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  1. Tampa police: Avoid Hillsborough and Armenia area this morning after fatal crash
    28 minutes ago• Tampa
    Tampa police are conducting a traffic fatality investigation at Hillsborough and Armenia avenues this morning and are asking motorists to avoid the area.
  2. Armenia Avenue might be a spelling error that stuck
    47 minutes ago• History
    In the 1890s, the Armina Cigar Factory was located at the corner of what is now Armenia Avenue and Pine Street in Tampa. Back then, Armenia was known as Armina Avenue.
  3. Florida’s school culture wars disappoint teachers caught in the middle
    48 minutes ago• Education
    Sanders Memorial Elementary School first grade teacher Julie Forsting takes notes on Florida's new "parental rights" laws during a presentation on the first day back to work on Aug. 3, 2022.
  5. Hillsborough GOP candidates offer similar platforms in commission primary
    1 hour ago• Politics
    Republican candidates for District 7 Hillsborough County Commission, Chase Harrison (left) and Joshua Wostal.
  6. Hillsborough District 4 commission race is winner-take-all primary
    2 hours ago• Hillsborough
    Republican District 4 Hillsborough County Commission candidates Michael Joseph Owen, left, and Noelle Licor.
  7. Skyrocketing rents are threatening people who help Tampa Bay’s homeless, too
    2 hours ago• News
    Ron Boyd, 72, shows his collection of baseball cards to Kathy Hamm, 59, an outreach specialist with Directions for Living, at Station Square Park in Clearwater on July 14.
  8. A newcomer’s view of Tampa from Bus No. 1
    3 hours ago• Transportation
    A passenger walks toward a bus at the HART Transit Center in downtown Tampa.
  9. Trump says FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago home, safe broken open
    Earlier today• Politics
    Police stand outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday in Palm Beach. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe.
  10. How Florida politicians are reacting to FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago
    Earlier today• Politics
    Former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
  11. Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins
    Yesterday• Health
    Robert Terwilliger, right, of Williamsburg, Pa., who is participating in a Lyme disease vaccine trial at the Altoona Center for Clinical Research, is injected with either the new vaccine or a placebo, by registered nurse Janae Roland, Friday in Duncansville, Pa. Lyme is a growing problem, with cases steadily rising and warming weather helping ticks expand their habitat.
  12. Olivia Newton-John, superstar singer and actress, dies at 73
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    John Travolta, left, and Olivia Newton-John arrive at The Penfolds Icon Gala Dinner in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 2006. Travolta, who starred with Newton-John in "Grease," presented Newton-John with the "Lifetime Achievement award. Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million albums, died Monday at her southern California ranch, John Easterling, her husband, wrote on Instagram and Facebook. She was 73.
  13. New Hillsborough state attorney reverses some of Andrew Warren’s policies
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Susan Lopez, left, the newly appointed State Attorney for Hillsborough County, speaks during a news conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, second from right, and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, right, Thursday in Tampa. Lopez announced Monday that she was rolling back some of predecessor Andrew Warren's policies.
  14. Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
    Yesterday• Crime
    This photo combo shows, from left to right, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder,The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased him through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
  15. Judge mulls challenge to DeSantis’ restrictions on corporate training
    Yesterday• Politics
    U.S. District Judge Mark Walker speaking during 2016 graduation ceremonies at the Florida State University College of Law. [Florida State College of Law]
  16. New Hillsborough state attorney reverses Andrew Warren, seeks death penalty in teacher slaying
    Yesterday• Crime
    Matthew Terry's booking photo after he was arrested in the murder of Hillsborough teacher Kay Baker. The state will seek the death penalty against him.
  17. FedEx driver killed after delivery van collides with semi in Hillsborough
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    A 24-year-old Ruskin man is dead after the FedEx delivery van he was driving collided with a semitractor-trailer in Hillsborough County on State Road 674 Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
  18. TD Bank in Hillsborough robbed by man who jumped teller window
    Yesterday• Crime
    Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies said this man robbed a Carrollwood area bank, then rode off on this motorized mini-bike.
  19. Tampa religious school to receive federal lunch funds after all
    Yesterday• Education
    Grant Park Christian Academy will not have to follow new federal laws regarding sexual orientation and gender identity in order to continue receiving federal school lunch dollars, the school’s lawyers said Monday.
  20. Surfside condo owners hit with property tax bills totaling about $800,000
    Yesterday• Politics
    View of the land that once housed the Champlain Tower South in Surfside, Florida after the rubble was cleared out, on August 10, 2021.
  21. Man released from Pinellas jail tried breaking into 3 sheriff’s office vehicles on grounds
    Yesterday• Crime
    A man bailed out of the Pinellas County jail on a drunken driving charge on Sunday then tried to break into three sheriff’s office vehicles parked on the facility grounds, according to arrest reports.
  22. Gabby Petito’s family to seek $50M in wrongful death lawsuit against Utah police
    Yesterday• Crime
    Gabby Petito’s family on Monday notified Utah officials of plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that police failed to recognize their daughter was in a life-threatening situation last year when officers investigated a fight between her and her boyfriend.
  23. Florida’s new parental rights laws annoy but don’t faze these teachers
    Yesterday• Education
    Assistant principal Kim Hedgspeth, wearing green, leads the Sanders Memorial Elementary faculty through an hourlong review of Florida's new parental rights laws on Aug. 3, 2022 — their first day back to work for the new school year.
  24. Tampa firm leads $50M funding for Jake Paul’s sports betting startup, Betr
    Yesterday• Business
    Jake Paul poses for pictures following a press conference at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Nov. 8, 2021, ahead of a fight with Tommy Fury in December. Paul's sports betting company Betr secured a $5 million investment from Tampa-based Florida Funders to lead a $30 million Series A fundraising round. It's the largest investment in Florida Funders' history.
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