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Tom Brady attends surprise wedding of Patriots owner Robert Kraft

TAMPA, Fla. — Bucs quarterback Tom Brady is expected to join his teammates in Pittsburgh later Saturday after attending the surprise wedding of Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft Friday in New York City.

Tribune News Service · Oct 15, 2022

How Hurricane Ian changed the Florida governor’s race

TAMPA, Fla. — Joe Biden was supposed to be standing next to Charlie Crist.

Tribune News Service · Oct 15, 2022

4 astronauts safe back on Earth after SpaceX Crew Dragon return

ORLANDO, Fla. — After weather delayed departure for two days, four astronauts climbed on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom on Friday to take a five-hour ride back down to Earth and conclude their nearly six-month mission to the International Space Station.

Orlando Sentinel · Oct 15, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t want to be deposed on why he ousted state attorney

TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to resist giving a deposition in the case of the Hillsborough County state attorney he recently removed from office, court records show.

Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022

‘A crime may have been committed’ in Parkland trial jury room, prosecutors say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The deliberation room where 12 jurors decided the fate of confessed mass shooter Nikolas Cruz may have been a crime scene itself — a juror says she was threatened during deliberations, and prosecutors want the claim investigated.

Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022

For Alzheimer’s patients, a controversial drug brings hope

TAMPA, Fla. -- At 53, Michele Hall was at the height of her legal career. She’d just sent her three kids to college. She had decades ahead with her husband Doug — after nearly 30 years of marriage, the couple looked forward to celebrating 30 more.

Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022

Jury rejects death sentence for Parkland school shooter in all 17 murders

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County jury showed mercy Thursday to a heartless killer who didn’t know the meaning of the word as he stalked the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School more than four years ago, viciously ending the lives of 17 innocent people.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

‘They did not receive justice today’: Families stunned, angered, disgusted by jury's decision to spare life of Parkland gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It has been 1,702 days since they last looked into the eyes of their child, their spouse, but the families of 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 finally got their moment of reckoning.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Fla. surgeon general's anti-vax warning

"This study is too flawed to be used to set policy on the mRNA vaccines in younger males," one expert said

Salon · Oct 13, 2022

Massive grouper catch stuns crowd at Florida fishing dock

The rare catch of a giant Warsaw grouper on Sunday remains the most notable highlight, so far, during a monthlong fishing competition in Destin, Fla.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 13, 2022