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As sex offenders around Tampa Bay age, where will they go for nursing care?

TAMPA, Fla. — John Calandra spends his hours in a shed-sized room in St. Petersburg.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Lightning edge Rangers, 2-1, advance to third straight Stanley Cup Final

TAMPA, Fla. — The “recipe” still works.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Feds withhold $1.2M as Florida refuses to enforce COVID vaccine rule for health care workers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— As Gov. Ron DeSantis fights COVID-19 vaccination passports and mandates — most recently by threatening the Special Olympics with a $27.5 million fine — there’s one mandate he can’t stop.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Tom Brady on Gronk: ‘We’d all love to play with him’ in 2022

TAMPA, Fla. — Presumably, Tom Brady possesses a greater insight into longtime target Rob Gronkowski’s immediate future than just about anyone inside Bucs headquarters.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

Jabari Smith’s pre-draft workout helped him see how he could fit with Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. — A little after noon on Thursday, Jabari Smith and Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley gave each other a fist bump at the AdventHealth Practice Facility inside Amway Center.

Orlando Sentinel · Jun 9, 2022

House adopts red flag bill to confiscate guns in cases of ‘extreme risk’

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to allow confiscation of guns from individuals deemed an “extreme risk,” the morning after agreeing to ban teens from buying semi-automatic weapons like the one used by the 18-year-old who killed 21 people at a Uvalde elementary school.

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Bucs QB Tom Brady explains why his football journey isn’t over

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady said he got to experience what life will be like as a retired NFL quarterback for about six weeks before deciding that playing for the Bucs had been “an incredible part of my football journey, and it’s not over.”

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Rays’ offense breaks out in big win over Cardinals

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays have been insisting it was just a matter of time until their offense broke out of an extended slump.

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Few players possess the fire that still burns inside Bucs’ Mike Evans

TAMPA, Fla. — Time may be marching on for Mike Evans, who is entering his ninth NFL season. But it’s not standing next to the Bucs receiver, tapping its wristwatch.

Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022

With latest liftoff, SpaceX on track for a record 52 launches this year

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX made its 23rd launch of 2022 on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Egyptian company Nilesat’s communications satellite to orbit.

Orlando Sentinel · Jun 8, 2022