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  1. 5 steps to reach your money goals in 2022
    13 minutes ago• Business
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  2. Once on promising path, Hillsborough High grad charged with murder in West Tampa shooting
    43 minutes ago• Tampa
    Vakarvery Scott is pictured on athletics website of Trinity International University, where he played football in 2019 after graduating from Hillsborough High School. Scott, 20, was arrested last month on charges of second degree murder and aggravated assault in the Dec. 1 shooting of Savannah Mathis and her sister in West Tampa.
  3. Text messages raise questions about Tampa City Council member’s impartiality
    43 minutes ago• Tampa
    OCTAVIO JONES | Times Council member John Dingfelder during a city council meeting at the old city hall in downtown Tampa, Florida on Thursday, June 6, 2019.
  5. In Tampa, original home of The Hub to be razed
    43 minutes ago• History
    The 700 block of N Florida Avenue in 1935.
  6. Florida elections offices seeing suspected fraudulent petitions in gambling effort
    58 minutes ago• Politics
    The Las Vegas Sands casino sits behind the Fisherman's Wharf in Macau. Las Vegas Sands is financing a petition drive in support of a constitutional amendment to expand casino gaming in Florida.
  7. Flooding will get worse in Tampa Bay. Tropical Storm Eta showed how.
    1 hour ago• Hurricane
    Water splashes against the seawall along Pass A Grille Way as squalls from Eta move through Pinellas County on Nov. 11, 2020. Though Eta wasn’t hurricane strength when it passed by, it gave an indication of the kind of damage the region could face.
  8. How we used a tropical storm to calculate Tampa Bay’s growing flood risk
    1 hour ago• Data
    A motorist attempts to drive on flooded Bayshore Boulevard as Tropical Storm Eta struck Tampa Bay with downpours and storm surge flooding Nov. 12, 2020.
  9. How long can you go without a 100-year flood? Roll the dice.
    1 hour ago• Hurricane
    Risk interactive screenshot
  10. Voting bill blocked by GOP filibuster, Dems try rules change
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    In this image from Senate Television, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
  11. DeSantis redistricting map ignites intraparty discord
    Earlier today• Politics
    FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state’s congressional map and carve up districts held by Black Democrats, as the Republican takes the unusual step of inserting himself into the redistricting process. The proposed congressional map, submitted Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signaled the governor’s priorities as the state moves to redraw political maps in the coming months. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
  12. 5 Pasco jail inmates sue, claim nurse exposed them to contaminated insulin
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    Kevin Conway and Ashlie Case Sletvold, of Peiffer Wolf, speak to reporters via Zoom about a lawsuit alleging that Pasco County Jail inmates received infected insulin over the course of a year.
  13. Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents
    Earlier today• Nation & World
    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Jan.19, 2022, in Washington. In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
  14. Student shoots, wounds another teen at Central Florida high school
    Yesterday• Crime
    Sanford police Chief Cecil Smith speaks at a news conference following a shooting at Seminole High School on Wednesday.
  15. Legislature on track to keep Florida churches open during emergencies
    Yesterday• Politics
    A wooden cross bearing cloth is pictured next to hand sanitizer and masked parishioners during Easter mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on April 4, 2021, in Tampa. The Florida Legislature is considering bills that would prevent churches from being forced to close during future emergencies, like they were in the early days of the pandemic.
  16. Robbery suspect shot after pursuit ends in front of Publix headquarters, authorities say
    Yesterday• Latest News
    Francisco Cabrera, 27, pictured in a Hillsborough County booking photo from September, was shot by law enforcement and arrested on Wednesday after shooting at officers during a pursuit from Plant City to Lakeland, authorities said.
  17. Crowd funds top $50K for Tampa man charged in Jan. 6 riots. Where should it go?
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Jeremy Brown, 47, is accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Federal agents say they found unregistered guns and two hand grenades at his Tampa home.
  18. Florida Senate passes health care liability shield
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Sen. Danny Burgess, right, sponsored the bill to protect health care providers from COVID-related lawsuits.
  19. Schools sow ‘confusion and chaos’ by stopping COVID calls home, teens say
    Yesterday• Education
    Teens move between classes on the first day of school at Sunlake High in August 2021. Sunlake students are among those asking Pasco County officials to resume the practice of calling families with information on COVID-19 cases in schools.
  20. Florida abortion bill will affect access across the South, advocates say
    Yesterday• Politics
    Joey Cousin, a transgender student from Broward County and an opponent of SB 404, known as the "parental consent" bill, speaks at a press conference at the Capitol in 2020 in Tallahassee. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2020.
  21. 2 dead in Wesley Chapel traffic crash
    Yesterday• Pasco
    Two people are dead in a crash on State Road 56 in Wesley Chapel, Pasco Fire Rescue reports.
  22. Vaccines, then prior infection, offer best protection from COVID
    Yesterday• Health
    A 62-year-old nursing home resident receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York on Sept. 27, 2021. A study released on Wednesday that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination in New York and California concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.
  23. Tampa woman pleads guilty in dark web, bitcoin murder-for-hire case
    Yesterday• Crime
    DeAnna Marie Stinson, 50, of Tampa, tried to arrange a hit on the spouse of her former lover on the dark web, authorities say.
  24. Biden administration announces more than $1 billion for Everglades restoration
    Yesterday• Environment
    Taking an airboat ride into the headwaters of the Everglades near Lake Wales you won’t even see a house or strip mall as you glide across the river of grass.
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