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  1. As Florida hits 10,000 cases a day, experts seek more COVID data from state
    34 minutes ago• Health
    Jennifer Loyless, holds her daughter, Avery, 12, as she prepares to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile site in West Palm Beach on May 14.
  2. Red Tide’s return raises fears about the health of Tampa Bay
    6 hours ago• Environment
    Dead fish fill the end of a canal along Snell Isle on July 16 in St. Petersburg.
  3. Jane Castor says no money in Tampa police budget for affordable housing
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Mayor Jane Castor, left, and City Council chairman Orlando Gudes, right, sign a new Citizen Review Board ordinance in the mayor's conference room on Thursday.
  5. Florida condo collapse search ends
    Yesterday• Florida
    Search and rescue team members climb the debris field of Champlain Towers South in Surfside on July 7, 2021.
  6. Tampa General hopes COVID antibody treatment can ease burden on ICU as cases soar
    Yesterday• Health
    Jahnitza Debbs, 22, has her vitals checked by Tiffany Vasey, a nurse practitioner with TeamHealth, before receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 at Tampa General Hospital’s Global Emerging Diseases Institute on July 22.
  7. Polk Sheriff’s Office charges 32 suspects in drug trafficking investigation
    Yesterday• News
    Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announces charges against 32 suspects after a 16-month drug trafficking investigation in the Lake Wales area.
  8. Florida homeowners yell at man trying to save neighbor’s life on their lawn
    Yesterday• Florida
    The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says this man, identified only as Tony, possibly saved a man's life as he convulsed inside a car — which rolled down into the lawn of a family who, instead of helping, yelled at them to get off their property.
  9. Florida man forced man from car, put gun to his head and made him kneel, police say
    Yesterday• Crime
    A Florida man forced another driver out of his vehicle at gunpoint and threatened to kill him, because he was angry about a possible hit-and-run crash, police said.
  10. Polk deputy shoots, kills armed Davenport man charging at him, PCSO says
    Yesterday• Crime
    A Polk County deputy fatally shot a 37-year-old Davenport man who charged at the deputy with a knife, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
  11. Disney may get $570M in tax breaks for new Florida campus: report
    Yesterday• Business
    Disney is set to receive more than a half-billion dollars in tax breaks for a new corporate center.
  12. Car hits, kills 10-year-old Florida girl on bicycle, troopers say
    Yesterday• Florida
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  13. Tampa Bay Times assembles its first Community Reader Panel
    Yesterday• News
    The Tampa Bay Times Community Reader Panel has been formed. It is made up of 50 people from around the bay who will meet quarterly with journalists.
  14. Former Lakeland commissioner’s ‘stand your ground’ bid to dismiss murder charge denied
    Jul. 21• Crime
    Lakeland police say that former Lakeland City Commissioner Michael Dunn shot and killed Christobal Lopez as Lopez tried to leave the Vets Army Navy Surplus store on Oct. 3, 2018, without paying for a hatchet. This is a screen grab of a store surveillance video released by police.
  15. Surfside collapse victims to get $150 million initially, judge says
    Jul. 21• Florida
    Champlain Towers South tenant Paolo Longobardi, center, listens closely as other residents share their grief and thoughts regarding the future of the Champlain Towers South site during a hearing Wednesday.
  16. British man arrested in Twitter attack masterminded by Tampa teen
    Jul. 21• Crime
    A British man has been charged in the United States in connection with a Twitter hack last summer that compromised the accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls.
  17. DeSantis defends state response to Red Tide in Tampa Bay amid calls to declare emergency
    Jul. 21• Environment
    Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, backed by wildlife experts, marine business owners and politicians, talks about the state’s overall effort to combat the recent Red Tide outbreak plaguing Tampa Bay waters, during a press conference held at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. At this moment, the DeSantis was pushing back on a question from a reporter who said the St. Petersburg Mayor, Rick Kriseman accused the governor of politicizing Red Tide. In rebuttal, DeSantis said it was Kriseman who introduced politics into the Red Tide discussions.
  18. Rising natural gas prices could cause Florida utility bills to increase
    Jul. 21• Business
    Tampa Electric Co.'s Big Ben Power Station in Apollo Beach. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  19. Florida man spots clothes on lanai, finds woman skinny dipping in pool
    Jul. 21• Florida
    A woman, 42, found skinny dipping in a stranger's pool was charged with trespassing and resisting a law enforcement officer without violence.
  20. COVID causes largest decline in U.S. life expectancy since World War II
    Jul. 21• Health
    In this March 27, 2020 photo, William Samuels delivers caskets to the Gerard Neufeld Funeral Home during the coronavirus pandemic in the Queens borough of New York. A report by the National Center for Health Statistics released Wednesday found that average life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering 1.5 years during 2020, a year when the coronavirus claimed more than 377,000 lives.
  21. Florida authorities arrest 30 in cockfighting investigation
    Jul. 20• Florida
    Thirty people were arrested as part of the bust of a north Florida cockfighting ring, the state Department of Agriculture reported Tuesday.
  22. Truck crash dumps cow manure on I-95 in Florida
    Jul. 20• Florida
    It’s a smelly situation in central Florida after a crash involving a tractor trailer and a dump truck left cow manure over a portion of Interstate 95.
  23. Canada border changes could boost Florida tourism
    Jul. 20• Business
    Clearwater Beach. [Times (2019)]
  24. Florida pet rescuer gets jail for starving cats in apartment
    Jul. 20• Florida
    Cheryn Smilen, left, stands at the courtroom podium in Miami with defense lawyer Gabriela Centofanti as she pleads guilty to animal cruelty, on Monday.
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