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  1. Rebuffed by Spirit, JetBlue goes hostile in takeover bid
    33 minutes ago• Business
    A JetBlue airplane is shown at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines and asking shareholders of the low-cost carrier to reject a proposed $2.9 billion acquisition by Frontier Airlines. JetBlue is going straight to shareholders of the Florida airline in hopes of pushing its board to the negotiating table. Shares of spirit jumped 17% before the opening bell Monday, May 16, 2022.
  2. Abortion laws could affect care for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies
    37 minutes ago• Health
    Texas' abortion restrictions are creating uncertainties that may deter some doctors and other providers from offering optimal miscarriage treatment.
  3. U.S. suffers 1 million COVID-19 deaths in just over 2 years
    1 hour ago• Health
    Sara Atkins poses for a photo, in Wynnewood, Pa., on May 10 while holding a pillow with an image of her father Andy Rotman-Zaid, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. She channels her grief into fighting for global vaccination and better access to health care to honor her father.
  5. Florida death row inmates promised more humane treatment after lawsuit settlement
    6 hours ago• Florida
    Two corrections officers walk past cells on death row at Union Correctional Institution.
  6. Largo man arrested on animal cruelty, child neglect charges; 33 dogs seized
    Yesterday• News
    These three pit bull terrier puppies were among more than 30 dogs seized from a property off 119th Street North in unincorporated Largo on Saturday, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Terrell Coley, 38, was arrested on multiple counts of animal cruelty and two counts of child neglect.
  7. Plane crash lands on Miami bridge, hits vehicle head-on; one dead
    Yesterday• Florida
    One was killed and five were injured on Saturday when a single-engine Cessna 172 plane made a crash landing on the Haulover bridge, struck a vehicle and then caught fire.
  8. In Tampa and across the U.S., rallying to support abortion rights
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    More than 1,000 activists gathered in downtown Tampa on Saturday in conjunction with hundreds of rallies in support of abortion rights held coast to coast and in Hawaii. The “Bans off our Bodies” rallies were organized after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests it will overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion.
  9. In U.S. hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away
    Yesterday• Health
    Hospitals are not required to report most drug mix-ups, so many incidents go unreported.
  10. Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed Supreme Court
    May 14• Nation & World
    Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks Sept. 16, 2021, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust.
  11. Baby formula shortage is a nightmare for Tampa Bay parents
    May 14• Health
    Dominique Dudley, 31, gives a 7-ounce filled bottle to her 6-month-old son Amir at their St. Petersburg home on Thursday. His mother switched from breastfeeding to baby formula in January because she wasn’t able to pump during the day due to work. But now Amir's parents and parents across the country are grappling with the national baby formula shortage.
  12. Rally for abortion rights in Tampa
    May 14• Latest News
    More than 1,000 activists gathered in downtown Tampa on Saturday in conjunction with hundreds of rallies in support of abortion rights held coast to coast and in Hawaii. The “Bans off our Bodies” rallies were organized after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests it will overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion.
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  13. COVID infections hit 5,600 a day in Florida. But is it a new wave?
    May 13• Health
    Nurse Alejandra Cruz works at a COVID-19 testing site on Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon campus on Feb. 7, 2022. Florida is now averaging more than 5,600 infections a day, the highest daily average since February.
  14. Florida gas prices set another record high
    May 13• News
    Florida gas prices were above the national average, according AAA auto club, which cited a series of factors.
  15. Musk puts $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on hold
    May 13• Business
    CEO Elon Musk departs from the justice center in Wilmington, Del., on July 13, 2021.
  16. People on Florida yacht popped party balloons, dumped them into bay, video shows
    May 13• Florida
    The skyline of Miami is seen at the entrance to the Miami River from a boat on Biscayne Bay this week. Detectives determined that about 50 deflated party balloons had been dumped into Biscayne Bay at the Bayshore Landing on Tuesday.
  17. Florida soldier killed by bear attack in Alaska, U.S. Army says
    May 13• Florida
    This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army, shows Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant, of St. Augustine, Fla. The Army says Plant died of injuries sustained in a bear attack on Tuesday in Alaska.
  18. U.S. ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots, White House says
    May 13• Health
    White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House on April 26. Speaking to the Associated Press, Jha said Americans' immune protection from the virus is waning and the virus is adapting to be more contagious, and that booster doses for most people will be necessary — with the potential for enhanced protection from a new generation of shots.
  19. Polk toddler weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces at death. Couple charged with felony child neglect
    May 12• Crime
    Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd uses toy blocks to compare the weight of a nearly 3-year-old toddler who died in Davenport, at left, to the weight of a typical child her age, at right. A Davenport couple were arrested and charged with child neglect in the death of the toddler, who weighed 9.5 pounds. An average child her age would weigh 32 pounds.
  20. Reckless driver in Florida said arrest was on her bucket list, deputy says
    May 12• Crime
    A 19-year-old South Florida woman who fled from law enforcement in the Florida Keys on Thursday told the deputy who caught up to her that getting arrested was on her “bucket list.”
  21. Biden marks COVID ‘tragic milestone’ in U.S. at global summit
    May 12• Health
    The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House in Washington on Thursday as the Biden administration commemorates 1 million American lives lost due to COVID-19.
  22. Florida Democrats lose future leader amid sexual harassment allegations
    May 12• Politics
    Rep. Ramon Alexander, D-Tallahassee, will not seek reelection in 2022.
  23. Being autistic in Florida means delayed diagnosis, delayed therapy
    May 12• Health
    Tyler Dumouchel, 5, is pictured playing May 6 at We Rock the Spectrum Playground in Clearwater. Tyler is autistic and the indoor gym is a safe space for him to run around. Some Florida parents complain that they have to wait months for their children to get diagnosed with autism, which then delays needed therapies.
  24. UF researchers grow plants using moon soil, making history. ‘Holy cow!’
    May 12• Education
    Rob Ferl, left, and Anna-Lisa Paul look at plates containing plants grown in samples of soil collected from the moon.
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