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NOAA meteorologists released their hurricane forecast. Here’s what they expect.
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- NOAA meteorologists released their hurricane forecast. Here’s what they expect.
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- 1:21
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- 3 years ago
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- The hurricane season started on June 1, and officials say now is the time to prepare.
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- Trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida
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- 1:02
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- 3 years ago
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- Dozens of trans people in Florida have turned to crowdfunding appeals to help them leave the state after the passage of new legislation they see as hostile to LGBTQ+ community, including a law that curtails access to gender-affirming care for adults and bans it for minors.
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- New Tampa Bay History Center exhibit tells 500 years of Black history
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Travails and Triumphs starts with enslaved Africans brought to Florida in the 1500s and concludes with the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020.
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- Florida’s new immigration law explained
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The new law expands requirements for businesses with 25 or more employees to use E-Verify, an online federal system that checks the legal status of workers and imposes penalties on employers if a person without the necessary documents is discovered working for them.
The measure will invalidate driver’s licenses issued by other states to people unable to prove lawful presence in the country and will prohibit local governments from offering IDs to those living in the U.S. illegally. Some provisions will allow authorities to impose fines and third-degree felony charges for anyone “knowingly” transporting people without legal status into the state. It will also require hospitals that accept Medicaid to collect patient immigration information and will assign $12 million for the relocation of migrants outside Florida.
Read more at tbtim.es/sb1718protest.
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- Across Florida, Hispanic groups protest immigration law
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure last month that imposes new penalties and restrictions that are considered among the toughest in the nation. It becomes Florida law on July 1.
Calls to condemn the law drew people to streets in six cities for day of demonstrations.
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- St. Petersburg raises Pride flag at city hall, commits to inclusivity
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- 6:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth T. Welch raised a Pride flag with Nicole Berman, executive director of St. Pete Pride, at city hall in Florida today. This marks the 21st annual Pride celebration in the city that hosts the largest Pride parade in the state.
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- Car soars through air in Georgia wreck
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Video from a law officer’s body camera captured a cinematic scene on a Georgia highway, where stunned motorists watched a car collide with a tow truck and careen 120 feet through the air.
The spectacular wreck happened May 24 in Lowndes County, the Georgia State Patrol said.
It began when a Tallahassee, Florida woman was driving a Nissan Altima eastbound in the left lane of the highway, according to an accident report. The tow truck – described as roll-back wrecker – was parked in the left lane, with its emergency lights activated, the report states.
Video shows the car driving up the tow truck ramp and traveling through the air striking another car driving along the road. It then traveled another 23 feet before coming to rest, the report states.
A Lowndes County sheriff’s deputy was struck by flying debris, but his injuries are not considered life-threatening.
The 21-year-old Florida driver was taken to South Geo...
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- DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Calling for “a revival of American greatness," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday kicked off a multistate campaign blitz designed to strengthen his position as former President Donald Trump’s chief Republican rival.
In a fiery speech during his first campaign event for the 2024 GOP nomination, he called American decline avoidable and offered himself as its alternative.
“Our country is going in the wrong direction. We can see it and we can feel it," DeSantis told about 500 people in a evangelical Christian church auditorium in suburban Des Moines plastered with red, white and blue signs proclaiming a “Great American Comeback.” Hundreds more watched from an overflow room.
DeSantis, who announced his candidacy last week, unveiled a line of attack aimed chiefly at Democratic President Joe Biden.
“Our great American comeback starts by sending Joe Biden back to his basement in Delaware," he said, one of a number of lines that ...
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- NAACP issues travel advisory for ‘openly hostile’ Florida
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The NAACP, citing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools,” is urging travelers to rethink trips to the state.
“Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color,” reads the organization’s formal travel advisory, announced Saturday.
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- A new hurricane season is near. On Fort Myers Beach, the old one never left.
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The front door of an empty yellow house creaks and sways with the seabreeze.
It’s never locked: Why bother, the owner says, when there’s nothing left to protect?
Stained on the 1926 beach cottage’s walls are reminders of the hurricane that made landfall eight months ago: High-water marks, left behind by a surging Gulf of Mexico, stretch 8 feet high. Blinds are browned and withered. Doors are off hinges.
The owner of this home on Jefferson Street is Anita Cereceda, the first mayor of Fort Myers Beach when the town incorporated in 1995. On Sept. 28, 16 people died on this barrier island town when Hurricane Ian, a menacing Category 4 storm, brought 150-mph winds and 15 feet of surge.
Cereceda oversaw the creation of this vibrant community of fewer than 6,000 residents. And she’s one of many who witnessed its devastation.
The start of a new hurricane season is gutting for residents and local leaders, who are still ass...
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- Wednesday thunderstorms bring hail to downtown St. Petersburg
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- 0:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Summer is approaching and with it, the return of strong afternoon thunderstorms. On Wednesday, the storms brought hail to downtown St. Petersburg.
Tampa Bay Times reporters took videos of the hail falling in the city. They also saw standing water on the side of Interstate 275 near exit 22 in downtown St. Petersburg.
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- 3 moments that made DeSantis a national figure
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- 4:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Florida's Governor, Ron DeSantis, is running for president. Today's announcement is not shocking, but his path from little-known congressman to presidential contender might surprise you.
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- Amid Florida’s affordable housing crunch, The Pineapple Projects furnishes homes
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- 4:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Tampa Bay mom and her daughters suddenly found themselves homeless.
They lived in their car. Now, a program for single mothers and donated decor makes for a new start.
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- Tampa's Glazer Children's Museum offers a sneak peak of dinosaur exhibit
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Jaiden Hudson’s jaw dropped when he turned a corner and got his first look at Big John, a skeleton of the largest triceratops ever uncovered.
It’s the star of a new Tampa exhibit opening at the Glazer Children’s Museum on Memorial Day weekend.
The 6-year-old kindergartener from Booker T. Washington Elementary School has a bedroom stocked with dinosaur books and pictures and isn’t as tall as Big John’s left thigh bone.
He was among a group of 45 kids from his school who recently got a preview of what will likely be a blockbuster exhibit at the museum.
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- St. Petersburg student wins Florida’s Google Doodle competition
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A St. Petersburg fourth grader’s artwork — a drawing of her in her hijab mastering the tennis and karate that helped her overcome bullying — is the Florida state winner for the 15th annual Doodle for Google art contest for kids.
Her artwork now moves on to a national competition and voting is open until Thursday, May 25, at doodles.google.com/d4g/vote. Click on the Grades 4-5 category to see the Florida winner by Iman Haddouche-Miranda, age 9 (actually age 9½, as she firmly reminds).
The precocious girl in the teal hijab said simply, “I want to be me.”
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- A night at Jack Kerouac's St. Petersburg home
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- What does a $250 donation and $100 cleaning fee get you in the Disston Heights neighborhood?
A night’s stay at the Jack Kerouac House. The last home the writer ever lived in is a time capsule of his life in Florida.
Half of the retro furniture inside the three-bed, three-bath abode belonged to the Kerouac family, relics that give the place a museum vibe.
Here’s what a sleepover there is like.
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- Spectators in Florida watch private flight to space station
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- SpaceX launched the first Saudi female astronaut on Sunday along with a Royal Saudi Air Force fighter pilot.
They’re joined by an American from Tennessee and a retired NASA astronaut who now works for the Houston company that arranged the trip.
Their capsule should reach the International Space Station Monday morning.
Spectators at Space View Park in Titusville, directly across from the launch pad, cheered as the rocket blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
The crew will spend just over a week at the space station before splashing down off the Florida coast.
It’s the second private flight to the space station organized by Houston-based Axiom Space.
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- Florida couple arrested after police find stolen tortoises, rare books
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Two endangered Galapagos tortoises, rare books and comic books went missing from locations across Florida.
On May 16, a couple was arrested after police determined they sold some of the items on eBay and kept other valuables — including the rare reptiles — at a St. Petersburg home.
Joshua McCarty-Thomas, 46, was taken into custody and his spouse, Dashae McCarty-Thomas, 29, was arrested as a co-defendant in the case, according to criminal report affidavits.
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- Get to Know Times Columnist Stephanie Hayes
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Columnist Stephanie Hayes has worked at the Times for two decades. She joined our newsroom at 19 and never left, covering everything from crime and courts to obituaries and pop culture.
She also spent time as an editor, but in 2019, she remembered that writing is the thing she loves most in the world. So she started a column.
Sign up for Stephanie's free, weekly newsletter for more opinions and funny business at http://tbtim.es/stephinitely
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- St. Petersburg artist sits with homeless for a chat and a sketch
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Every Friday for the past 14 years, people at the Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg have offered warm meals to people experiencing homelessness.
In 2022, church member John Curtis, a retired psychiatrist and artist, started sitting with people for a conversation and a portrait sketch. He has produced 17 pieces so far, all mounted at the lobby of the church for an exhibit tiled “Facing Homelessness.”
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- House GOP Pass Immigration Bill, Biden Vows to Veto
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- ally no chance of becoming law. Democrats, who have a narrow hold on the Senate, have decried the aggressive measures in the bill as “cruel” and “anti-immigrant," and Biden has already promised he would veto it.
Separately, President Joe Biden’s Friday follow-up meeting with congressional leaders on the debt limit crisis was abruptly postponed to next week, with staff-level talks making progress and expected to continue through the weekend, the White House and congressional aides said Thursday.
“President Biden and Senator Schumer are stuck on no. They have no plan, no proposed savings and no clue," McCarthy told reporters, similar to criticisms he made after the previous day's talks. “Apparently, President Biden doesn’t want a deal, he wants a default.”
“I don’t think there’s enough progress for the leaders to get back together," he said. But he added that he did expect that meeting next week.
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- DeSantis signs immigration bill, calls out Biden administration over border
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an immigration legislative package that underscores the political tensions between the White House and the Republican governor as he prepares to run for president.
With the new piece of legislation, DeSantis said Florida will be cracking down on labor from migrants in the country illegally.
This ends community-funded programs that give identification cards to immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and toughening penalties against those who transport migrants into the state.
Florida is also ramping up a relaunch of a controversial program that would allow DeSantis to bus and fly migrants anywhere in the country, less than a year after the governor sent 49 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Read more about this at tampabay.com/politics
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- Migrants at US border as laws expected to change
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A steady stream of migrants is crossing the Rio Grande river, near Mexico's border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.
Despite a dissuasion campaign by the U.S. government, migrants continue to head toward its southern border.
On the Mexican side of the river, a group of migrants were waiting for their opportunity to cross as immigration officers tried to disperse them.
While new U.S. policies to clamp down on illegal crossings will soon take effect, the government is offering migrants a legal path into the country.
Danilo Ruiz and his family are among migrants who have travelled from El Salvador. They were waiting for an appointment to request asylum while staying at a shelter.
Ruiz said he followed to laws to avoid being sent back to his country.
Under the new policies, migrants will have to apply online through a government app for asylum, have a sponsor and pass background checks.
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- Gender pronoun bill sparks fear in Florida schools
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A Florida bill regulating the use of gender pronouns in schools has sparked fears among non-binary teachers and students.
“The stress that this has put on the community is unbelievable. The fear,” said Micah Desiante, a transgender high school English teacher who has been teaching in Florida’s Palm Beach County since 2015.
Florida Republicans last week approved bills to ban diversity programs in colleges and prevent students and teachers from being required to use pronouns that don’t correspond to someone’s sex, building on top priorities of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Desiante said he would be leaving the state at the end of the school year to take a teaching job in New Jersey, in part due to fears sparked by the bills.
“I'm not uprooting my life because people are going to call me a pronoun I don't identify with. I'm uprooting my life because all of the legislation that is built around that, of which that (the gender p...
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- Here’s where your Tampa Bay drinking water comes from
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The utility company Tampa Bay Water is the provider for most of the region, but the municipalities and counties have different treatment processes.
We did a blind taste test of tap water from Tampa Heights, New Tampa, Temple Terrace, east Hillsborough County, St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park.
Watch our video to see which water we decided had the best taste.
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- Several protesters arrested after blocking entrance to governor’s office in Florida Capitol
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Protesters crowded the lobby of the governor’s office Wednesday afternoon to protest DeSantis’ policies and his approach to governing.
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- Dozens of protesters block entrance to governor’s office in Florida Capitol
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A few dozen protesters on Wednesday blocked the entrance to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office in the Capitol building in Tallahassee, broadly criticizing his policies and his approach to governing.
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- New St. Petersburg art exhibit features a giant shrimp sculpture
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A new sculpture takes the oxymoron “jumbo shrimp” to a different level. It’s one part of “Shrimpfinity,” the newest installation at Fairgrounds St. Pete, the Florida-themed, indoor museum of immersive art and technology that features exhibits created by artists.
It is the creation of Felici Asteinza and Joey Fillastre, who work together under the moniker Milagros Collective. Both artists are based in New Orleans but used to live in Florida.
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- Disney sues DeSantis over park takeover
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Disney is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the Republican’s takeover of its theme park district, alleging Wednesday that the governor waged a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” after the company opposed a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”
The suit was filed minutes after a Disney World oversight board appointed by DeSantis voted to void a deal that placed theme park design and construction decisions in the company’s hands.
The DeSantis board said Disney’s move to retain control over their property was effectively unlawful and performed without proper public notice.
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- Drag performers descend on Tallahassee to protest anti-LGBTQ+ bills as session nears end
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- More than 300 drag performers and allies gathered in Tallahassee on Tuesday afternoon to protest a slew of bills that take aim at the LGBTQ+ community, now moving fast through Florida’s statehouse.
The march, which organizers believe to be the largest demonstration by drag performers in Florida history, comes a week after state lawmakers voted to advance bills that would criminalize transgender people’s use of the bathroom that aligns with their identity and ban doctors from providing gender-affirming care.
Lawmakers also passed bills that allow health care providers to refuse people care based on religious beliefs and ban the use of personal pronouns not aligned with gender at birth in Florida schools.
One bill appears to specifically target drag performers, barring children from attending “adult live performances” featuring certain commonly used prosthetics. The bill’s language has sparked questions about the future of Pride.
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- New York, Dallas and other cities turning downtown offices into homes
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A growing number of developers are considering converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive struggling downtown business districts that emptied out during the pandemic.
Many politicians see these conversions as a potential catalyst to bringing new housing to these dormant neighborhoods and, with that, restaurants, shops and other businesses serving these new residents.
Some also see a chance to diversify neighborhoods with much-needed housing that is affordable to low- and middle-income residents.
Conversion projects are underway in cities like New York, Washington, Pittsburgh and Dallas.
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- Montana transgender lawmaker silenced again
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Republican legislative leaders in Montana persisted in forbidding Democratic transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from participating in debate for a second week as her supporters brought the House session to a halt Monday — chanting “Let her speak!” from the gallery before they were escorted out.
In the initial moments after proceedings were paused Monday afternoon, Zephyr defiantly hoisted a non-functioning microphone into the air as her supporters interrupted proceedings for nearly half an hour after Republicans denied her requests to speak on a proposal that would have restricted when children could change the names and pronouns they use in school and required their parents’ consent.
The interruption is the latest development in a three-day fight over Zephyr’s remarks against lawmakers who support a ban on gender-affirming care. Zephyr, who is transgender and a first-term Democrat representative from Missoula, hasn’t been allowed to speak on the st...
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- Shots fired at Florida couple's car after wrong turn
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A Florida homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery.
The lead detective's report said "each party appeared justified in their actions based on the circumstances they perceived."
A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery. Police closed the case without consulting the state attorney's office.
No one was injured by the gunfire in an upscale Fort Lauderdale suburb, but is the latest in a spate of similar shootings across the U.S. where people have mistakenly turned onto the wrong property or gotten in the wrong car. One person has been killed and others seriously wounded. In this case, the shooter told police the car was being driven erratically, struck his leg and made him fear for himself and...
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- White House comments on Florida 'Don't Say Gay' bill
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Jean-Pierre slammed the Florida Board of Education's approval of an expansion of what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” law on Wednesday.
The Board of Education approved a ban on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, to include kindergarten through grade 12. Previously the banonly went through 3rd grade.
Jean-Pierre blasted what she called the state's "dystopian" law, saying it's already having "devastating" consequences in schools.
"Censoring our classes is not how public education is supposed to work in a free country," she said.
The press secretary also commented on a bill passed by House Republicans Thursday that would bar transgender women and girls from competing on women's sports teams at federally supported schools and colleges if their biological sex assigned at birth was male.
Jean-Pierre said she didn't have a position on that particular bill but underscored the ...
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- Historic West Tampa elementary school to close, school board votes
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The margin of votes concerning Tampa’s Just Elementary School was razor thin before the Hillsborough School Board ultimately voted Tuesday to close the historic West Tampa school.
The decision will become official if it survives a second vote on May 9 and it would take effect at the end of this school year.
Students now at Just will be transferred to Tampa Bay Boulevard and Booker T. Washington elementary schools.
With 283 students, and room for nearly 600, Just is 83% Black and the only school in the district to have an F grade from the state.
Nearly half of the 519 children zoned for Just instead opt for magnet schools or other schools, under the district’s choice system.
Black leaders spoke out against the closing, saying families would suffer if their children had to travel greater distances; and that not enough had been done to get the community involved before declaring the school unsalvagea...
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- Jane Goodall shares her message for Florida
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- We spoke with the celebrated conservationist as she arrived in Tampa for speaking events last month.
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- I ride Florida roller coasters for a job. Here’s what I’ve learned.
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- 4 years ago
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- Our reporter has ridden every major attraction in Florida, considering it a consumer beat.
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- Get to Know Times Reporter Divya Kumar
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Our higher education reporter, Divya Kumar, is a product of Florida's education system herself.
From Tampa Bay colleges and universities to board meetings and public policies, she covers it all.
This is how her work impacts our community. Get to know our staff more at tampabay.com/connect-with-us
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- Rally at USF Tampa calls for charges to be dropped against protesters
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Protesters from around Florida demonstrated at USF Tampa April 17.
They called for charges against five people connected to a March 6 protest to be dropped. They are facing criminal charges and student conduct charges. The results of the first hearing are expected sometime this week.
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- What Taylor Swift fans are wearing in Tampa for Eras Tour
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Tampa’s got style! Swifties pulled out all the stops for #TaylorSwift’s first night in the city on her #ErasTour. See more live updates from the day at the link in our bio.
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- Cheaper food and gas provide some relief from US inflation
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- U.S. consumer inflation eased in March, with less expensive gas and food providing some relief to households that have struggled under the weight of surging prices.
Yet prices are still rising fast enough to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates at least once more, beginning in May.
Rich Pierson, a semi-retired owner of a financial planning business who was shopping this week at Doris Italian Market and Bakery in North Palm Beach, Florida, said high restaurant prices have led him and his wife to eat much more at home.
“We cook more at home than we ever have due to the rising costs,” he said. “You do look for the occasional deals and add value when you can — that’s for sure.”
The market's operating manager, Chris Alfano says the market has seen plenty of ups and downs over the years.
"A lot of it's just being able to weather out the storm and you have to be able to be flexible. If you can't ...
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- Election 2024: DeSantis heading to South Carolina
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to make his first public appearance in South Carolina, a state where votes will be critical if he launches an expected 2024 presidential bid. State Sen. Josh Kimbrell tells The Associated Press that he will host DeSantis for an event April 19 in Spartanburg.
Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard said that the South Carolina visit is one in a handful of stops across the country where DeSantis is making his presence known.
“Part of what he's doing is introducing himself to an audience outside of Florida who may not be as familiar with him, but also aiming to draw some policy contrast with those who are already in the field, like former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, but also some who could potentially join him in the race,” Kinnard said.
DeSantis is promoting his recent biography, “The Courage to Be Free.” But he has also undertaken a brisk travel schedule in recent wee...
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- Get to Know Times Reporter Lane DeGregory
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Enterprise reporter Lane DeGregory grew up near Washington D.C., where her interest in journalism was first sparked. Now, she tells the stories of Tampa Bay residents and hopes to connect people with their community.
No day looks the same for Lane.
Here’s a closer look at how her work impacts our community. See the other faces behind your local news at tampabay.com/connect-with-us
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- Florida teen debuts trans visibility film as bans spread
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A Florida teenager has documented how it feels to be young and transgender for a film set to debut at a festival as transgender people around the world celebrate visibility and lawmakers across the country look to restrict their rights and care.
Carys Mullins, 19, who is gender non-conforming and uses she and they pronouns, said their experience inspired conversations with community members for a documentary, “You’re Loved.” The film directed and produced by Mullins is set to premiere Friday at the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival on International Transgender Day of Visibility.
“That’s a big part of what the festival is,” Mullins said. “A big part of the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival is: Look at us.”
“Your Loved” debuts at a time where access to gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary young people is under assault across the United States. Florida, Missouri and Texas have regulations banning puberty-blockin...
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- Get to Know Times Reporter Colleen Wright
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Our St. Petersburg reporter Colleen Wright grew up in Miami, where her grandfather originally immigrated from Cuba. Now she covers the happenings of the Sunshine City.
When she's not in City Council meetings or reporting on the area's affordability issues and more, she's interviewing residents about the problems they face every day.
Earlier this year, she dug into the pervasive odor that has for decades plagued the majority-Black neighborhood Childs Park.
This is how her work impacts our community. Get to know our staff more at tampabay.com/connect-with-us
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- Rays beat Tigers on MLB’s opening day, just as they planned
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- When you get past all the pomp of opening day, from the smoke and flashing lights, player introductions and the swarm of TV cameras in the clubhouse postgame, the circumstance is to find a way to win the game.
And the Rays did exactly that Thursday, beating the Tigers 4-0 in pretty much the style they are hoping carries them throughout the next six — or potentially seven — full months.
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- A horror movie was shot inside one of Tampa Bay’s most haunted houses
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- When looking for a main location for his independent horror film “The Clock,” Rick Danford’s top request was for the house to be unique.
“I didn’t want plain white walls and boring rooms,” the New Port Richey writer, director and producer said. “I wanted the house to have character so that it could be a character in the story.” The movie is about a demonic clock purchased by a young couple at a church estate sale.
The home that Danford landed has a story that could inspire its own horror movie.
The Victorian house at 122 W Fort Dade Ave. in Brooksville is known as one of the most haunted in Tampa Bay.
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- Manhattan grand jury indicts former President Trump
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday, making him the first former U.S. president to face a criminal charge and jolting his bid to retake the White House next year.
The charges center on payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. They mark an extraordinary development after years of investigations into Trump’s business, political and personal dealings.
The indictment injects a local district attorney’s office into the heart of a national presidential race and ushers in criminal proceedings in a city that the ex-president for decades called home. Arriving at a time of deep political divisions, the charges are likely to reinforce rather than reshape dueling perspectives of those who see accountability as long overdue and those who, like Trump, feel the Republican is being targeted for political purposes by a Democratic prosecutor....
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- Removal of ‘Ruby Bridges’ film from Pinellas school sparks outrage
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Disney movie “Ruby Bridges,” which tells the tale of a 6-year-old who integrated New Orleans schools in the 1960s, has been a staple of Pinellas County Black History Month lessons for years.
It never caused a stir until this year, as parents across Florida exert increased powers to question what children can see and read in schools.
A North Shore Elementary parent who would not allow her child to watch the film when it was shown in early March later complained that it wasn’t appropriate for second graders. In a formal challenge dated March 6, Emily Conklin wrote that the use of racial slurs and scenes of white people threatening Ruby as she entered a school might result in students learning that white people hate Black people.
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- Get to Know Times Investigative Editor Rebecca Woolington
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Our investigative editor Rebecca Woolington grew up in Oregon and spent her early career at The Oregonian. Now, she oversees the investigation team in Tampa Bay.
Last year she revealed dangerous working conditions at Florida's only lead factory, prompting multiple investigations and fines. The series won the Pulitzer Prize.
This is how her work impacts our community. Get to know our staff more at tampabay.com/connect-with-us
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