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Daniel Figueroa IV - Former Times Reporter
Daniel Figueroa IV

Former Times Reporter

  1. Coronavirus: What you need to know to be ready
    March 12, 2020• Health
    As the Nude Party performs in the background, Alicia Wilcox, 36, of New York, washes up at a mobile hand-washing station at the Gasparilla Music Festival in Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa on March 7, 2020. The festival and city installed the stations in the wake of the coronavirus’ spread in Tampa Bay and Florida at large. Wilcox said she had no hesitation about traveling to the festival following the cancellations of major festivals like South by Southwest and the Ultra Music Festival, and said as long as you keep clean, there should be no reason to worry. “Wash your freaking hands,” she said. “It’s just practicing hygiene. That’s what it comes down to.”
  2. Pasco man sexually assaulted 10-year-old girl and photographed it, deputies say
    March 11, 2020• Pasco
    Justin White faces 19 charges relating to the sexual battery of a 10-year-old girl.
  3. 3 TSA officers test positive for coronavirus in California
    March 11, 2020• Health
    FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 2020 file photo, a health alert for people traveling to China is shown at a TSA security checkpoint at the Denver International Airport in Denver. A steep drop in business travel could be a gut punch to a tourism industry already reeling from the coronavirus outbreak, as big companies like Amazon try to keep employees healthy by banning trips.
  5. Ireland cancels St. Patrick’s Day events amid coronavirus concern
    March 10, 2020• Health
    Eleanor Buist, left, Anne Slattery and Pat O'Reilly Hauser toast during a St. Patrick's Day lunch at Four Green Fields.
  6. Strip Club en Tampa ofrece máscaras a los clientes para combatir la propagación del coronavirus
    March 10, 2020• CENTRO
    Un club de striptease de Tampa dijo que está ayudando a combatir la propagación del coronavirus al dar máscaras faciales a sus clientes.
  7. Tampa strip club offers face masks to customers to fight spread of coronavirus
    March 9, 2020• Health
    A Tampa strip club said its helping fight the spread of coronavirus by giving face masks to its customers.
  8. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, and Marco Rubio is still mad about it
    March 6, 2020• News
    Remember to set your clocks ahead for Daylight Saving Time this weekend. [Associated Press file photo]
  9. The original ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ Rosalind P. Walter, died this week at 95
    March 6, 2020• Nation & World
    Kelli Freeman, Jessica Smith and Mary Murphy pose as World War II icon "Rosie the Riveter" during a rally.
  10. Wanted Palmetto woman found with 49 grams of molly, other drugs in car and bra, police say
    March 5, 2020• Crime
    Sarasota police officers said they found drugs in Latoya Carley's car after they noticed her parked in a handicap space with a different vehicles tag.
  11. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell also burglarized by man accused in $3 million Tampa heist, officials
    March 4, 2020• Crime
    Tampa police said Marcelo Romero, 33, was behind an April 2019 jewelry store burglary where he nabbed $3 million of goods. He's also accused of multiple crimes in California, where DNA evidence was used to connect him to the Tampa crime.
  12. Were Jill Biden and Symone Sanders the real winners of Super Tuesday? Twitter thinks so.
    March 4, 2020• Nation & World
    A protester at left, is held back by Jill Biden, center, and her husband Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, during a primary election night rally Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Los Angeles.
  13. Beach day? Temperature to push 90 before another weekend cold front cools off Tampa Bay
    March 4, 2020• Local Weather
    Danny New, 24, reaches for the frisbee while playing on the beach at Honeymoon Island State Park on New Years Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 in Dunedin.
  14. Florida police department offers to test your recreational drugs for coronavirus
    Feb. 27, 2020• Bizarre News
    In this photo made available by the Florida Highway patrol shows confiscated drugs following the arrest of two men Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, Santa Rosa County, Fla. Authorities confiscated methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)
  15. Kevin from The Office and Bush’s Beans brings his famous chili to the world
    Feb. 27, 2020• Food News
    Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin on "the Office," partnered with Bush's Beans to bring the chili his character was famous for spilling to life.
  16. Did Clint Eastwood just endorse a Democrat for president?
    Feb. 26, 2020• Elections
    Actor Clint Eastwood pretends to speak to President Barack Obama during the 2012 Republican National Convention held in Tampa.
  17. Video shows Tampa boat captain scraping manatee with fishing pole, and the internet isn’t pleased
    Feb. 26, 2020• Tampa
    Drone video posted by See Through Canoe shows David Beede of Shallow Point Fishing Charters scraping a manatee's back with a fishing pole.
  18. Police identify man stabbed in home on Haines Road in St. Pete
    Feb. 25, 2020• St. Petersburg
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  19. Homeowners associations can’t stop police vehicles from parking in neighborhoods
    Feb. 25, 2020• Florida
    A newly signed Florida law states that homeowners associations cannot ban marked police vehicles from parking in neighborhoods.
  20. Polk man leaves bar, runs over girlfriend, returns to bar, deputies say
    Feb. 24, 2020• Florida
    The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Charles Polen, 40, ran over and killed his girlfriend before turning around and going back to the bar where they'd been drinking.
  21. New Orleans-based Dat Dog looks to bring gourmet hot dogs to Tampa Bay
    Feb. 20, 2020• Food
    New Orleans-based Dat Dog offers exotic sausages like alligator, duck and crawfish, along with multiple vegan options and more than 30 toppings. The chain is seeking franchisees to bring a location to Tampa Bay.
  22. Why are so many movies trending on Twitter? It’s all about childhood trauma
    Feb. 19, 2020• Movies
    Twitter user Ashley Bower asked what movies traumatized people as children, prompting a deluge of responses and a spattering of old movies to trend on Twitter on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.
  23. Two deaths and a SWAT standoff during ‘wild night’ in Polk, sheriff says
    Feb. 18, 2020• Crime
    A "wild night" in Poinciana left two people dead and one shot seven times, but in stable condition.
  24. Pensacola sex offender climbs 365-foot radio tower to flee from police
    Feb. 18, 2020• Florida
    This YouTube screen shot shows local news coverage in Pensacola as a man fleeing from police climbed a 365-foot tall radio tower on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020.