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Those spiking gas prices have Meals On Wheels hurting for volunteer drivers

TAMPA, Fla. — Retired teacher Kitty Wallace, 75, has been a Meals on Wheels volunteer for 17 years, delivering hot food to elderly, disabled and homebound people around the neighborhood.

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Rays sweep Marlins, and it’s time for ‘a battle’ with Yankees

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays have done well, especially given a slew of injuries, to this point. With Wednesday’s 5-4 win over the Marlins, they improved their record to 26-17, moving to a season-best nine games over .500 and on pace for 98 wins.

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Boeing’s Starliner back on Earth to complete redo of test flight to space station

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA’s astronauts could soon officially have a new ride to the International Space Station as the Boeing CST-100 Starliner finally completed its long-delayed reflight of its uncrewed test mission arriving back on Earth on Wednesday.

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Rays’ Brooks Raley has personal connection to Texas shootings

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tuesday’s tragic shootings of 19 students and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, school struck particularly close to home for Rays pitcher Brooks Raley.

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Tom Brady says he’s done more this offseason, a year after MCL surgery

TAMPA, Fla. — First things first. How are you feeling physically, Tom Brady?

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‘Ghost’ candidate Jestine Iannotti booked into Seminole jail, bonds out

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jestine Iannotti, the former Seminole County substitute teacher whose independent 2020 bid for Florida Senate District 9 was central to the statewide “ghost” candidate scandal, was booked into the Seminole County Jail on Wednesday morning.

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Offensive jolt comes from a couple of unlikely sources in Pirates' series-clinching win over Rockies

PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates reported to Bradenton, Fla., back in February, Jack Suwinski was a well-regarded prospect new to the 40-man roster — but still seemingly a year or so away. Josh VanMeter played for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Pirates didn’t acquire him until the end of spring.

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‘I’m in physical pain with what they’re going through.’ Parkland father reacts to Texas massacre

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Parkland families have become spokespeople for a cause they didn’t sign up for.

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Omar Kelly: Tyreek Hill didn’t come to Dolphins to retire, he’s still pushing for greatness

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It doesn’t matter how many defenders you send Tyreek Hill’s way, or how much attention you give the Miami Dolphins’ new playmaker, blink at the wrong time and he’s gone.

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Rays look more like themselves in beating Marlins

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays needed something to get over their hot and miserable weekend in Baltimore, getting walked off twice in extra innings, while looking bad in doing so.

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John Romano: Little by little, this Lightning team will steal your heart

TAMPA, Fla. — All these years later, how do they do it?

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School shootings have increased recently; the violence in Texas is among the deadliest

School shootings have been on the rise recently, but the scale of carnage Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is by far the worst since the 2018 attack at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Los Angeles Times

John Romano: The Rays still miss Willy Adames, but they are a better team today

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — By now, we know better than to immediately pounce on the wisdom/insanity of any trade made by the Rays. Today’s inexplicable deal can turn out to be tomorrow’s saving grace.

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Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski working out together again

TAMPA, Fla. — Rob Gronkowski is catching balls from Tom Brady again. How long before the tight end announces he’s back with the Bucs for another season?

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Central Florida ‘ghost’ candidate, other figures tied to scandal charged

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jestine Iannotti, one of three “ghost” candidates who ran as independents for Florida Senate seats in 2020, has been arrested on several criminal charges, alongside a political consultant involved in launching her campaign and Seminole County’s Republican Party chairman.

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NOAA predicts above-average 2022 hurricane season, with up to 21 named storms

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Expect an active hurricane season in 2022.

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Lightning sweep Panthers, back in conference final

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning expected to face a desperate Panthers team willing to do anything to extend its season in Monday night’s Game 4 of the Sunshine State Series.

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Don’t vote for Kelli Stargel, GOP candidate for Congress, her daughter says in video

ORLANDO, Fla. — A daughter of state Sen. Kelli Stargel is urging Floridians not to vote for her mother, posting a social media video that slammed the Lakeland Republican’s stance on LGBTQ and abortion issues.

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Disney visitor reports $40,000 credit card fraud after losing Apple Watch at Epcot

ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman who lost her Apple Watch while riding The Seas and Nemo and Friends at Epcot claimed someone used it to charge about $40,000 to her credit card last month, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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Appeals court blocks key parts of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Big Tech censorship law

ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal appeals court ruled Monday it is unconstitutional for Florida to prohibit social media companies from banning politicians, dealing a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to combat what he declares to be online censorship.

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First disturbance of the 2022 hurricane season moves over Florida Panhandle

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first tropical disturbance of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season moved through the Gulf of Mexico and inland over the Florida Panhandle early Monday.

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Officers aweigh: Law enforcers learn tricks of their trade from the deck of a boat

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Although last Tuesday was a beautiful day for boating — sunny skies, little wind, calm water — it was an unsettling day of boating for Darren Brodsky, assistant chief for the Wilton Manors Police Department.

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Back on home ice, Lightning take 3-0 series lead on Panthers

TAMPA, Fla. — There’s no number on the stat sheet that quantifies killing an opponent’s confidence, but the Lightning put a Panthers team with the best record in the regular season on the brink of elimination Sunday afternoon by taking away their will to win.

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‘Stay Woke, Go Vote’ rally stirs spirited emotions, heartfelt pleas

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The takeaway messages were spirited, heartfelt, and hard-hitting at Saturday’s “Stay Woke, Go Vote” rally at Miramar City Hall.

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Jeb Bush urges removal of ‘toxicity’ from politics in speech to South Florida business leaders

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who now heads a private investment firm based in Coral Gables, appeared before the midyear meeting of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance on Friday and urged a halt to toxic politics in America.

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