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Marcia Myers, 90, receives a booster shot in Boca Raton on Sept. 17.
COVID-19 deaths, infections continue to fall in Florida
A total of 53,580 Floridians have died over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, which is about to enter its 19th month.
Hillsborough deputy, suspect shot during standoff at Brandon home
The standoff began Friday morning at a home on the 1000 block of N Taylor Road.
The deputy was treated at a hospital and released. The suspect was shot twice before being arrested, authorities say.
Tampa fire crews battle blaze at Westshore Yacht Club Condos
Fire crews battle a blaze in Tampa on Friday.
Fire crews entered the building, but had to evacuate and begin fighting the fire “defensively” with two ladder trucks.
St. Petersburg Science Center project moves forward
The exterior of the Pinellas County Science Center in St. Petersburg seen on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.
City Council approved spending up to $2.1 million in Weeki Wachee funding to revive the long-defunct Science Center in a 5-3 vote.
Marvel actor and former WWE wrestler Dave Bautista holds Penny, his newly adopted puppy from the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. She was found with a metal chain embedded in her neck that required surgery. Batista offered $5,000 reward for information on the abuser, and celebrity friends and others have added more than $7,000 more.
Dave Bautista adopts abused Tampa puppy, offers reward
The former WWE wrestler offered a $5,000 reward for information on her abuser and celebrity friends and others more than doubled it.
Flowers never last. A Tampa Bay group gives them a final gasp.
Judith Overcash layers flowers around a central focus flower at Random Acts of Flowers Tampa Bay, a nonprofit where volunteers recycle flowers left over from supermarkets, funerals and weddings to make new flower arrangements for nursing homes and hospitals.
Random Acts of Flowers collects blooms from funerals, weddings and grocery stores to bring a lift to people in need.
State Attorney’s Office clears Tampa officers in three separate shootings
This screengrab from body camera video shows the moment John Reuben Turbe Jr. raised a gun and pointed it at Officer Bryan Velazquez on July 4, according to Tampa police. Velazquez then opened fire, fatally wounding Turbe. The Hillsborough State Attorney's office announced Friday that Velazquez was justified in opening fire on Turbe.
One of the shootings resulted in the death of a suspect who pointed a gun at an officer, authorities said.
Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?
Then-state Rep. Jamie Grant, R-Tampa, in Tallahassee in 2019.
Florida’s chief information officer said his office is so short-staffed that it hasn’t come up with a plan to spend the money.

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When Lightning came calling, ‘Moose’ answered
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Brian Elliott replaces Curtis McElhinney as the backup to Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Catcher Mike Zunino voted Rays MVP by Tampa Bay baseball writers
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On the strength of his 31 home runs and strong catching, Mike Zunino on Friday was named winner of the Don Zimmer Most Valuable Player Award, presented annually by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Bucs’ Jason Pierre-Paul, Jaydon Mickens out for Rams game
3 hours ago• Bucs
Outside linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul, who led the Bucs with 9-1/2 sacks last season, will miss Sunday’s game against the Rams.
Rays vs. Marlins: Wander Franco activated from injured list
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Wander Franco is expected to be in the lineup tonight as the Rays open a weekend series against the Marlins at Tropicana Field.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger makes remarks during a news conference at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.
Editorial cartoons for Friday from Times wire services
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Floridians are losing their homes while DeSantis sits on federal aid to help them | Column
Yesterday• Opinion
Rep. Charlie Crist says his home county of Pinellas is already are averaging more than 60 foreclosures per month.
Bickering over spending packages makes Democrats in Congress look inept | Editorial
Yesterday• Opinion
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., updates reporters on Democratic efforts to pass President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A 7-year-old boy reads the Black St. Pete Pledge during an August event at Lake Vista Recreation Center in St. Petersburg. The anti-gun violence pledge was created by Maress Scott, the father of Marquis Scott, who was shot and killed in the fall of 2019. The father has been asking community members to sign the pledge, which states: "I pledge not to murder another black person for the rest of this year. Instead of using a gun (or any other weapon), I will use my mind, my heart, and my mouth to solve any issues."
St. Pete gun violence may break records this year. Can this father end it?
Maress Scott, who lost his son two years ago, drafted a pledge he thinks might convince people to put the guns down.
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
The lives of 1,000 Floridians killed by coronavirus
Ajmal, left, and his mother paint trim at the family’s new home on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Ajmal was born in Afghanistan and was a teenager when the U.S. invaded in 2001. By the end of his teens, he'd started working as an interpreter for U.S. forces; in 2009, he came to the U.S. on a special visa for interpreters, joined the Army, and became a citizen. He and his mother were working to prepare for the arrival of his wife and two daughters from Afghanistan.
He was in Tampa. His family was in Afghanistan. Could he get them home?
Medical workers in the Intensive Care Unit try to stabilize a patient who has been battling the virus. From mid-July through August, 43 people died of COVID-19 at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater. More than 75 percent of them were unvaccinated.
Twelve hours in a Florida COVID-19 ICU