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Christina Brenia, Jeannine Laurence, Mariah King, Sarah Thomas and Janel Norton pose for a portrait together on Sunday, March 28, 2021. After King filed a report with New Port Richey police alleging that Veterans Alternative founder and CEO Brian Anderson touched her inappropriately, Brenia, Laurence and Thomas came forward with their own accusations against Anderson.
Women recount claims of sexual harassment by Pasco veterans charity leader
After a massage therapist’s police report, former workers at Veterans Alternative describe unwanted advances.
DeSantis declares state of emergency for gas shortage due to pipeline shutdown
Gas customers swarm a COSTCO gas station amid fears of a gas shortage in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The line at the facility extended around the entire building.
Unwarranted panic-buying is driving the lack of fuel at the pump, analysts say.
Ana Cruz toured Tampa with Related CEO, but they didn’t talk Rome Yard business, she says
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor waves as she exits the polls after she cast her ballot in person during early voting at Amalie Arena, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 in Tampa. On right is Castor's partner Ana Cruz. Also present was Castor's son Seely Bevan. After talking with reporters, Castor took photos with the Stanley Cup, won by the Tampa Bay Lightning, that was on site at Thunder Alley for people to see.
Mayor Jane Castor’s partner, a Ballard Partners lobbyist, says she just discussed art with Jorge Pérez, Related’s CEO.
Pinellas plans June 9 end to school masks despite calls to move faster
Nine-year-old Savannah chastises the Pinellas County School Board for its mask mandate during a Tuesday's meeting. "I want to know why you are abusing me. I'm just a kid," the girl said.
More than 100 residents spoke for nearly 5 hours against masks before the School Board action.
U.S. total
Yesterday's total
Cases
32,778,906
33,651
Deaths
582,837
684
Florida total
Since Monday
Cases
2,275,365
3,263
Deaths
36,547
49

Last updated 7:30 a.m. May 12. 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

Bridgette Soto, a licensed funeral director and the location manager at Blount & Curry Funeral Home at MacDill Avenue, poses for a photograph May 7 in Tampa. The funeral home has opened an Ybor 1929 speakeasy-themed room.
You can now book a speakeasy room at a Tampa funeral home
The swanky new space is decked out with a full bar and is open to events other than funerals.
DeSantis signs $200 million expansion in Florida for private school vouchers
Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
The measure is a continuation of a decades-long push to expand school choice in Florida, a move Republicans support and most Democrats have fought as they advocate for more oversight and...
Clearwater police arrest man accused of killing his partner
Clearwater Police homicide detectives arreste Arthur Benjamin Jr. on Tuesday. He faces one count of first-degree murder in the death of Keri Washington.
Police say the man confessed to the killing, which took place at the Palmetto Park Apartments in the early hours of May 1.
Florida State poised to select next president. Nine are on short list.
The entrance to Ruby Diamond Auditorium on the Florida State University campus, where a search committee is deciding on a successor to president John Thrasher.
Some high-profile names are among the 22 candidates considered by a search committee.

SPORTS

Rays’ bats quiet again in loss to Yankees
Earlier today• Rays
The Rays' Brandon Lowe swings on a pitch during the ninth inning against the Yankees on Tuesday night. Lowe struck out swinging to end the game.
With Yoshi Tsutsugo gone, Rays summon Kevin Padlo
Earlier today• Rays
Rays third baseman Kevin Padlo blows a bubble during a break in the play in the first inning against the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
Rays designate struggling Yoshi Tsutsugo for assignment
Yesterday• Rays
Yoshi Tsustugo produced little since coming over from Japan last season.
No, the Lightning are not slumping. But are they beat up?
Yesterday• Lightning
Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman has not been the same player since going into the boards against Columbus on March 30 and needing help to get off the ice.
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VIEWPOINTS

Biden and other politicians use competition as a marketing tool | Column
2 hours ago• Opinion
Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the opening session of China's National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Let’s get those shots into our kids’ arms | Letters
2 hours ago• Letters to the Editor
The Pfizer vaccine has now been approved for kids as young as 12.
Editorial Cartoons for Wednesday from Times Wire Services
Yesterday• Opinion
Instagram sold me Pillow Slides. Ugly pool shoes are coming for you, too.
Yesterday• Opinion
Pillow Slides, the ugliest shoe of summer 2021, photographed luxuriously.
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Groups challenge legality of Florida’s protest law
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Florida Attorney General doesn’t sign letter asking Facebook not to make child platform
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A chat with St. Petersburg artist Jabari Reed-Diop, a.k.a. iBOMS
43 minutes ago• Visual Arts
Thousands more Florida students now eligible for vouchers
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Liz Cheney says Trump and GOP backers threaten democracy
1 hour ago• Nation & World
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Her big business breakthrough: helping Tampa Bay women build new careers
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In Florida, the ACLU is looking for cases that will bring change to the system.
A Pinellas protester was in jail for months. A fight against cash bail got him out.
In Florida, the ACLU is looking for cases that will bring change to the system.
State canvassers Cynthia Hollinger, 64, standing on right, and Sunni Schappacher, 67, talk with a family as they work to re-register them in a state database for a coronavirus vaccine on their front porch Wednesday in Brandon. From left is Curtis Lanier, 65, holding his 2-year-old daughter Lena Jean, along with his father-in-law Paul Bedat, 76. The canvassers are going door-to-door to speak with people who are hesitant about the vaccines. It's part of Florida's effort to reach herd immunity.
To beat coronavirus, herd immunity is the goal. Can Florida get there?
A tribute to the Floridians taken by the coronavirus
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
Charles Fowler and Doris Floyd visit the grave of their biological son Dominique Mulkey, 26, who was shot to death Oct. 20 by two Tampa police officers. The names of the officers have not been made public. A recent Florida appeals court in an unrelated case said they don't have to be under provisions of Marsy's Law, a voter-approved amendment to the Florida Constitution.
Florida turns the other way as demand rises for police transparency