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83° F, Mostly Cloudy:format(webP)/projects.tampabay.com/projects/2021/narratives/police-academy/PoliceAcademy-Narratives-link-img.jpg "After a reckoning over policing in America, 30 recruits enroll at the academy")
After a reckoning over policing in America, 30 recruits enroll at the academy
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/P37PCPIBN5CB3LWQOJJ3XV3O4U.JPG "Scott Ernest, 42, poses with a Celtic cross, which he describes as one of the most important and commonly used white supremacist symbols. \"It was made by hand by a Stormfront member. I was telling everybody I was getting out of the movement, and I wanted nothing to do with it. He drove it all the way from eastern Oregon to Montana overnight to give me as a gift. He wanted me to stay.\" Ernest left the movement in 2016 and now lives in Lakeland.")
He knew of the violence. He stayed. Can he help undo what he fueled?
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XSN6DOAG6VG63IAOIBDAQAU3W4.png "Two Black protesters flee a man pointing a gun during a protest in downtown St. Petersburg on Sept. 26, 2020.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/RDU6X5GNGRCJRIPLVTD5E3F4ZU.jpg "Boyzell Hosey says goodbye with a single rose at the conclusion of a dual service at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in St. Petersburg Nov. 21, 2020, for his father Amos Hosey (Dec. 17, 1926-Nov. 5, 2020) and his brother Roy Hosey (Dec. 1, 1952 - Nov. 15, 2020).")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/WPGPIDZ3IZDAPGFDY6APODW7PY.JPG "Barbara Burns lives now in a St. Petersburg halfway house with two roommates.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/S4SM5ATCCZAQ3NJNVVEU7QL64Y.JPG "Dorothy Hair doesn't remember exactly how James proposed. They got married because they feared he would be sent overseas to Korea. Instead, they landed at Fort Dix, N.J., where they were photographed in May 1951.")
:format(webP)/www.tampabay.com/resizer/eb5FsIr5pyY_NFYYVluoObNfLfI=/999x561/smart/filters:quality(60)/s3.amazonaws.com/ledejs/resized/gitw/600/dani1_main3.jpg "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?
:format(webP)/www.tampabay.com/resizer/9SJy4b4DTnJQg0rmOmBM80mzPxs=/999x561/smart/filters:quality(60)/s3.amazonaws.com/ledejs/resized/s2018-Lincoln/480/SP_412938_cerr_060_Lincoln.jpg "A Tampa boy was born with a rare disease. His parents refuse to give up hope.")
:format(webP)/www.tampabay.com/resizer/NbpUXggqH0FmINa1KvLPfOXscfU=/999x561/smart/filters:quality(60)/s3.amazonaws.com/ledejs/resized/blood-and-truth/1500/sp_416464_HO_02_zeigler.jpg "The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and other men on Florida’s Death Row.")
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![Drew Garabo sits at his remote broadcasting setup in the living room of his home in Odessa, Florida on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Garabo, who is fighting testicular cancer, has been broadcasting remotely from home during his afternoon radio show on 102.5-FM The Bone.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "Drew Garabo sits at his remote broadcasting setup in the living room of his home in Odessa, Florida on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Garabo, who is fighting testicular cancer, has been broadcasting remotely from home during his afternoon radio show on 102.5-FM The Bone.")
Staring down chemotherapy, Tampa’s 102.5 The Bone host returned to the air to clear his head.- Raymond Krug, 75, lives on his own. Headed to the bank, he double-checked for his wallet. But where did it go?
- A couple who met at USF launched a podcast that promised to make sense of love — then, after eight years of episodes, split.
- Finding their refugee sister and nieces a path to immigration has sometimes felt hopeless. But how can they not try?
- One year after their escape, much remains uncertain. But on an ordinary morning, they celebrated their independence day.
- The Florida Legislature could soon ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
- If you haven’t donated, now is the time.
- Will the Goya truck bring what Freddy Castillo needs?
- Stephen Kruspe, whose children are divided, wants a jury to understand.
- • Investigations & NarrativesStephen Kruspe’s wife, who was struggling with dementia, begged him to kill her.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/HWOVDSDHPRAAXGQ4Y25BJOYLOM.jpg "Drew Garabo sits at his remote broadcasting setup in the living room of his home in Odessa, Florida on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Garabo, who is fighting testicular cancer, has been broadcasting remotely from home during his afternoon radio show on 102.5-FM The Bone.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7K6ZP66TRNEJ3DKOP3LJ6HPPEY.jpg "An unidentified rider of Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority's Route 18 turns in Raymond Krug's belongings to the bus driver. Krug wished he knew who the woman was, so he could thank her. “There are still a few good people out there,” he said.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/JFCNKA325RHDBHJM6YTZ5J7SZY.jpeg "Chase Kosterlitz and Sarah Byrne, the hosts of the \"I Do\" podcast, with their daughter Stella.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/SGPUEG32ABBORGREHHOM77S6CI.jpg "Ulyana Fylypovych and her fiance, Eric Cudar, have been working through the U.S. State Department to bring Fylypovych’s older sister and her two children to Gulfport from Poland, where they’re temporarily sheltered in an Airbnb with the aid Fylypovych and Cudar have been able to provide them.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/AE5MVKMGDNA7BAOSWTXHTQCUSM.jpg "On the anniversary of the day they left their abuser, a mother and her daughters stand at their kitchen counter, the kind of quiet moment they have only enjoyed in the last year.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/NEVIGEF7EBBMXPVNYWWW3EJMXQ.jpg "Danielle Tallafuss, 35, poses for a portrait with a corduroy dinosaur she bought for Nathaniel in her bedroom on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Danielle and her husband decided to terminate her pregnancy at 22 weeks after learning that Nathaniel would have been born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome — an underdevelopment of the left side of the heart — to protect their child from the toll his condition would take on his life.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/KSLN4LVEHRH5PJ7OWA4Q7AF3H4.jpg "Manuel Pego, 61, of St. Petersburg donates blood at OneBlood in St. Petersburg on Jan. 24, which he does frequently. “It’s not so bad, it’s mostly psychological,” Pego said of the process. “At the end of the day the big incentive is getting to help other people.”")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VR3ZGVOP35GFZM2ZIOIGP5MM4A.jpg "Orlando Latin Market owner Freddy Castillo counts the cases of Goya juice that were just delivered. He never knows how much of his order will be filled until the truck arrives.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/4I4QI2KOZFELZI2R2WSR65PNAE.JPG "Stephen Kruspe appears at a September 2020 bond hearing at the Palm Beach County Courthouse. Charged with murdering his wife of 42 years, he faces life in prison. Lawyer Christopher Haddad, right, tries to get a judge to release Steve on bail.")
:focal(578x600:588x590):format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/IGEL4TU4BZD77HYEM7AJLHZSQU.jpg "Kruspe family photo.")
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