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  1. Could Tampa Bay’s Red Tide be connected to Piney Point disaster?
    1 hour ago• Environment
    Dead fish lie on the sand at Indian Shores on Thursday.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. More Red Tide detected as Pinellas issues health warning
    Yesterday• Environment
    Dead fish lie on the sand at Indian Shores Beach in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
  12. City of Brooksville accidentally sells its water tower
    Yesterday• Florida
    When a local resident asked about purchasing a building at the base of Brooksville's water tower,
  13. Florida unemployment office axes call centers despite thousands who still need help
    Yesterday• Florida
    FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, envelopes from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Reemployment Assistance Program are shown, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
  14. Florida Publix shooter had recently declared bankruptcy
    Yesterday• Crime
    Law enforcement officers are on scene investigating a shooting at a Publix in Royal Palm Beach on Thursday.
  15. Tampa Bay Times reporters win the newsroom’s 13th Pulitzer Prize
    Yesterday• Investigations
    Paul Tash, Chairman and CEO of the Times Publishing Company, left, Tampa Bay Times Executive Editor Mark Katches, reporters Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, and former Deputy Editor of Investigations Adam Playford watch as McGrory and Bedi are announced as the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting on Friday, June 11, 2021, for their groundbreaking series about a Pasco County law enforcement initiative that harassed local residents. This is the 13th Pulitzer Prize awarded to the Times.
  16. Florida police officer run over, shots fired at woman after hit and run
    Yesterday• Crime
    A woman ran over a South Florida police officer who was trying to stop her from fleeing, and at least one officer fired shots at her, authorities said.
  17. 3 dead in Florida Publix shooting include grandmother, grandson
    Yesterday• Crime
    Law enforcement officers are on scene investigating a shooting at a Publix along Okeechobee Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach on Thursday June 10, 2021.
  18. U.S. deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid coronavirus
    Jun. 11• Health
    In this March 30, 2020 photo, a worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early June, the U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020. And experts believe a main reason may be that many people who suffered dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus.
  19. Amber Alert canceled for 6-year-old Florida girl
    Jun. 10• Florida
    An Amber Alert was issued Thursday afternoon for a 6-year-old Florida girl.
  20. The Sunshine Skyway wasn’t lit for Pride. Could that change?
    Jun. 10• Business
    The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is seen lit up on Oct. 20, 2019 in St. Petersburg. The Florida Department of Transportation installed about 1,800 colored LED light fixtures on the Sunshine Skyway bridge. St. Petersburg asked the state in 2020 and 2021 to light the bridge up with rainbow colors for Pride month, but the state said that was not one of the Skyway's pre-existing light patterns.
  21. Splendid views of the colors and shapes at the Florida Botanical Gardens
    Jun. 10• Travel
    Looking up at a Hibiscus bush at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo.
  22. Big alligator slips into Spring Hill post office lobby
    Jun. 10• Hernando
    A patron found an alligator sprawled across the lobby of a Spring Hill post office.
  23. Court blocks controversial pesticide used on Florida citrus
    Jun. 10• Politics
    Orange buds growing in a citrus grove in Florida. A panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided this week to overturn federal approval of the aldicarb pesticide in the production of Florida oranges and grapefruit.
  24. The city that’s home to Trump’s South Florida resort just voted to ban casinos
    Jun. 10• Florida
    A sign at the entrance to the Trump National Doral golf resort on April 20, 2020, in Doral, Florida.
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