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She was found curled up in a filthy room, unable to speak or make eye contact. They called her a feral child. Could nurturing make up for a lifetime of neglect?
She was found curled up in a filthy room, unable to speak or make eye contact. They called her a feral child. Could nurturing make up for a lifetime of neglect?
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A Tampa boy was born with a rare disease. His parents refuse to give up hope.
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The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and other men on Florida’s Death Row.

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    Taking a concealed permit class in Tampa reveals what’s lost with the new firearms law.
  2. Tracy Otto pauses during an archery practice session at All People's Life Center in Tampa in January. Otto, 27, was paralyzed from the chest down when an ex-boyfriend attacked her in 2019. She got into archery after the attack and is now aiming to compete in the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
    Paralyzed by an ex-boyfriend in 2019, Tracy Otto of Plant City found an outlet and a purpose in archery.
  3. A supporter of former President Donald Trump takes a break outside his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
    The former president’s ability to mobilize the MAGA faithful showed signs of wear and tear in buttoned-up Palm Beach.
  4. As Tropical Storm Debby pounced on Gulfport in 2012, John “Capt. Jay” Burki, then 66, found himself stranded in his sailboat just offshore. A group of locals waded into the water and, eventually,...
  5. John "Capt. Jay" Burki has a smoke at his camp underneath the Matanzas Pass Bridge on a mid-February day in Fort Myers Beach. After Hurricane Ian smashed his boat, he woke tangled in trees, scratched and battered. A Coast Guard helicopter flew him to a shelter. “Which I walked right out of,” he says. “I can’t live with all those people.”
    For four-plus months, hurricane victims pitched tents beneath a bridge. Then they had to go.
  6. Laura McCullough gasps as she walks into the wind phone booth. Her husband, Kevin McCullough, left, stands nearby at Folly Farm Nature Preserve in Safety Harbor. She had come to call her son for his birthday.
    A mom helped create the booth at Safety Harbor’s Folly Farm park to talk to her son.
  7. Ryan and Chris Zubrick pose for a portrait at the Zubrick Magic Theatre on Feb. 6, 2023, in St.Petersburg. The couple performs family-friendly illusions Thursday through Saturday, and every other Sunday.
    Do you believe in magic?
  8. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has nine planes it flies on missions throughout the year. Likely the most famous are Miss Piggy and Kermit, WP-3D Orions used to fly into hurricanes. This NOAA WP-3D Orion was being serviced by crews after returning from a flight through Hurricane Michael at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland in 2018.
    A hurricane hunter and a forecaster give a glimpse into what their days look like during the offseason.
  9. Pat Myers, seen here in August 2022, pauses at the gravesite where his sister and her family are buried, at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Arcadia. The Walker family was murdered on December 19, 1959, and Myers has long hoped for closure as the murder remains one of the oldest unsolved cases in the state.
    The Walker family murders haunt a victim’s brother, who wants answers before he dies. He points to the ‘In Cold Blood’ killers.
  10. Sisters Yulia Hamota, 12, and Alina Hamota, 10, chat while playing on a Gulfport playground in July. The sisters arrived in Florida with their mother to live with their aunt and uncle, fleeing the Russian invasion in their native Ukraine.
    For the sisters, Florida is a land of salt water, roller skates and safe harbor. They hope their dad can join them — and that their stay is not temporary.

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Claire McNeill, Enterprise Editor

Leonora LaPeter Anton, Enterprise Reporter

Lane DeGregory, Enterprise Reporter

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