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  1. How should Florida schools teach about race? Ask these students.
    21 minutes ago• Education
    Travis Flowers stands with Mayor Ken Welch at the closing of a 2022 Black history celebration at Melrose Elementary School in St. Petersburg. Questions have arisen over the extent to which issues about race can be discussed in schools after Florida adopted new rules.
  2. A look at Pasco County’s valedictorians and salutatorians for 2022
    53 minutes ago• Education
    Graduates from River Ridge High in New Port Richey celebrate before their commencement ceremony in 2014. The class of 2022 in Pasco County will get its chance in the coming days, with graduations scheduled through late May and early June.
  3. Dear Penny: Can my son fight my decision to disinherit him?
    1 hour ago• Business
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  5. Pasco finds compromise in airport moratorium details
    1 hour ago• Pasco
    The West Pasco Government Center, at 8731 Citizens Dr in New Port Richey, houses the County Commission Chambers.
  6. Florida’s focus on math textbooks may be nothing compared to what’s next
    1 hour ago• Education
    Science textbooks will be up for adoption in Florida in two years, in time to be an issue in the 2024 election. And the process has already started to select new social studies texts in 2023. Experts say both subject areas could be far more contentious than this year's debate over math textbooks.
  7. Fox 13′s Kelly Ring says goodbye to Tampa Bay after 37 years
    1 hour ago• Life & Culture
    Co-anchor Kelly Ring pauses during a break in the Fox 13 6 p.m. news segment at the Tampa station on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Ring, who won three Emmy awards and traveled overseas, announced her retirement after 37 years at WTVT. Her last broadcast is scheduled for May 25.
  8. All Children’s Hospital honored for surgery years after heart institute problems
    2 hours ago• Health
    Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg has been designated as a level 1 children's surgery center by the American College of Surgeons. The distinction is shared by fewer than 50 hospitals across the country, none in Tampa Bay.
  9. Central Florida deputy charged after stun gun sets biker on fire, sheriff says
    Earlier today• Crime
    A Florida deputy who accidentally set a gasoline-covered motorcycle rider on fire with a stun gun is facing a misdemeanor charge, officials said Thursday.
  10. US lawmakers urge binding vote on Puerto Rico statehood
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    In this July 29, 2015, photo, the Puerto Rican flag flies in front of Puerto Rico's Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A group of Democratic members of Congress, including the House majority leader, on Thursday proposed a binding plebiscite to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a state or gain some sort of independence.
  11. Florida man pleads guilty in $1.3M online dating scam, official says
    Yesterday• Crime
    A Florida man has pleaded guilty to defrauding more than 30 women of more than $1.3 million by pretending to be a doctor on online dating services, a U.S. attorney said Thursday.
  12. Search underway for missing swimmer in Pinellas County, Sheriff’s Office says
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    The Sheriff’s Office did not release the identity of the missing swimmer.
  13. Tampa considers bidding revamp after Hanna Avenue controversy
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has advanced a proposal to revamp bidding rules to effectively prevent a repeat of the controversial East Tampa City Center project.
  14. Oklahoma approves nation’s most restrictive abortion ban
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Oklahoma's Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs it.
  15. A bear market may be on the horizon. Here’s what that means
    Yesterday• Business
    Pedestrians walk by the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday in New York. The stock market’s skid this year has pulled the S&P 500 close to what’s known as a bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China’s economy have caused investors to reconsider the prices they’re willing to pay for a wide range of stocks, from high-flying tech companies to traditional automakers.
  16. Congress OKs latest $40B to help Ukraine repulse Russians
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday. The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $40 billion infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies on Thursday as both parties rallied behind America’s latest, and quite possibly not last, financial salvo against Russia’s invasion.
  17. FDA head: Baby formula factory could reopen by next week
    Yesterday• Health
    FILE - Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage May 14, 2022, in Houston. President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and has authorized flights to import supply from overseas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
  18. St. Petersburg pastors endorse Sugar Hill to redevelop Tropicana Field
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Former mayor of Sacramento and former NBA player Kevin Johnson, speaks at the podium, during a press conference Thursday, May 19, 2022 in St. Petersburg by local Black pastors announcing their official endorsement of Sugar Hill Community Partners developers as their choice for the redevelopment of the Tropicana Field site. A group of pastors were flown out to Sacramento by Sugar Hill to see their developments.
  19. Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect indicted by grand jury
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Payton Gendron is led into the courtroom for a hearing at Erie County Court, in Buffalo, N.Y., on Thursday.
  20. In Florida, census undercount likely cost an additional congressional seat
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    In this Friday, July 8, 2011, photo, crowds gather in the surf and on the beach in Cocoa Beach, Fla., to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on STS-135.
  21. What Tampa Bay attractions, zoos and museums have in store this summer
    Yesterday• Theme Parks
    Eleanor Walker, 4, left, and Edie Walker, 5, visit with Hope at her home in July 2020 inside the Kate Tidemann & Ellen Cotton Main Pool and Window of Wonder at the Ruth and J.O. Stone Dolphin Complex. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium opened an $80 million expansion thanks to fundraising and attendance that surged in the last 10 years because of Winter the dolphin. Winter died in November.
  22. He’s hooked on fishing and the Skyway Fishing Pier
    Yesterday• Environment
    Greg Sgrignoli, 63, catches a small crevalle jack from the north Skyway Fishing Pier. The Pennsylvania man visits often to fish from the pier.
  23. 2 century-old Tampa buildings could be saved from demolition
    Yesterday• History
    These two century-old buildings - 514 N. Tampa St. and 520 N. Tampa St. - might be saved from demolition.
  24. Taylor Swift gets honorary doctorate from New York University
    Yesterday• Music
    Taylor Swift speaks during a graduation ceremony for New York University at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday.
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