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![The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a hearing June 8 on a proposal by the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. that would lead to double-digit rate increases for homeowners.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a hearing June 8 on a proposal by the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. that would lead to double-digit rate increases for homeowners.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GW4KH24NPQ5MC3RUB77BHSHHVM.jpg "A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stands in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista in 2019. Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to Florida's theme parks and hotels to go on thrill rides, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside in a decades-long tradition known as Gay Days.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XGFD42YCTFFWHDCXVZ6V7ZIINY.jpg "From left, Glenn Danzig, Lionel Richie, Post Malone, Beyoncé, Madonna, Kenny Loggins and Eric Church all have upcoming concerts in the Tampa Bay area.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Q4D4VQZCM5GVTHDQ7S2RX7JLT4.JPG "An 11-month-old baby girl died after being left in a hot car for three hours while her parents were inside a church on Florida’s Space Coast for services, authorities said.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/BT3HL4AOSQONIQQOP2YTE2FZZ4.jpg "Danny Masterson and his wife Bijou Phillips arrive for closing arguments in his second rape trial, Tuesday in Los Angeles. Masterson is charged with raping three women at his Los Angeles home between 2001 and 2003.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/TMKLFFRLIVFAHMQIBDOANJREKA.jpg "In this image taken from police body camera video provided by the Lowndes County, Ga., Sheriff's Office, a vehicle goes airborne after driving up the ramp of a flatbed tow truck on a Georgia highway.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XOJDLOGHEUI6TBKNIBWI6S7HAY.jpg "The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a hearing June 8 on a proposal by the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. that would lead to double-digit rate increases for homeowners.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/W4A5B6OY2FAN7K6FNKYHS5C7AQ.jpeg "Brick Street Farms runs a growing operation in St. Petersburg.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/6PJS3XR65VEENC5VZBMEZYB6MM.jpg "A digital illustration in bright Copic marker and pencil shows a cluster of realistically drawn Amanita muscaria mushrooms in different phases of growth, from the button stage to fully mature. These mushrooms have a distinct red cap covered in small, white nubs, which give it a spotted appearance. The gills and stem are a cream white color.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z3MN2ACNFKNXIXV7TKW3GZZSYA.jpg "This Jan. 21, 2019, photo provided by the Miami Dade Department of Corrections shows Mark Allen Bartlett. Bartlett was sentenced to probation in South Florida Tuesday for pulling a gun and yelling racial slurs in a traffic confrontation with a group of Black teenagers protesting housing inequality on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2019.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/KRQWUW53V5EWZHMB2I377MJCU4.png "As of an 8 a.m. update Wednesday, the National Weather Service expects an area of thunderstorms to bring heavy rainfall to the Tampa Bay-area this week.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/S6WINXGETEI6TKTRIBWI6S7HAY.jpg "The Miami and Tampa metro areas continue to lead the nation in housing price hikes, according to a report released Tuesday. Miami had a 7.7% year-over-year price increase, followed by Tampa with a 4.8% increase, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices analysis found.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/WSHUUBPFMYGGQ2VYPREGKL66LQ.jpg "The Carnival cruise line ship Carnival Magic sits docked on April, 2020 in Cape Canaveral. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it's searching for a man who fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Florida.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/5QSOGQMOT5ZLWEFTS2RFNBTVI4.jpg "A Hollywood Police Car sits parked near the Hollywood Beach Theatre on Monday. Nine people, including three children, were shot.")
![Former Democratic presidential candidate and businessman Andrew Yang was in Tampa last week to promote a new third political party. [MARY ALTAFFER | Associated Press (2020)]](https://www.tampabay.com/resizer//hi5smYtd7ULnymfK_8E7uF1Y30U=/320x180/filters:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/YZWYWKLE2RG4HA33ETYZL2KEYU.jpg "Former Democratic presidential candidate and businessman Andrew Yang was in Tampa last week to promote a new third political party. [MARY ALTAFFER | Associated Press (2020)]")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/O7WOYMAAVCWT7JRPEAULZWU2RY.jpg "A white shark swims across a sand bar off the Massachusetts coast of Cape Cod, Aug. 13, 2021. Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in the age-old summer question of whether it's safe to go in the water.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/NKWSKA2XWN63MUH73T4E6FFMOI.jpg "Nichole Schmidt, Gabby Petito's mother, wipes a tear from her face during a news conference on Nov. 3, 2022, in Salt Lake City. A letter written by Roberta Laundrie to her late son Brian Laundrie can be used by the attorney for Gabby Petito’s parents in preparation for their negligence lawsuit filed against Laundrie’s parents and their New York-based attorney in their high-profile case involving Petito’s death, a Florida judge has ruled.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/QH75NCHQIJESHCI7DLUDHHN3RM.png "Tim Burke in a promotional image for Netflix's documentary series \"Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist.\" Burke, formerly a journalist for Deadspin, broke the Manti T'eo girlfriend hoax story. On May 8, federal agents searched the Seminole Heights home Burke shares with his wife, Tampa City Council member Lynn Hurtak.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/V34WY7RXP5CS3NT7VX7233GKK4.JPG "Michael Keetley, third from left, stands with his attorneys as he is sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of Juan and Sergio Guitron and the attempted murders of four other men, Friday in Tampa.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/2NYR7WGXRFCGDP62IH7GVSKMKY.JPG "A good hurricane kit is essential for Floridians during hurricane season.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/B2UZKCDQOVATVAINVWLPTUMYDY.jpg "Lynn Hurtak, left, and her husband, Tim Burke, right, attend the Oath of Office Ceremony at Armature Works for Mayor Jane Castor and City Council members May 1 in Tampa.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LCKWA2EUUIGYDOEWUEGVFYDJR4.jpg "Police in Tallahassee say an armed woman ambushed them, firing shots, as they searched for a suspect in a park Thursday night.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/WJPYCEWWQBDGJC4T3M64RE2R7A.jpg "Getty Images")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/WAXOM6PWZVCK5CLESGWFHYWNOU.jpg "Isabella \"Bella\" Perez, 15, remains still as she has a pink tiara placed on her head before taking the stage as one of seven teen models from the PACE Center for Girls during the 14th annual Value Me 2023 Luncheon and Fashion Show.")
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