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  1. Third swimmer still missing after father, son die off Apollo Beach, deputies say
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    A photo of missing swimmer Kristoff Murray, 27, given by his family to Spectrum Bay News 9. Murray jumped into the water to save a father and son who were swept away by strong currents off Apollo Beach, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. But they were later found dead, while the search continues for Murray.
  2. Gunfire reported on Interstate 275 in Tampa; southbound lanes closed
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  3. Someone will pay $28 million to go to space with Jeff Bezos
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    This undated file illustration provided by Blue Origin shows the capsule that the company aims to take tourists into space. The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during the live online auction on Saturday.
  5. Police arrest 1 of 2 in Austin mass shooting that wounded 14
    Earlier today• Crime
    Some abandoned bikes still dot the streets at the 400 block of 6th Street in Austin, Texas where 14 people were shot and wounded. The shooting is said to have happened in front of The 512 on Sixth, a bar in South Downtown Austin.
  6. Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial
    Yesterday• Florida
    A visitor looks over a display with the photos and names of the 49 victims that died at the Pulse nightclub memorial on Friday in Orlando. Saturday marks five years since the mass shooting at the site.
  7. In U.S., Pride Month festivities muted by political setbacks
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    An estimated 45,000 people packed a mile-long route in downtown Portland Sunday, June 16, 2019, for the Portland Pride Parade.
  8. Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, listens to US President Joe Biden during a working session at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, on Saturday.
  9. ZooTampa welcomes a new baby southern white rhino
    Yesterday• Environment
    Alake, a 20-year-old southern white rhino, gave birth days ago to a female calf at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, according to zoo officials. This is the eighth birth of the species at ZooTampa. The baby rhino has not yet been named.
  10. Rapper Polo G accused of striking officer. His mom is criticizing Miami police.
    Yesterday• Florida
    In this April 18, 2021 photo, Rapper Polo G watches the second half of a Heat-Nets game in Miami. Officials say rapper Polo G has been arrested in Miami on charges including battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with violence and criminal mischief. Jail records show 22-year-old Taurus Bartlett was booked into jail on Saturday.
  11. Tarpon Springs High band to march again in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
    Yesterday• Education
    The Tarpon Springs High School Outdoor Performance Ensemble has been selected to perform in the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The award-winning band, one of just 10 picked for the event, also marched in the parade in 2013.
  12. Tampa man, 30, dies after running red light, striking semitrailer, troopers say
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    A 30-year-old Tampa man has died after a car crash on Turkey Creek Road.
  13. Man found dead at Thonotosassa intersection, deputies say
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  14. Transgender athletes fight Florida’s new ban
    Yesterday• Florida
    Oliver Echevarria says he found family, community and understanding in his independent roller derby league, the Tri-County Terrors. His moms, Lisa Gonzalez and Vanessa Gonzalez, are also coaches in the league.
  15. Andrew Warren considering run for Florida attorney general
    Yesterday• Politics
    Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, shown here speaking to reporters in 2020, said he is considering a run for state attorney general next year.
  16. Tampa Bay Times stands alone in Local Reporting category of the Pulitzers
    Yesterday• Investigations
    Tampa Bay Times reporter Kathleen McGrory, center, speaks at Poynter on Friday to current and former Times staffers at a celebration of the Pulitzer Prize she won with reporting partner Neil Bedi.
  17. In alleged health care ‘money grab,’ nation’s largest hospital chain cashes in on trauma centers
    Yesterday• Health
    HCA Healthcare, Chippenham Hospital's owner, runs about 1 in every 20 trauma centers in the country, according to company disclosures.
  18. Lucky 13: Tampa Bay Times wins Pulitzer Prize
    Yesterday• Investigations
    Tampa Bay Times reporter Kathleen McGrory, center, speaks at Poynter on Friday to current and former Times staffers at a celebration of the Pulitzer Prize she won with reporting partner Neil Bedi.
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  19. Meet Miss Bliss, the Tampa Bay spaniel competing in Westminster
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    GCH CH Legacy Chenin Blanc with Evera — aka Miss Bliss — has earned several awards, all under the age of one (seven in dog years.) Now her owners are taking her talents to Saturday’s Westminster Kennel Club competition in Tarrytown, N.Y.
  20. Tampa Bay LGBTQ community reflects on five years since Pulse shooting
    Yesterday• Florida
    Survivor Michael Morales, 39, poses for a portrait in the living room of his Tampa home in front of a wall displaying tangible memories of his fiancé Martin Benitez on Thursday. Benitez was one of 49 victims who died in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting in Orlando five years ago.
  21. How controversy over a St. Petersburg pregnancy center derailed grants for small businesses
    Yesterday• Business
    St Petersburg Pregnancy Center, 1210 22nd St S, pictured on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
  22. Florida added 12,157 coronavirus cases, 280 deaths in the past week
    Yesterday• Health
    Florida's weekly coronavirus numbers.
  23. NAACP to Tampa: For Juneteenth, find Robert Meacham, a slave who became senator
    Yesterday• History
    This portrait of Robert Meacham was taken around 1870. Meacham was an enslaved man who was later elected Florida senator.
  24. Gunman who killed 2 in Florida grocery store had posted online threats, police say
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    A makeshift memorial outside a Publix in Royal Palm Beach on Friday June 11, 2021. On Thursday a man shot a toddler and his grandmother to death before turning his handgun on himself inside the grocery store.
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