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In 1704, Alexander Selkirk was marooned on a Pacific island for over 4 years. 15 years later, Daniel Defoe published Robinson Crusoe, making his survival story a classic

Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor whose extraordinary experience of isolation became closely connected with Daniel Defoe’s famous novel The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Born in Largo, Scotland, in 1676, Selkirk went to sea and became sailing master on the Cinque Ports. After a dispute with his captain,…

The Economic Times · Aug 29

Florida carer left elderly disabled woman in park overnight, say police

Teresa Baldwin, 58, from Largo in Florida, allegedly left the woman at Largo Central Park on Monday night

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025

Diddy Under Investigation as L.A. Sheriff's Department Probes New Sexual Battery Allegation

L.A. Sheriff's Department investigates Sean 'Diddy' Combs for a 2020 sexual battery allegation involving a male producer, adding to the mogul's legal woes while imprisoned.

International Business Times UK · Nov 18, 2025

Shocking footage shows moments after a gator ate a 41-year-old woman in Florida

Family had last seen woman the day before fatal encounter in Largo, Florida

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Florida Boy Charged With Felony For Pointing Laser At Helicopter

A 13-year-old boy in Florida faces felony charges for pointing a laser at a police helicopter out of boredom in Largo, Florida.

Top News · Apr 20, 2024

Woman killed in Florida alligator attack is identified

Forty-one-year-old Sabrina Peckham’s body was pulled from a waterway in Largos on Friday

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2023

With households cash-strapped, here’s what’s it like at a Florida pawn shop

LARGO, Florida – Inflation, no inflation, recession, stimulus, pandemic, whatever may come: “In here it always stays the same,” said Tim’s Trading Post & Pawn team member Rita Casillas. “There are always people who need cash and have nowhere else to go.”

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023

At a gallery in Florida, artificial intelligence helps create images of Blackness

LARGO, Fla. — They beckon from the walls in the galleries at Creative Pinellas: beautiful Black men, women and children, intertwined with plants and flowers as if they are morphing together.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

Fury as packed restaurant stays open for TWO HOURS with woman's dead body in toilet

Jasper's American grill in Largo have been forced to apologise to customers after moving a deceased woman's body to the side door of the restaurant as the business carried on trading

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

She’s the invisible link between 911 callers and cops

LARGO, Fla. — On the sprawling top floor of the sheriff’s office complex, the lights are dim, the windows shuttered. It’s hard to decipher day from night.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022