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The Bucs lose in Atlanta 34-29 as the defense gets off to another bad start. Jameis Winston brings them back in his first start of the season, but they lose on a crazy play that was very close to working.Rick Stroud and Times sports columnist Tom Jon...

NEW YORK — Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. Sears once dominated the American retail landscape. But the big question is whether the shrunken version of itself can be via...

Officials said that a similar number of people were reported missing after Hurricane Irma struck the the Keys last year.But surveying Michael’s path of destruction poses challenges. The Panhandle is largely populated by small towns, spread acro...

CAPE SAN BLAS — On the kind of sunny, no-clouds-in-the-sky day that usually brings tourists and dogs to frolic on the sand dunes, residents instead trekked over broken asphalt, alongside a leveled beach, on a pilgrimage to find out what was left.The ...

Avoidance is a great way to mitigate risk. As in, get out of trouble’s way, or don’t be there to begin with.When it comes to hurricanes, that good advice is getting harder to heed. In Florida, we continue to build along our coasts, often just a few f...

ST. PETE BEACH — A Lakeland mother who went to Pass-a-Grille with her six children Saturday died after being caught in a tidal current, Pinellas deputies said.Samar Aboukhdair, 36, was out Saturday afternoon near the southernmost tip of the beach.Acc...

Sen. Bill Nelson, who toured Tyndall Air Force Base on Sunday morning and witnessed firsthand the destruction caused by Hurricane Michael, said he will recommend the base be rebuilt."The base is destroyed," Nelson told the Tampa Bay Times. He added t...

They won't win the World Series. And they didn't even make the playoffs.Yet, the Rays were baseball's "most consequential baseball team" this season, according to Sports Illustrated.The opener strategy first employed by the Rays presents "the biggest...

LONDON — Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess of Sussex are expecting a child in the spring, Kensington Palace said Monday. The announcement came as Harry and the former Meghan Markle arrived in Sydney at the start of a 16-day visit to Australia, Fi...

Catching you up on overnight happenings, and what to know today.• We’ll have partly cloudy skies today, according to the National Weather Service. Highs will be in the upper 80s and low 90s.• As you head out for your morning commute, check out our l...