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  1. Busch Gardens in Tampa hopes to reopen in mid June
    40 minutes ago• Theme Parks
    Busch Gardens pictured in 2019. [LUIS SANTANA | Tampa Bay Times]
  2. Judge denies innocence claims of Pinellas death row inmate
    2 hours ago• Florida
    In an evidentiary hearing in the case of James Dailey, who faces execution for the 1985 murder of Shelly Boggio in Indian Rocks Beach, Dailey, center, is seated in court in Pinellas County, Thursday, March 5, 2020. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]
  3. Reopening Florida universities will take ‘shared responsibility,’ education leaders say
    5 hours ago• Health
    The Florida Board of Governors approved a set of guidelines Thursday as a first step toward a fall reopening of campuses, including the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
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  5. Tampa band Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids go viral, perform on Ellen Show
    Earlier today• Kids & Family
    Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids, a band founded by Tampa musician Colt Clark and his children. [Courtesy of Aubree Clark]
  6. Conspiracy: Florida weather messed up the SpaceX launch to look cool
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Storm clouds pass over the Vehicle Assembly Building as the SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, sits on launch pad 39-A Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. [DAVID J. PHILLIP | AP]
  7. Nearly 1 in 4 American workers has filed an unemployment claim
    Yesterday• Business
    Aurora Ortega picks up an unemployment form at a Miami-Dade County library last month. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) [LYNNE SLADKY | AP]
  8. 49 percent of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine, poll says
    Yesterday• Health
    Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 on March 16 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. He was the second patient to receive the shot in the study. According to a new poll, 20 percent of Americans surveyed said they won’t get the vaccine and 31 percent said they weren’t sure. [TED S. WARREN | Associated Press]
  9. Florida, other states should act to minimize fraud in jobless aid, feds say
    May 27• Business
    A U.S. Department of Labor assistant inspector general said this week that states should take more steps to make sure that Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which was created to help displaced independent contractors and gig workers like rideshare drivers, is not paid to fraudulent applicants. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, 2013)
  10. Here’s how to watch today’s historic SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral
    May 27• Florida
    There's a long tradition of peering across the Florida peninsula from the Tampa Bay area to see space launches at Cape Canaveral. Here, in October 1998, when there were no coronavirus restrictions, a crowd gathered to see a space shuttle carry pioneer astronaut John Glenn back into space. [Times (1998)]
  11. Hurricane 2020: Seven things to know about a hurricane season like no other
    May 27• Hurricane
    Left: The U.S. National Institutes of Health released this electron microscope image of the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. in April. Right: The wreckage of Mexico Beach in December 2018, two months after Hurricane Michael made landfall that year with top sustained winds of 155 mph. When hurricane season starts June 1, Florida must prepare for a major storm while still dealing with the pandemic. [DOUGLAS CLIFFORD | NIAID-RML via AP | Times]
  12. Sheltering in motels? How wildfires helped a Florida county get ready for hurricane season
    May 27• Hurricane
    In this May 6 photo, a Florida forestry tractor trailer is parked near a hot spot from a Panhandle wildfire. The way Santa Rosa County evacuated people from the wildfires could be a preview of evacuations conducted during the pandemic this hurricane season. [DEVON RAVINE | AP]
  13. Defense contractor Pole Star Global opening St. Petersburg office
    May 26• Business
    Pole Star Global, based in London, is opening an office in the Ceridian building on 34th Street South in St. Petersburg. DIRK SHADD | Tampa Bay Times (2019)
  14. HCA Healthcare plans hospital layoffs, nurses say
    May 26• Health
    HCA Healthcare nurses Debbie Montoya, left, Mary Dechari, second from left, and Roseanne O'Malley speak with an unidentified hospital employee outside the Medical Center of Trinity in April. At the time, they were protesting what they said was a lack of protective equipment at HCA hospitals. Later this week, HCA nurses are planning similar protests over reported layoffs. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  15. Widower: Delete Trump Tweets suggesting wife was murdered
    May 26• Florida Politics
    MSNBC television anchor Joe Scarborough, shown here in 2017, has called for the removal of tweets by President Donald Trump suggesting Scarborough murdered a former congressional staffer. The woman's widower has now joined in the call. [STEVEN SENNE | AP]
  16. Appeals court overturns $109 million verdict in USF botched surgery case
    May 26• News
    A jury awarded Lisa-Maria Carter $109 million after a routine gynecological procedure caused her to lose her hands and feet. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]
  17. U.S. astronauts go back to the future with capsule launch
    May 26• Nation & World
    This illustration made available by SpaceX depicts the company's Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket during an uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. [SpaceX via AP]
  18. Stormy weather could delay SpaceX’s first astronaut launch
    May 26• Nation & World
    The SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A on Monday at Kennedy Space Center. Weather threatens to delay Wednesday's launch. [DAVID J. PHILLIP | AP]
  19. Pensacola minor league team lists stadium on AirBnB for $1,500. It’s booked up.
    May 25• Florida
    The Pensacola Blue Wahoos say guests will have access to the clubhouse, a large bedroom, the batting cage and the field. [cityofpensacola.com]
  20. SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style
    May 24• News
    In this Saturday, March 2, 2019 file photo, Elon Musk, left, CEO of SpaceX, speaks accompanied by NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, center, and Doug Hurley during a news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 Demo-1 launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. [JOHN RAOUX | AP]
  21. Overcast weather could dampen Memorial Day weekend
    May 24• News
    Sunset Beach at Treasure Island on Saturday morning. By Sunday the crowds were showing up early to avid the dark clouds on the horizon that threatened to dampen the afternoon. Monday is expected to be rainy for Memorial Day. [Megan Reeves]
  22. Coronavirus in Florida latest: fizzling fireworks, busy beaches and confusion over alcohol sales
    May 24• Health
    About two dozen police officer patrolled Clearwater Beach on Saturday, May 23, 2020, in hopes of maintaining social distancing requirements among Memorial Day weekend crowds. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  23. Ex-congressman Allen West injured in Texas crash
    May 24• Nation & World
    Former congressman and retired Lt. Col. Allen West speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event on June 19, 2014, in Washington. West was injured in a motorcycle crash on May 23 in Texas. [MOLLY RILEY | AP]
  24. Memorial Day weekend plus a pandemic equals busy beaches in Pinellas
    May 23• Health
    Clearwater beach nearly at capacity during Memorial Day weekend as law enforcement limits crowds to provide for proper social distancing Saturday. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
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