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Brayden Point leads Lightning to 4-1 win over Canadiens

TAMPA, Fla. — When Brayden Point poked the puck into the offensive zone, he found himself surrounded by four Montreal uniforms.

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022

Knee injury behind him, Bucs’ Chris Godwin is thriving again

TAMPA, Fla. — The play was a simple receiver screen. In 2022′s first regular-season game, against the Cowboys, on the first offensive snap, Chris Godwin took one step back to catch the ball, then moved forward with the rest of his career.

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022

Ailing manatees in Florida's Brevard County appear to have outlasted Christmas freeze

ORLANDO, Fla. — A cold spell and plunge in water temperature often mean a death sentence for manatees but those in the Indian River despite harsh environmental conditions and widespread starvation there survived the Christmas freeze without an uptick in the death toll, authorities said.

Orlando Sentinel · Dec 28, 2022

Emails show use of private emails, encryption app in discussing Florida’s migrant relocations

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Newly released records from Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed that his public safety czar, Larry Keefe, communicated with a Destin-based contractor hired to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts using a private email account with the call name “Clarice Starling.”

Orlando Sentinel · Dec 27, 2022

Will labor strife led by pilots become the airline industry’s next big obstacle?

The big challenges of 2022 — COVID and inflation — posed no obstacle to travelers, but finding enough pilots slowed down the travel recovery.

Tribune News Service · Dec 27, 2022

John Romano: Nothing at stake for Bucs except a title. A playoff game. A legacy.

TAMPA, Fla. — One more win, and perceptions change.

Tribune News Service · Dec 27, 2022

Floridians could soon carry guns without permit or training

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Don’t Be a Sitting Duck is in the business of teaching Floridians how to safely carry a concealed handgun.

Orlando Sentinel · Dec 27, 2022

New crackdown on abandoned boats targets ‘out-of-control’ problem in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When Rick Legow looks over the basin at Hollywood’s North Lake, it isn’t always the view he wants.

Tribune News Service · Dec 26, 2022

Christmas Day low temperatures set records among coldest in Tampa Bay’s history

TAMPA, Fla. — The blast of frigid air that swept across the United States over the past week officially has brought the coldest Christmas to the Tampa Bay area in more than 30 years.

Tribune News Service · Dec 25, 2022

John Romano: The boy nobody noticed, and a player with a heart big enough to change lives

TAMPA, Fla. — He would wait each week in a tunnel near the players’ locker room after football games at Notre Dame Stadium. His spine cruelly curved, his arms and legs forever hindered by nerve disease, the boy in the wheelchair was hard to miss. And easy to ignore.

Tribune News Service · Dec 25, 2022