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  1. Tampa police Chief Mary O’Connor resigns amid traffic stop controversy
    8 minutes ago• Tampa
    A screenshot from video recorded by a Pinellas deputy's body camera on Nov. 12 shows Tampa police Chief Mary O'Connor and her husband, Keith, during a traffic stop. O'Connor identified herself as chief, pulled out her badge and asked the deputy to "just let us go" when told they'd been pulled over for not having a tag on the golf cart while he was driving on a public road.
  2. Tampa janitor portrays her life and promotes positivity on TikTok
    1 hour ago• Tampa
    Paola Andrea Gutiérrez is pictured working at the University of South Florida on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 in Tampa.
  3. Trump rebuked for call to suspend Constitution over election
    1 hour ago• Nation & World
    Former President Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach on Nov. 15. Trump faced rebuke Sunday from officials in both parties after calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
  5. Woman arrested on DUI charge after Clearwater crash that killed motorcyclist
    2 hours ago• Breaking News
    Hannah Ray, 28, was arrested Sunday on a DUI manslaughter charge after a crash in Clearwater that killed a motorcyclist, police said.
  6. A new drug appears to slow Alzheimer’s. Here’s what to know
    2 hours ago• Health
    Michele Hall, 55, of Bradenton, goes on a morning walk with her husband, Doug, at the De Soto National Memorial on Sept. 25 in Bradenton. Michele was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease when she was 53. “I can't read or write or any of that stuff. But I can talk.”
  7. School board politics continue to play out across Florida
    2 hours ago• Education
    Broward County School Board member-elect Rodney Velez, shown speaking at a candidate forum, has yet to be sworn in because of eligibility questions and might be replaced by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  8. On Pearl Harbor Day, Ybor’s founding family is honored for loss
    3 hours ago• History
    Salvador Martinez-Ybor Jr. could have lived a comfortable life in Cuba, but he returned to the United States to enlist and serve his country in World War II. He was killed in action in the Philippines in January 1945.
  9. Iran morality police status unclear after ‘closure’ comment
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, shows Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody.
  10. FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids
    Yesterday• Health
    Sterling Sheffield, an assistant professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida, holds an over-the-counter hearing aid Nov. 30 in Gainesville. OTC hearing aids started hitting the market in October after the FDA approved them for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, and Sheffield has been testing them.
  11. Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington last month. The court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case from North Carolina, where Republican efforts to draw congressional districts heavily in their favor were blocked by a Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court because the GOP map violated the state constitution. [PATRICK SEMANSKY | Associated Press]
  12. Tampa police investigate dead body found in parking lot near Ybor City
    Yesterday• Tampa
    A man was found dead with upper body trauma in a Tampa parking lot. His cause of death has not been released.
  13. 1 dead in fatal Pasco County crash on US 301, troopers say
    Yesterday• Pasco
    A Brooksville man was killed when he lost control of his pickup truck before hitting an SUV and flipping over on U.S. 301 in Pasco County, trooper said.
  14. Gainesville Christmas tree farm closing after this holiday season
    Yesterday• Florida
    Cathryn and John Gregory in the main Christmas tree field where they have been selling fresh-cut trees for 35 years, at the Unicorn Hill Christmas Tree Farm in Gainesville. The Gregorys sold 135 trees this year, but had to destroy hundreds more trees because of a bad case of needle cast which causes browning of the trees. [BRAD MCCLENNY | The Gainesville Sun]
  15. Baby deliveries soar at Tampa General Hospital
    Yesterday• Health
    Shayne Marx and her husband Bryan Marx snuggle with their day-old baby, Peyton, in their hospital room at Tampa General Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022.
  16. The DeSantis/Warren battle: Takeaways from a Tallahassee courtroom
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, removed Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren in August. Warren was in federal court in Tallahassee last week to try to win his job back.
  17. Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Nov. 7 in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving Smith, a Christian graphic artist, who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.
  18. Nick Fuentes gets into food fight at Los Angeles In-N-Out Burger
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Nick Fuentes, right-wing podcaster, speaks at a pro-Trump march in 2020, in Washington. Fuentes got into a food fight in Los Angeles Saturday after he generated controversy recently by attending dinner with Trump.
  19. Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper — Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, shown in this photo — an NBA star and other prominent people, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence in a country already experiencing a sharp increase in antisemitism.
  20. FedEx driver arrested on murder charge after body of missing Texas girl found
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Tanner Lynn Horner. Horner, 31, was arrested Friday on kidnapping and murder charges after confessing to killing a 7-year-old Texas girl and telling authorities where to find her body, according to Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin.
  21. Iowa caucuses, built on myth, lose place at head of the line
    Yesterday• Politics
    Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., celebrates with his supporters after his victory in the Iowa caucus in 2008. With the Democratic Party increasingly becoming a party of diversity, Iowa’s lack of it left the state without much of a rationale for leading the way.
  22. Questions emerge about Confederate monuments after banner flown over Jaguars game
    Yesterday• Florida
    A plane pulling a banner reading "Put Monuments Back" and flying a Confederate flag circles TIAA Bank Field before an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 27 in Jacksonville.
  23. What happens to people who die at sea trying to migrate? It falls to the Florida Keys.
    Yesterday• Florida
    A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches a sailing vessel packed with migrants off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, that law enforcement sources say are from Haiti last month.
  24. Meet the people looking to unseat Tampa Mayor Jane Castor
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor so far faces two little-known challengers as she seeks a second term.
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