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  1. See which cruise lines are offering deals this holiday season
    • Travel
    Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas arrives at Port Canaveral on Aug. 9. The company’s second Icon-class ship is the world’s largest cruise ship.
  2. Yarn meets java at St. Petersburg’s coziest new hangout
    • Things To Do
    The Common Thread offers a wide range of yarns, tools and accessories, while workshops cover knitting, crocheting, embroidery and advanced techniques like brioche stitching, sock knitting, rug tufting and needlepoint.
  3. Florida’s dreaded hurricane season that wasn’t | Column
    • Viewpoints
    A hurricane-damaged pier is pictured in Boca Ciega Bay in Gulfport. This year's quiet storm season should give us all pause.
  5. St. Petersburg’s annual Shopapalooza returns this weekend
    • Things To Do
    Shoppers browse for items at vendor booths during the Shopapalooza Festival at Vinoy Park on Nov. 25, 2023, in St. Petersburg. The annual tradition returns to the park this weekend.
  6. What’s open or coming soon to Manatee County? See what’s new
    • Business
    A danish at the newly-opened Eleanor’s Coffee and Cakes in Palmetto’s historical State Bank building on 10th Ave. W. on Oct. 21, 2025.
  7. Florida’s insurance commissioner wants to oversee companies’ AI use
    • Politics
    Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Commissioner Mike Yaworsky, pictured here at a National Association of Insurance Commissioners conference in March 2023, said he wants to make sure state regulators can properly oversee the use of AI by insurance companies.
  8. Treasure Island sends Thunderbird owners back to the drawing board
    • Pinellas
    Treasure Island's iconic Thunderbird Beach Resort will be demolished, but when it will occur — and what exactly will replace it — are unknowns.
  9. Trump was misleading about Walmart Thanksgiving dinner price comparison
    • Politics
    PolitiFact examined the price of Walmart's Thanksgiving meal package after President Donald Trump referenced it in talking points about lowering prices.
  10. What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving in Tampa Bay
    • Business
    Whole Foods will open for part of the day on Thanksgiving for last-minute shopping. Many other grocery stores in the Tampa Bay area will be closed.
  11. Court OKs Florida to enforce social media law restricting children’s access
    • Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, is pictured in 2024 with Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, who made the social media bill a priority of that legislative session, and Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo in Tallahassee. An appeals court said Florida can begin enforcing its 2024 social media law as a legal battle plays out.
  12. Justice Department investigating Busch Gardens’ ban on rollator walkers
    • Theme Parks
    A map is seen at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay on June 6. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the parent company that owns the theme park after complaints that its parks' ban on rollator walkers discriminates against guests with disabilities.
  13. Bucs offensive line hands out Thanksgiving meals to families
    • Photos
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle Lorenz Metz helps deliver a Thanksgiving pie to a family during the annual Turkey Time with the O-Line Tuesday in Tampa.
  14. In the 2026 governor’s race, what exactly is Jay Collins doing?
    • Politics
    Jay Collins, a former Green Beret and decorated veteran, speaks moments after being sworn in as Florida’s new lieutenant governor on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Tampa Green Beret Association’s Team House outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Collins is weighing a run for governor in 2026.
  15. See inside Saddlebrook Resort’s $92 million renovation
    • Business
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  16. Not all ‘Selling Sunset’: New real estate agents struggle in Miami
    • Florida
    LUXE Properties real estate agent Angie Zavala, 26, takes a cell phone video of a condominium unit for sale in Miami Beach, Florida on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
  17. Winn-Dixie is going all-in on Florida. Will the gamble pay off?
    • Business
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  18. FDOT study used to scrap SunRunner lane ‘incomplete,’ ‘unfair’, experts say
    • Transportation
    A SunRunner bus drives by in a dedicated bus lane on Pasadena Avenue that has since been painted over by the state on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 in South Pasadena. The state cited an increase in crashes on the slice of Pasadena that had a dedicated bus lane.
  19. Inside the 12,000-photo quest to document Tampa’s last cigar factories
    • History
    Drew Newman, great-grandson of J.C. Newman Cigar Co.'s founder, on left, and Zack Wittman, journalist and documentary photographer, pictured with their new photo book at J.C. Newman Cigar Co. factory, 2701 N 16th St, on Friday, Nov. 14, in Tampa. The two were photographed in the American Room as cigar rolling was taking place.
  20. Feeding homesick ballplayers launched this Clearwater restaurateur’s dream
    • Food News
    Arepas Maita in Clearwater offers a variety of freshly made arepas. On the griddle, fried dough, chicharrón dough and traditional grilled arepas share the spotlight. The most popular ones are grilled, filled with carne mechada — known as Ropa Vieja in Cuba — and yellow cheese, said Paola Bordón, owner of the restaurant.
  21. Trump proposed $2,000 payments from tariff dividends. Would that work?
    • Politics
    President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2. Earlier this month, Trump promised Americans $2,000 each from the "trillions of dollars" in tariff revenue he said his administration has collected.
  22. Long-awaited Cheesecake Factory finally arrives in Wesley Chapel
    • Food News
    The Cheesecake Factory at the Tampa Premium Outlets opened its doors to customers Nov. 11, featuring its signature telephone book menus and, of course, its wide variety of cheesecakes, while adding yet another dining experience to central Pasco County.
  23. The St. Petersburg/Foot Locker HQ deal is dead. What went wrong?
    • Business
    Shoppers walk past a Foot Locker store at University Mall in Tampa on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
  24. Florida House discusses ideas to cut property taxes
    • Elections
    Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, speaks during the first day of the legislative session at the Florida State Capitol on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Tallahassee, Fla.
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