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  1. Bystanders can’t save man from burning car in Lutz; death investigation underway
    14 minutes ago• Hillsborough
    Bystanders couldn't rescue a man from inside this burning car Wednesday in a Lutz parking lot in the 3900 block of Van Dyke Road, according to deputies. [Hillsborough County Fire Rescue]
  2. Major-league baseball players want more games, no more salary cuts: report
    21 minutes ago• Health
    A view from leftfield at Globe Life Field, the newt home of the Rangers, in Arlington, Texas, on May 20. The park that was suppose to have its home opener March 31 has yet to see one game played in it this season. [TONY GUTIERREZ | AP]
  3. Tampa supporter of Islamic State terror group nabbed in undercover sting, FBI says
    1 hour ago• Crime
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates. [Times]
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  5. 49 percent of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine, poll says
    2 hours ago• Health
    Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 on March 16 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. He was the second patient to receive the shot in the study. According to a new poll, 20 percent of Americans surveyed said they won’t get the vaccine and 31 percent said they weren’t sure. [TED S. WARREN | Associated Press]
  6. Paving where ‘you never know what you’re going to get’
    2 hours ago• Community News
    Jacob Gouveia, 33, of Spring Hill, is a project foreman with Ajax Paving. He is a foreman for the company and supervises workers, in background, who are laying a lane of asphalt at a two-mile long road reconstruction project on Thursday, May 21, 2020, on Keene Road in Clearwater. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
  7. Pasco band kids create a virtual ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ for graduation
    3 hours ago• Education
    Students from several Pasco County high schools performed "Pomp and Circumstance" from home for the district's several virtual graduation ceremonies. [Pasco County Schools]
  8. Tampa sees alarming surge in violent crime; leaders discuss guns, gangs, solutions
    4 hours ago• Crime
    The Tampa Police department headquarters on 411 N. Franklin Street. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  9. U.S. deaths from coronavirus surpass 100,000
    4 hours ago• Health
    Lonnie Youngblood, right, plays saxophone while waiting for friends and family to gather for the interment of Bishop Carl Williams, Jr. in Union, N.J., Thursday, May 21, 2020. Carl Williams, Jr. was the emeritus pastor of the Institutional International Ministries, a congregation started by his father Carl Williams, Sr. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) [SETH WENIG | AP]
  10. USF classes will return to campus in August, go back online after Thanksgiving break
    5 hours ago• Education
    USF officials announced Wednesday that fall classes will start in-person, then move online again after students and faculty travel for Thanksgiving break. [URSO, CHRIS | Times (2019)]
  11. 2020 Olympics delay spurs gymnast Riley McCusker to defer Florida enrollment
    5 hours ago• Health
    Riley McCusker of the United States competes in the artistic gymnastics women's uneven bars final at the during the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, on July 30, 2019. McCusker won the gold medal. [FERNANDO VERGARA | Associated Press]
  12. Officer who put knee on George Floyd’s neck should be charged, Minneapolis mayor says
    5 hours ago• Nation & World
    A woman lies in the street as protesters gather Wednesday, May 27, 2020 near the site of the arrest of George Floyd who died in police custody Monday in Minneapolis after video shared online by a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) [JIM MONE | AP]
  13. In Hillsborough County, driving test to get your license is about to go remote
    5 hours ago• Health
    Driving Test Examiner Ed Prebel, 58, poses at the test track in Brandon after training for the new remote driving tests that start Monday. Instead of climbing into cars with people who must pass a driving test to get a license, examiners will stand outside and communicate with drivers via hands-free cell phones. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
  14. Florida coronavirus death toll hits 2,400
    5 hours ago• Health
    People stroll through Sparkman Wharf in Tampa Bay on Memorial Day. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  15. Former St. Pete council member Karl Nurse announces School Board run
    6 hours ago• Education
    Karl Nurse, who spent 10 years on the St. Petersburg City Council, announced this week he is running for the Pinellas County School Board. [Times (2013)]
  16. More appointments and promotions in the Hillsborough schools
    6 hours ago• Education
    Hillsborough County superintendent of schools Addison Davis [Times (2020)]
  17. George Floyd: Frustration in Tampa Bay after another ‘I can’t breathe’ death
    Yesterday• News
    After the death of George Floyd following an encounter with Minneapolis police, Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg changed its sign to protest racial inequality. On one side: "George Floyd was lynched today by the police. We can't breathe!" On the other: "White supremacy: The most dangerous virus infecting our country since 1492." [BOYZELL HOSEY | Tampa Bay Times]
  18. Reopening during COVID-19? Tampa General wants to help
    Yesterday• Business
    Tampa General Hospital is launching a new consulting service that will help walk businesses through reopening safely. Pictured is Tampa General Hospital. [Times file]
  19. Florida, other states should act to minimize fraud in jobless aid, feds say
    Yesterday• Business
    A U.S. Department of Labor assistant inspector general said this week that states should take more steps to make sure that Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which was created to help displaced independent contractors and gig workers like rideshare drivers, is not paid to fraudulent applicants. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, 2013)
  20. U.S. women’s soccer league scheduled to return to play next month with tournament
    Yesterday• Health
    The North Carolina Courage celebrate after defeating the Chicago Red Stars 4-0 to win the 2019 NWSL championship at WakeMed Soccer Park on Oct. 27, 2019 in Cary, N.C. The league said Wednesday it plans to return to play next month with its nine teams in a 25-game tournament in Utah without fans. The league was supposed to begin its 2020 season April 18 but delayed because of the coronavirus. [STREETER LECKA | TNS]
  21. Tampa debuts same-day permitting processes
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa has debuted a fast-track permitting system. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
  22. Live: The historic SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts from Cape Canaveral
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken wave as they walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/John Raoux) [JOHN RAOUX | AP]
  23. Class of 2020: These students set the bar in area schools
    Yesterday• Education
    In a time before social distancing, these graduates at Tampa's Carrollwood Day School stood together and threw their caps in celebration. The world is counting on a return to those days. [Times (2013)]
  24. Meet Pasco County’s valedictorians and salutatorians for 2020
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    This is the way it used to look when students lined up for graduation at Pasco High, before social distancing. For now, Pasco schools are holding virtual graduations, but officials say they want to hold in-person graduations in August if conditions regarding the coronavirus allow it. [Times (2006)]
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