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Gov. DeSantis chides students for wearing masks at his news conference

TAMPA, Fla. — At a news conference Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed irritation that a group of high school students standing behind him were wearing masks and urged them to remove the face coverings.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

New immigration bill: Best hope for ‘dignity’ or a long, costly path?

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s called the Dignity Act and it would provide legal status to many of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

4 ways Florida’s climate change struggle informs new UN report

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida’s experiences helped researchers develop a new United Nations climate change report that offers a stark view of how global warming threatens the world and what people can do to address it.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

Americans across Ukraine seek help from Tampa group in getting out

TAMPA, Fla. — Project Dynamo of Tampa hopes to evacuate at least 1,000 American citizens and NATO allies from Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion earlier this week.

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2022

Retired officer says he had no choice in theater killing

A retired police SWAT commander testified he fatally shot a man in a movie theater eight years ago during an argument sparked by cellphone usage because he feared he was about to be attacked by a person he said “looked like a monster.”

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2022

Tampa’s Declan Farmer looking to share the wealth at third Paralympic Games

TAMPA, Fla. — Declan Farmer collected gold medals as a member of the U.S. sled hockey team at his first two Paralympic Games, so as the Tampa native prepares to depart this week for his third, he has something else on his mind.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

Antonio Brown posts MRI image of foot injury, rips Tom Brady and Bruce Arians

TAMPA, Fla. ― In case anyone disputed whether Antonio Brown was injured when he abruptly left the field during a game against the Jets in January ― even the Bucs have acknowledged that much ― the wide receiver posted an MRI image of his foot/ankle Monday on his Instagram account.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

We rode monster coaster Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens and lived to tell

TAMPA, Fla. — The big element of the roller coaster looks like the letter U placed upside down with a slight tilt to one side. The straight side of that U isn’t the climb. That’s the drop.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

100 years after the Black cemetery was erased, they hosted a funeral

TAMPA, Fla. — Anna Rebecca Wyche was a freed enslaved woman, mother, cook and businesswoman.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022

Bucs’ Arians lashes out at report, denies any rift with Brady

TAMPA, Fla. — Bruce Arians doesn’t believe Tom Brady will come out of retirement. But the Bucs coach is certain his relationship with the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback is not why he left the game after only two seasons in Tampa Bay.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022