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TALLAHASSEE — Three months ago, state regulators weren't tracking a surge in broken auto glass claims, particularly in Tampa Bay. The issue has their attention now.
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Daystarter: Local veterans and Gold Star families weigh in on Trump's new Afghanistan strategy; state regulators take aim at auto glass claims in Tampa Bay; music producer talks about roots in Pasco County
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night's Powerball lottery game has climbed to $700 million, making it the second-largest in U.S. history.
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TAMPA — While officials around the nation move quickly to address the issue of public monuments to the Confederacy, the Hillsborough County School Board opted Tuesday to keep moving slowly on a proposal to rename a school honoring Robert E. Lee.
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All westbound lanes on East Fletcher Avenue where it crosses over the Hillsborough River are closed after a water main break caused a cavern to form under the westbound lanes of the bridge.
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With more than 150,000 seniors going hungry everyday in Hillsborough County alone, community leaders met to discuss how to provide more services to Tampa Bay seniors in need.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) The remnants of former Tropical Storm Harvey moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday night, and forecasters warned it could reorganize as a tropical system and threaten Texas late this week. The U.S.
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. A 911 call led investigators to believe a third person was involved and was the driver in a deadly December crash that killed two people. The crash near the intersection of U.S.
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There's a viral photo floating around the internet that claims the kid in the photo stared at the solar eclipse on Monday without proper eclipse glasses.
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NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. At least one person was killed in a crash Tuesday night on Bayshore Drive, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened at around 9:12 p.m.
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NAPLES, Fla. A 6-year-old girl is using her birthday wish to gather donations for troops overseas. Kendyll Cox, of Naples, wants to be a soldier when she grows up, like her mother Senior Airman Sarah Cox.
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The Navy will relieve the senior admiral in charge of the service's 7th Fleet based in Japan in response to four embarrassing accidents this year, two of which killed sailors at sea, two U.S. officials said.
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SEVILLE (WKMG) A 25-year-old mother who had just given birth was crushed to death in a freak accident on a hospital elevator, according to reports. Rocio Cortes Nunez, 25, had delivered a daughter via caesarian section and was being transferred to the...

LABELLE, Fla. A judge decided to move forward Tuesday with a new lawsuit against a controversial monkey-breeding facility in Hendry County. Nearby resident Samuel Tommie is suing the facility, claiming it presents a public heath risk..
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FORT MYERS, Fla. Charlotte, boasting a 22-game regular season winning streak, will travel to talent-rich Dunbar for the WINK News high school football game of the week this Friday.
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The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest military honor awarded. For the first time ever, the Medal of Honor Society chose Tampa to host the convention in 2019.But the I-Team has learned organizers are off to a rocky start and recently forced...

Strategic Property Partners is ready to move forward on its Water Street Tampa project with several award-winning architectural and design firms. Water Street Tampa is a downtown revitalization project. Its funding includes over three billion dollars of...

Jesus Martinez and Lucy Roldan-Castro are first time parents and their little girl was welcomed into the world 2 weeks early during the solar eclipse.
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A small barbershop that sits along Tyrone Boulevard in St. Petersburg fears their business will be driven away as a new gas station is built across the street.
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On a day like today, when temperatures reach the mid-90's, and it feels like it's well over 100 degrees, just imagine playing outside in the middle of the day on black asphalt with no cover. That's the condition some Polk County students are dealing with...

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist attended the 20th anniversary celebration of Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Pinellas Park facility on Aug. 22, where he addressed state and local elected officials and other stakeholders. Lockheed Martin in Pinellas Park is a...

A $32 million legal battle has erupted over two major, ongoing construction projects at Tampa International Airport. Archer Western Construction, a subcontractor who did concrete work on the automated people mover and the consolidated rental car...

Derek Jeter has officially become a minority owner of the Miami Marlins, according to multiple media reports. The former New York Yankees captain, and current Players Tribune publisher, has plans to run both the business operations side and the baseball...

Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a 20-year-old man on Friday after investigators determined that he was using Twitter accounts to tag and send child pornography to a local news anchor.
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Strategic Property Partners has revealed the conceptual design of the first phase of its mixed-use district — and it's essentially a new, tree-lined city between the Channel district waterfront and the central business district. SPP, the real estate...

A total solar eclipse cast its shadow over the United States on Monday. The path of totality made its way from Oregon to South Carolina and Tampa Bay saw a portion of the excitement.
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Tampa Police Detectives are investigating a shooting where a man lost his life after an altercation in the street early Tuesday morning, officials say.
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The Civil War’s been over for more than 150 years. But, the battle for what it means is raging in American streets as people fight to take have them taken down, while others fight to keep them where they are.
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The board of Community Health Systems Inc. is facing pressure to remove CEO Wayne Smith from leadership of the struggling hospital company. ASL Strategic Value Fund, which describes itself as a "long-term investor" in the company, has publicly released...

When the biggest cost to a company is its labor force, each worker’s ability to generate revenue is a key measure. In Tampa Bay, insurance companies have the highest revenue per employee, with one notable exception. Workers at Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ:...

A major ratings agency has affirmed its strong ratings on revenue bonds issued by the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority for Tampa International Airport. Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Aa3 rating on the authority's general airport...

The friendship of the four young roommates — though cemented in the dark trappings of an obscure neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division — never seemed destined for bloodshed.
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An attorney accused of collecting $1.5 million from thousands of fraud victims continues to practice law in Palm Harbor. The Florida Bar launched an investigation but those who lost their money may never see a dime of restitution.
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The world knew him as a superstar. But a Bay area woman also remembers legendary actor and comedian Jerry Lewis as a dear friend. Their friendship spanned decades.
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A group of protestors gathered outside the Manatee County Commission offices on Monday to hand deliver a petition. The group received 250-thousand signatures through change.org.
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The appeals court opinion also gives a detailed glimpse into a suspected terrorist's movements as he became radicalized and formed his failed terrorism plot.
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The solar eclipse isn't just bringing a little darkness to the United States, it's also bringing great deals and specials from businesses across the United States.
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While the Tampa Bay Area is not in the path of totality, we will still see a partial eclipse. Some areas could see up to 84.5% (Inverness) of the sun covered by the moon.
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Students at a Sarasota school won't be watching the eclipse with solar glasses - after a warning from Amazon, telling administrators the glasses aren't verified.
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To keep kids safe during today’s solar eclipse, most area students will be kept indoors or bused home with heads down. But for Jim Reve’s class at Lennard High School in Ruskin, it’s going to be an all-out party in the middle of a football field:...

Two paint companies volunteered their services for free to paint over the exterior of a Florida home belonging to an African-American family after it was vandalized with a spray-painted racist slur.
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Another confederate monument is taking a hit. This time in Bradenton. Hundreds of protestors expected to take over the town tomorrow. They will march half a mile from the Riverfront Park to the courthouse. Their purpose is to urge commissioners to vote...