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  1. Lawmakers can’t cite local examples of trans girls in sports despite legislative crusade
    9 minutes ago• Nation & World
    A proposed ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports in Utah would affect transgender girls like this 12-year-old swimmer seen at a pool in Utah on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. She and her family spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to avoid outing her publicly.
  2. Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg can host 20,000 fans next month
    23 minutes ago• Auto Racing
    Ronnie Jerger, 12, of Madeira Beach, fist bumps IndyCar Dale Coyne Racing driver Santino Ferrucci (18), right of United States, right, ahead of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday, October 25, 2020.
  3. New unemployment claims inch back up to 745,000
    2 hours ago• Business
    A sign announcing hiring is displayed in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Feb. 22 in Cockeysville, Md.
  5. One year in: How does COVID-19’s toll compare with other causes of death?
    2 hours ago• Health
    Cindy Pollock has planted in her Boise, Idaho front yard one construction flag for each COVID death in the state, photographed on Feb. 10.
  6. Hillsborough wants a “large-scale” film studio to lure blockbusters
    3 hours ago• Movies
    Diamond View studios CEO Tim Moore poses with the screen at Vu, a virtual production studio at Rithm at Uptown, former University Mall. The studio is a "wonderful asset," Hillsborough film commissioner Tyler Martinolich said, but the area still needs a large studio for traditional physical sets.
  7. As DeSantis’ GOP star rises, the money is following. He raised $2.7 million in February.
    3 hours ago• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference following the State of the State address during the joint session of the Florida Legislature at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
  8. Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind
    4 hours ago• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden speaks with lawmakers during an Oval Office meeting on investments in infrastructure on Feb. 11. Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency.
  9. Working to vaccinate Florida’s school workers
    4 hours ago• Education
    Pharmacist Aji Kannamal administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at the Winn Dixie pharmacy in February. More school employees are being added to the eligibility list.
  10. How do you fill the high school yearbook in a pandemic? Get creative.
    5 hours ago• Education
    From left, Mitchell High yearbook editors Cate Miller, Jillian Misemer and Sophia Henges work on page layouts for their 2021 publication, "Stampede."
  11. Dems tighten relief benefits, firm up support for virus bill
    5 hours ago• Nation & World
    Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol dome on Tuesday in Washington. President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed to tighten eligibility limits for stimulus checks, bowing to party moderates as leaders prepared to move their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.
  12. House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the Democratic Caucus gather to address reporters on H.R. 1 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. 2021. House Democrats passed the sweeping elections and ethics bill, offering it up as a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions advancing in Republican-controlled statehouses.
  13. General: Pentagon hesitated on sending Guard to Capitol riot
    Earlier today• News
    Army Maj. Gen. William Walker, Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard listens during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing Wednesday, March 3, 2021, examining the January 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
  14. CVS offering virus vaccine to Florida teachers under 50
    Earlier today• Health
    The CVS Pharmacy chain is vaccinating Florida teachers under age 50, circumventing state orders that continue to limit coronavirus inoculations to those over that age.
  15. SpaceX Starship lands upright, then explodes in latest test
    Earlier today• News
    In this screen grab from video posted by SpaceX, the company's Starship launches for a test flight, Wednesday in a remote area of Texas.
  16. Wealthy Florida Keys enclave received vaccines in January before much of the state
    Earlier today• News
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks about the COVID-19 vaccines during a press conference at Murray Nelson Government Center in Key Largo, Florida, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.
  17. After sharp words, Hillsborough School Board members seek to mend fences
    Yesterday• Education
    Hillsborough County School Board Chairwoman Lynn Gray, standing, addresses the rest of the board at a retreat Wednesday in Plant City.
  18. Myanmar security forces kill at least 34 protesters, reports say
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Anti-coup protesters with makeshift shields stand Wednesday watching in Yangon, Myanmar. Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets again on Wednesday to protest last month's seizure of power by the military. "Spring revolution" is written on their shields.
  19. As federal coronavirus vaccine site opens in Tampa, some get Johnson & Johnson shots
    Yesterday• Health
    Wearing a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looks on during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.
  20. USF plans a full return to campuses this fall
    Yesterday• Education
    An aerial view of the University of South Florida campus in Tampa, where officials said Wednesday that the school plans a return to in-person classes and activities for the fall 2021 semester.
  21. Cuomo: ‘I’m not going to resign’ in response to sexual harassment allegations
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    An image taken from video from a news conference New York Gov. Andrew Cumoa held Wednesday.
  22. U.S. warns of military response to rocket attack on Iraq base
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert in Iraq is pictured in this file photo from December 2019. At least 10 rockets targeted the military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties.
  23. Pentagon hesitated sending National Guard to Capitol riot, general says
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The commander of the General District of Columbia National Guard, Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, testifies Wednesday before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing examining the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
  24. Florida driver swerved to miss falling couch. Then he got a ticket.
    Yesterday• Florida
    A couple driving home from a monthlong visit to Florida escaped serious injury when they swerved to avoid a couch that fell from a truck on Interstate 95. But then they got a ticket.
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