTICLE/190419613/AR/0/AR-190419613.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Members of the media got to preview the new coaster Tigris on April 18, 2019 at Busch Gardens in Tampa. Tigris is Florida’s tallest launch coaster, and reaches 150ft high. The ride opens to the public on Friday. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]")
![Birds are seen along the public docks at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. When the Tampa River Center was built the city installed a Bird-X system that blasts the sound of bird predators every five minutes in order to scare birds away. Eight speakers have been installed at the park, four at the River Center building and four at the bathrooms. [CHRIS URSO | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190404/ARTICLE/190409831/AR/0/AR-190409831.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Birds are seen along the public docks at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. When the Tampa River Center was built the city installed a Bird-X system that blasts the sound of bird predators every five minutes in order to scare birds away. Eight speakers have been installed at the park, four at the River Center building and four at the bathrooms. [CHRIS URSO | Times]")
![This satellite image shows Hurricane Michael on Oct. 9, 2018, as it enters the Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 storm. [NOAA]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190405/ARTICLE/190409762/AR/0/AR-190409762.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "This satellite image shows Hurricane Michael on Oct. 9, 2018, as it enters the Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 storm. [NOAA]")
![A lawyer for former Port Richey mayor Dale Massad, Denis deVlaming, points on Friday to one of two places he says Massad shot his gun toward on Feb. 21. That was the morning a SWAT team tried entering the home. The lawyer and his co-counsel, Bjorn Brunvand, took reporters on a tour of Massad’s home. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190405/ARTICLE/190409756/AR/0/AR-190409756.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A lawyer for former Port Richey mayor Dale Massad, Denis deVlaming, points on Friday to one of two places he says Massad shot his gun toward on Feb. 21. That was the morning a SWAT team tried entering the home. The lawyer and his co-counsel, Bjorn Brunvand, took reporters on a tour of Massad’s home. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]")
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![Willy Adames greets Brandon Lowe at the plate after Lowe's solo home run to right off Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez gives the Rays a 1-0 lead in the first inning Friday, April 19, 2019, at Tropicana Field. [CHRIS O'MEARA | Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/304199717/AR/0/AR-304199717.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Willy Adames greets Brandon Lowe at the plate after Lowe's solo home run to right off Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez gives the Rays a 1-0 lead in the first inning Friday, April 19, 2019, at Tropicana Field. [CHRIS O'MEARA | Associated Press]")
Rays hope it’s not the start of something as Red Sox roll to 6-4 win
![Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri discusses the controversial shooting of Markeis McGlockton and Florida’s stand your ground self-defense law during a July 2018 press conference at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Administration Building in Largo. [DIRK SHADD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190416/ARTICLE/190419704/AR/0/AR-190419704.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri discusses the controversial shooting of Markeis McGlockton and Florida’s stand your ground self-defense law during a July 2018 press conference at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Administration Building in Largo. [DIRK SHADD | Times]")
Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri named national sheriff of the year
![Casual fine dining restaurant Roxy?s is set to open in June, which will be Michael Janecek?s third restaurant in Pinellas County. [TRACEY McMANUS | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419550/AR/0/AR-190419550.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Casual fine dining restaurant Roxy?s is set to open in June, which will be Michael Janecek?s third restaurant in Pinellas County. [TRACEY McMANUS | Times]")
Clearwater's revised downtown incentive thuds again, but not all are discouraged
![The sun rises over Philippe Park in Safety Harbor on a pleasant morning on April 19, 2019. A cold front was forecast to bring potentially severe weather to the Tampa Bay area later in the day. [CARL LISCIANDRELLO | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419593/AR/0/AR-190419593.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The sun rises over Philippe Park in Safety Harbor on a pleasant morning on April 19, 2019. A cold front was forecast to bring potentially severe weather to the Tampa Bay area later in the day. [CARL LISCIANDRELLO | Times]")
Tampa Bay dries out as storms move east; Sunsine Skyway Bridge reopened
![Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, will be the Florida Center for Cybersecurity's keynote speaker at its 2019 conference in October. Pictured is Nakasone. [Courtesy of the Florida Center for Cybersecurity]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419561/AR/0/AR-190419561.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, will be the Florida Center for Cybersecurity's keynote speaker at its 2019 conference in October. Pictured is Nakasone. [Courtesy of the Florida Center for Cybersecurity]")
Florida Center for Cybersecurity announces Gen. Paul Nakasone as conference keynote speaker
![Orlando Gudes, left, faces Jeffrey Rhodes, right, for the Tampa City Council District 5 seat. [Gudes Campaign | Rhodes Campaign]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419567/AR/0/AR-190419567.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Orlando Gudes, left, faces Jeffrey Rhodes, right, for the Tampa City Council District 5 seat. [Gudes Campaign | Rhodes Campaign]")
Orlando Gudes, Jeffrey Rhodes vie for District 5 seat in Tampa council runoff election
![A Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy responding to a domestic violence call on March 26 at the Jasmine Terrace apartments shot a 17-year-old suspect. The shooting took place because the deputy thought the teen’s cell phone was a gun, the deputy’s attorney said Friday. [TONY MARRERO | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419554/AR/0/AR-190419554.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy responding to a domestic violence call on March 26 at the Jasmine Terrace apartments shot a 17-year-old suspect. The shooting took place because the deputy thought the teen’s cell phone was a gun, the deputy’s attorney said Friday. [TONY MARRERO | Times]")
Deputy who shot Tampa teenager thought cell phone was a gun, attorney says
![The city wants to preserve small storefronts in key downtown areas. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times ]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419552/AR/0/AR-190419552.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The city wants to preserve small storefronts in key downtown areas. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times ]")
St. Petersburg approves plan to preserve small storefronts
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![Cliff and Dawn Golden have filed a lawsuit in connection with the overdose death of their 17-year-old daughter Katie Golden. The teen was a senior at Plant High. [Times (2017)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419571/AR/0/AR-190419571.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Cliff and Dawn Golden have filed a lawsuit in connection with the overdose death of their 17-year-old daughter Katie Golden. The teen was a senior at Plant High. [Times (2017)]")
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What happens when the Old Miami meets the New Miami?
![Charlie Morton has thrown well for the Rays. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190420/ARTICLE/304209845/AR/0/AR-304209845.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Charlie Morton has thrown well for the Rays. [Associated Press]")
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![David Price had to leave a 2012 spring game with a sore neck, from toweling off too vigorously. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times 2012]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190420/ARTICLE/304209858/AR/0/AR-304209858.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "David Price had to leave a 2012 spring game with a sore neck, from toweling off too vigorously. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times 2012]")
Rays Tales: Given Blake Snell’s bathroom break, the 10 weirdest injuries in team history
![Jake Faria got off to a good start in spring training. [Times photo 2019]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190420/ARTICLE/304209873/AR/0/AR-304209873.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Jake Faria got off to a good start in spring training. [Times photo 2019]")
Rays shuffle staff again, send down Casey Sadler and call up Jake Faria
![Hall of Fame manager and Tampa native Tony La Russa, now vice president and special assistant to the president of baseball operations for the Red Sox, watches batting practice prior to Boston's game against the Rays on Friday, April 19, 2019, at Tropicana Field. [CHRIS O'MEARA | Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/304199719/AR/0/AR-304199719.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Hall of Fame manager and Tampa native Tony La Russa, now vice president and special assistant to the president of baseball operations for the Red Sox, watches batting practice prior to Boston's game against the Rays on Friday, April 19, 2019, at Tropicana Field. [CHRIS O'MEARA | Associated Press]")
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Arts & Entertainment
![Collective Soul played downtown St. Petersburg venue Al Lang Stadium last year. If you missed that show, catch the band when they drop by Clearwater’s Capitol Theatre on Friday. [JAY CRIDLIN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190418/ARTICLE/190419637/AR/0/AR-190419637.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Collective Soul played downtown St. Petersburg venue Al Lang Stadium last year. If you missed that show, catch the band when they drop by Clearwater’s Capitol Theatre on Friday. [JAY CRIDLIN | Times]")
Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Friday, April 19
![Kelly Plescia, left, Alison Burns and Becca Mccoy play Donna and the Dynamos in ‘Mamma Mia!’ American Stage’s production gets pet-friendly with Pets in the Park Night on Sunday. [ALLIE GOULDING | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419553/AR/0/AR-190419553.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Kelly Plescia, left, Alison Burns and Becca Mccoy play Donna and the Dynamos in ‘Mamma Mia!’ American Stage’s production gets pet-friendly with Pets in the Park Night on Sunday. [ALLIE GOULDING | Times]")
Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Saturday, April 20
![Carolina Cleere’s mixed media works are on display at the Mainsail Art Festival this weekend. [Courtesy of Mainsail Art Festival]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419579/AR/0/AR-190419579.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Carolina Cleere’s mixed media works are on display at the Mainsail Art Festival this weekend. [Courtesy of Mainsail Art Festival]")
Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Saturday, April 20.
![The Betty Fox Band kicks off the free series of Largo Live concerts on Friday. [Ruby Helm Photography]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190417/ARTICLE/190419679/AR/0/AR-190419679.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Betty Fox Band kicks off the free series of Largo Live concerts on Friday. [Ruby Helm Photography]")
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![On Friday, Tampa theme park Busch Gardens opens its newest ride, Tigris, as Florida's tallest launch coaster. [Courtesy of Busch Gardens Tampa]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190417/ARTICLE/190419678/AR/0/AR-190419678.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "On Friday, Tampa theme park Busch Gardens opens its newest ride, Tigris, as Florida's tallest launch coaster. [Courtesy of Busch Gardens Tampa]")
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![Local artist Chad Mize was selected to design a Tampa Bay Rays’ snapback hat. The cap is the giveaway at the May 12 game against the New York Yankees. [Chad Mize]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190418/ARTICLE/190419630/AR/0/AR-190419630.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Local artist Chad Mize was selected to design a Tampa Bay Rays’ snapback hat. The cap is the giveaway at the May 12 game against the New York Yankees. [Chad Mize]")
St. Petersburg artist Chad Mize designs new Tampa Bay Rays giveaway cap
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![Taste of Science returns with scientists giving talks across Tampa Bay. It’s $5 to reserve a spot. [AP Photo/Federica Narancio]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190419/ARTICLE/190419585/AR/0/AR-190419585.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Taste of Science returns with scientists giving talks across Tampa Bay. It’s $5 to reserve a spot. [AP Photo/Federica Narancio]")
Taste of Science hosts talks in breweries, restaurants across Tampa Bay