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10 times Gov. Ron DeSantis changed Florida education

TAMPA, Fla. — Every week, Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to make national education news.

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Could DeSantis beat Trump in 2024 presidential race with education moves?

TAMPA, Fla. — When Ron DeSantis took the inauguration stage for the first time in 2019, he didn’t sound like a national conservative leader on education policy.

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SF Giants: Evaluating Farhan Zaidi’s offseason checklist

With pitchers and catchers reporting this week and position players set to join them a few days later, Aaron Judge will soon suit up in the same colors as Carlos Rodón for the first time, only it will be in the Yankees’ clubhouse at 1 Steinbrenner Drive in Tampa, some…

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The Tampa prosecutor ousted by Gov. DeSantis files a federal appeal

TAMPA, Fla. — After Andrew Warren lost a federal lawsuit to try to get reinstated as Hillsborough County’s state attorney last month, he said his legal battle against Gov. Ron DeSantis was “not over.”

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DNA could crack a notorious Florida cold case — with infamous suspects

TAMPA, Fla. — The Walkers’ wood frame cottage stood plain and white, surrounded by pasture land and hardwood forest. There in tiny Osprey, on the southern tip of the vast Palmer Ranch, the family’s nearest neighbor was half a mile away.

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Florida nursing homes see spike in serious violations

TAMPA, Fla. — A man in a wheelchair was left outside a St. Petersburg nursing home on a 95-degree summer day. When the nursing home’s staff discovered him two hours later, he was unresponsive. His body temperature had climbed to 106.

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Tampa voters to decide city council and mayoral races

The general election for Tampa, Florida, is on March 7, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 20.

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Tampa voters to decide on four charter amendments at March 7 election

Elections for Tampa’s mayor and six of the seven city council members, as well as four charter amendments referred to the ballot by the city council, will be held on March 7.

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College Board accuses Florida of political motivations in AP course dispute

TAMPA, Fla. — Taken aback by Florida’s attacks against its new AP African American studies course, the College Board late Saturday denounced the state Department of Education, saying it used the course to advance a politically motivated agenda.

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John Romano: Ronde Barber is in the Hall of Fame, and the legend of that Bucs defense grows again

TAMPA, Fla. — The day belongs to Ronde Barber. The honor and legacy, too.

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DeSantis campaign wanted guns banned at election night event in Tampa, city employee says

TAMPA, Fla. — Emails suggest that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign made two requests of the Tampa Convention Center, the downtown venue that hosted the governor’s November election night celebration: no guns and no fingers pointing at the campaign for seeking such a prohibition.

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Tom Brady files letter with NFL and players union confirming Feb. 1 retirement

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady’s retirement plans are now in ink.

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Florida to ban care for transgender youth — even in clinical trials

TAMPA, Fla. — Transgender youth in Florida seeking to begin puberty blockers and hormone therapy will have no access to treatment in the state once a pending ban goes into effect — not even in clinical trials.

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Lightning pile on Avalanche in Stanley Cup rematch

TAMPA, Fla. — No championships were won Thursday night at Amalie Arena. No team paraded around the ice hoisting the Stanley Cup.

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Marquez Valdes-Scantling’s rise from St. Petersburg to Super Bowl is the stuff of legend

TAMPA, Fla. — Before burrowing into the backstory of the rangy Chiefs downfield threat, we must first create separation, between myth and reality.

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After 2nd murder arrest, Tampa rapper again claimed self-defense

TAMPA, Fla. — When Billy Bennett Adams III went to trial last month on charges that he killed two men in a Lutz recording studio, he told jurors it was self-defense. They found him not guilty.

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Biden visits Tampa to talk health care as 2024 race looms

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Florida claims about AP African American studies are false, College Board says

TAMPA, Fla. — The College Board is not backing down in its defense of its new AP African American studies course, even as the state of Florida continues to ask questions about its value.

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President Joe Biden visits Tampa to talk health care as 2024 race looms

TAMPA — President Joe Biden took Air Force One to Tampa on Thursday to tout the accomplishments of his administration so far, and to try to convince Floridians that he is the leader who will help reduce health care costs in the state with the highest percentage of seniors in…

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Watch: Biden addresses social security and medicare in Tampa

Watch as Joe Biden discusses his plan to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, and lower healthcare costs.

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How judges in Florida stop teens from having abortions

TAMPA, Fla. — A new report from Human Rights Watch found that Hillsborough County judges denied abortion requests for teens at a higher rate than anywhere else in Florida.

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Tiger Woods announces latest PopStroke venue in Tampa, Florida, will open later this month

Venue includes two 18-hole putting courses, a full-service restaurant, playground and ice cream parlor.

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Tampa musician acquitted of double murder now accused of killing pregnant mom

TAMPA, Fla. — Billy Bennett Adams III, a hip-hop artist who performs as Ace NH and who was acquitted last month of a fatal double shooting, was arrested again Wednesday, this time on charges related to the Jan. 27 death of a pregnant Tampa woman.

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Tampa musician acquitted of murder now accused of killing pregnant mom

TAMPA, Fla. — Billy Bennett Adams III, a hip-hop artist who performs as Ace NH and who was acquitted last month on two counts of murder, has been newly arrested on two murder charges in connection to the Jan. 27 death of a pregnant Tampa woman.

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How a drone from a Tampa Walmart makes deliveries

On the edge of Tampa, bordering Pasco County, Matthew Credle prepared a drone to make deliveries from a Walmart parking lot by air.

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