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  1. Girl seriously injured in shark attack off Florida’s Gulf Coast, officials say
    Earlier today• Florida
    A great white shark is seen in this file photo. Authorities say a teenage girl was seriously injured when a shark attacked her off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The 17-year-old girl's family says a 9-foot shark wrapped its jaws around the girl’s thigh in the waters off Keaton Beach. The girl poked the shark in the eyes and punched it before her brother managed to fight it off and pull the girl onto a stranger’s boat. Officials didn’t immediately know what kind of shark bit the girl.
  2. Same-sex couples updating legal status after Supreme Court abortion ruling
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    Revelers carry an LTBGQ flag along Fifth Avenue during the New York City Pride Parade on Sunday, June 24, 2018, in New York. Same-sex couples are expressing new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms won through decades of activism after conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas signaled, in a ruling on abortion, that the court should reconsider the right to same-sex marriage, gay sex and contraception.
  3. Biden offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 oil and gas lease sales
    Yesterday• Environment
    An offshore oil rig drills for oil in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005.
  5. Diocese of St. Petersburg priest dies of cardiac arrest on airplane
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    The Rev. Carl Joseph Melchior, Jr. died on Thursday of cardiac arrest after boarding a flight in Philadelphia.
  6. 11-year-old boy struck by lightning near Riverview’s Williams Park
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Levi Stock, 11, second from left, was struck by lightning Thursday while out boating with his family near Williams Park in Riverview, according to the family’s pastor, Daniel Butson. The force of the strike pushed Levi off the boat, causing his father, Derek Stock, to jump in after him, according to Butson.
  7. Officials could check social media of people applying for gun license under New York bill
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their “character and conduct” under a bill being considered Friday by the state Legislature.
  8. Conservative Hillsdale College is helping DeSantis reshape Florida education
    Yesterday• Politics
    Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, speaks at the social conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual "Road to the Majority" conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 9, 2017.
  9. Playing loud music from your car can now get you pulled over in Florida
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida law enforcement can now stop drivers and issue a noncriminal infraction for playing music “plainly audible” from 25 feet away.
  10. Russian missiles kill at least 21 in Ukraine’s Odesa region
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office, a damaged residential building is seen in Odesa, Ukraine, early Friday, following Russian missile attacks. Ukrainian authorities said Russian missile attacks on residential buildings in the port city of Odesa have killed at least 21 people.
  11. What Florida and its post-Parkland law show about the next phase of the gun debate
    Yesterday• Politics
    Then-Gov. Rick Scott signed gun and school safety legislation on March 9, 2018, in Tallahassee, joined by family members of students killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. [Times (2018)]
  12. Florida judge won’t dismiss parent lawsuit in Gabby Petito slaying
    Yesterday• Crime
    In this Sept. 28, 2021, photo, Nichole Schmidt, the mother of Gabby Petito, whose death on a cross-country trip sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend Brian Laundrie, speaks alongside, from left, Tara Petito, stepmother, Joseph Petito, father, Richard Stafford, family attorney, and Jim Schmidt, stepfather, during a news conference in Bohemia, N.Y. A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their western trip.
  13. Tropical Storm Bonnie forms, heads for Central America
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    The projected path of Tropical Storm Bonnie as of the 2 a.m. Friday advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
  14. Florida’s 15-week abortion ban took effect today. Here’s what to know.
    Yesterday• Politics
    Protesters march during an abortion rights rally on Saturday, June 25, 2022, on the corner of East Fowler Avenue and North 56th Street in Temple Terrace.
  15. Sonny Barger, figurehead of Hells Angels, dies at 83
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Hells Angels founder Ralph "Sonny" Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980. Barger, the leather-clad figurehead of the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle club, has died at age 83.
  16. Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections
    Yesterday• Associated Press
    The U.S. Supreme Court building on Jan. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
  17. Whole Foods at Countryside Mall in Clearwater re-opens after fire
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    The Whole Foods store at the Countryside Mall in Clearwater was closed Thursday morning after a fire in the vent system filled the store with smoke, Clearwater Fire & Rescue reported.
  18. 2021 was one of the deadliest years to be on roads in Tampa Bay counties. Why?
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Debbie Dunn, of Tarpon Springs, leads a group of cyclists along Curlew Road Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Dunedin. The group was taking part in the annual Ride of Silence in recognition for those that have been injured or killed by a motorist.
  19. New Florida education laws — including controversial ones — take hold today
    Yesterday• Education
    An unidentified family attended Gov. Ron DeSantis' signing of legislation that places new requirements on school book selection, at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University on March 25, 2022. DeSantis said the new law provides additional rights for parents in their children's education.
  20. Jimmy Breen lived a life as colorful as the murals he painted around St. Petersburg
    Yesterday• Arts
    Muralist Jimmy Breen is seen in this undated handout photo. Breen died unexpectedly on June 20. He was 37.
  21. What does the Supreme Court’s Miranda ruling mean for Florida?
    Yesterday• Crime
    From left, St. Petersburg police Chief Tony Holloway, Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and Clearwater police Chief Dan Slaughter answer questions at Tiger Bay meeting in 2019. All three law enforcement leaders say a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding Miranda warnings will have no effect on their agencies.
  22. Florida bans telehealth abortions, but can it enforce the law?
    Yesterday• Health
    Mifepristone and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022.
  23. Florida pediatrician removed from state board for criticizing COVID vaccine delay for kids
    Yesterday• Health
    Dr. Lisa Gwynn, right, a University of Miami pediatrician and president of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, speaks to Julie Machaca (left) and her children (left to right) Saory Betalleluz, 5, Diego Betalleluz, 9, and Cyd Betalleluz, 12, before they receive shots at the University of Miami Pediatric Mobile Clinic in Homestead, June 24. Gwynn, who has been a visible advocate of vaccine access for poor young kids, was removed Wednesday from a state-appointed board for publicly criticizing Florida’s decision to delay access to the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5.
  24. Pinellas deputies shoot, kill Tampa man in Safety Harbor, police say
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Members of the Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force Investigative Task Force conduct an investigation into the death of a Tampa man who was shot and killed by Pinellas deputies north of Enterprise Road in Safety Harbor on Thursday. Robert Hubbard, 43, was shot after he pointed a gun at deputies, according to Clearwater Deputy Chief Michael Walek.
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