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WH's impassioned plea to address gun violence
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- WH's impassioned plea to address gun violence
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday's mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.
The White House said the Bidens would grieve with the community that lost 21 lives in the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School and "offer comfort."
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president would meet with the community and religious leaders and victims' families.
Jean-Pierre, the parent of an elementary school student, delivered an impassioned plea from the White House briefing room for lawmakers to come together to address gun violence.
"These were elementary school kids, they should be losing their first teeth not losing their lives," she said.
Jean-Pierre echoed Biden, who in remarks Tuesday evening, spoke from personal experience about the pain of losing a child, and called on the country to t...
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- More Americans plan to travel over Memorial Day
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- To drive, or not to drive? This Memorial Day weekend, with surging gas prices that are redefining pain at the pump, that is the question for many Americans as a new COVID-19 surge also spreads across the country.
Dan Johnson and his family are traveling from Paoli, Pennsylvania to attend a relative's graduation in Boston.
"Whatever the gas price is, we unfortunately just have to pay for it. But, you know, we want to go visit our family so this is the cost that's involved," John said.
For some, that's exactly what's caused them to rethink their holiday plans, making them opt for a staycation in their backyard to limit the damage to their wallets.
The average gas price in the U.S. on Thursday was $4.60 per gallon, according to AAA figures. In California, it topped $6. The high price of oil — largely because many buyers are refusing to purchase Russian oil because of its invasion of Ukraine — is the main cause of the steep gasoline p...
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- Take a tour through an Everglades animal exhibit
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- While down in Sunrise for the Lightning-Panthers playoff series, Times reporters visited Sawgrass Recreation Park on the off day to tour the Everglades, and they encountered a variety of species -- some more terrifying than others.
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- NOAA predicts busy Atlantic hurricane season
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Federal meteorologists are forecasting a record-shattering seventh straight unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Tuesday that the summer in the Atlantic will produce 14 to 21 named storms, six to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to six turbo-charging into major hurricanes with winds greater than 110 mph. Even with normals shifting upwards to reflect more active storm seasons in recent decades, these predictions are above the 30-year average of 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
The National Hurricane Center ran out of names for Atlantic storms in the last two years, with a record-setting 30 named storms in 2020 and 21 last year. In the past five years there have been more Category 4 and 5 hurricane landfalls in the United States than in the previous 50 years combined.
Several outside hurricane experts agree with NOAA that the Atlantic conditions are ripe ...
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- Biden demands stricter gun laws: 'We have to act'
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- President Joe Biden delivered an emotional call for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.
"When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?" Biden said at the White House shortly after returning from a five-day trip to Asia that was bookended by tragedy.
With first lady Jill Biden standing by his side in the Roosevelt Room, Biden added, "I am sick and tired. We have to act."
At least 18 students were killed, according to a state senator who said he was briefed by law enforcement, in addition to a teacher.
Just two days before Biden left on his trip, he met with victims' families after a hate-motivated shooter killed 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.
The back-to-back tragedies served as sobering reminders of the frequency and brutality of an American epidemic of mass gun violence.
"These kinds of mass shootings rarel...
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- Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.
The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their babies, toddlers and preschoolers, especially as COVID-19 cases once again are rising. The 18 million tots under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
"I know many parents of children under five that are just really drained and exhausted and feel alone in this in this process," says Meagan Dunphy-Daly, a mother of children under 5 enrolled in the Pfizer COVID-19 clinical trial.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun evaluating data from rival Moderna, which hopes to begin offering two kid-sized shots by summer.
Pfizer has had a bumpier time figuring out its approach. It ai...
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- Lightning sweep Panthers and advance to Eastern Conference Final
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Tampa Bay has now won ten consecutive playoff series after taking Game 4 2-0 and sweeping the Panthers. Andrei Vasilevskiy shined in net and Pat Maroon picked up the game-winner.
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- Biden: Recession in the US not inevitable
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- U.S. President Joe Biden said he does not believe an economic recession is inevitable in the U.S.
Biden, speaking at a news conference in Tokyo after holding talks with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, acknowledged the U.S. economy has “problems” but said they were "less consequential than the rest of the world has.”
"We have problems like the rest of the world has but less consequential than the rest of the world has because of our internal growth and strength," even as he rejected the idea a recession in the U.S. was inevitable.
The comments came just before Biden's planned launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a new trade deal his administration designed to signal U.S. dedication to the contested economic sphere and to address the need for stability in commerce after disruptions caused by the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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- Inside the Tampa Airbnb that looks like the Friends sitcom
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- An Airbnb rental in Ybor City needed a makeover.
The house had to be repainted and the kitchen cabinets didn’t match, said Frank Albert, an Airbnb superhost with 28 properties in the Tampa Bay area. But it was the right fit for a project to recreate scenes from one of the most iconic sitcoms: Friends.
Within two months, he and his best friend were hunting for the perfect paint hues and decor similar to what’s in the show, official Friends merchandise and a Central Perk orange couch. In April, Albert listed the 1920s bungalow on Airbnb with hopes it’s not just for a place to stay in to see Tampa’s attractions, but that it becomes one itself.
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- Lightning move to within one game of a return to the Eastern Conference Final
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Lightning returned home to Tampa for Game 3 against the Florida
Panthers, and following a 5-1 win, the Bolts are now just one win away from advancing. Listen to the team speak about their strong defensive effort and how they've managed to have success in this series so far.
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- One-on-one with Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Times' Rachel West caught up with Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Cernak ahead of Game 3 against the Florida Panthers. Heading into the game, the Lightning hold a 2-0 series lead.
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- Everglades airboat ride adventure
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- While down in Sunrise for the Lightning-Panthers playoff series, Times reporters visited Sawgrass Recreation Park on the off day to tour the Everglades in an airboat. And it was an adventure.
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- Deputies rescue boy, 10, from Thonotosassa house fire
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- A 10-year-old boy was hospitalized after deputies pulled him from a burning home on Thursday, authorities said.
Hillsborough sheriff’s deputies responded about 10:45 p.m. to 911 calls about a house on fire on the 9900 block of Joe Ebert Road and learned a boy was still inside, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
Body camera video released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office show deputies breaking windows of the home to get to the boy. They were able to pull him through the window of his bedroom, authorities said.
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- Last-second heroics lift Lightning to win over Panthers in Game 2
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Tampa Bay is headed back home with a 2-0 series lead after defeating the Florida Panthers with a buzzer beater from Ross Colton. Hear postgame reaction from the team following the win.
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- Lightning, Panthers fans attempt to spell the names of their teams' players
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Spelling the names of hockey players is no easy task. We held a spelling bee prior to Game 2 between the Lightning and Panthers to test the fans' ability to spell the names of the players on their teams.
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- TikTok stars 'The Hockey Guys' attend Game 2 of Lightning-Panthers playoff series
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The Hockey Guys have amassed over one million followers on TikTok and have all traveled down to Sunrise to take in Game 2 of the Lightning-Panthers matchup. We caught up with them ahead of attending their first playoff game as a group.
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- Biden warns of 'another tough hurricane season'
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that the country will likely see "another tough hurricane season" this year, and he pledged that his administration was prepared to respond to the storms and help Americans recover from them.
"We know hurricanes are coming our way. They grow more extreme every season," Biden said before a briefing from top federal officials, including Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge.
Biden urged Americans to "pay attention to hurricane warnings and follow the guidance of your local authorities."
Before his remarks, Biden toured a hangar at Joint Base Andrews to view aircraft used to track and respond to hurricanes.
One of the planes is used to fly through and above the storms, capturing data that allow meteorologists to produce more accurate forecasts.
Last year's worst storm was Hurricane Ida, which resulted ...
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- Tampa Bay Times’ Pulitzer winner Rebecca Woolington throws first pitch at Rays game
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Tampa Bay Times Investigative Editor Rebecca Woolington, part of a reporting team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, threw out the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays-Detroit Tigers game at Tropicana Field on Wednesday.
Woolington was part of a trio of reporters with Eli Murray and Corey G. Johnson who exposed dangerous conditions at a Tampa factory, the only lead smelter in Florida. The investigation also found that pollution from the factory had seeped into the neighborhood. The series has prompted stronger regulatory oversight of the Gopher Resource factory and resulted in fines of more than $800,000. This year’s Pulitzer is the second in a row for the Times — 14th overall.
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- Nikita Kucherov leads Lightning to Game 1 win over Panthers
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Nikita Kucherov lifted Tampa Bay to a Game 1 victory over the Florida Panthers. The Lighting defense also held the Panthers to just one goal, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made several key saves.
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- Lightning travel south to take on Panthers in Game 1
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- 4:10
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- It's a rematch of last year's first-round series with the Lightning playing the Panthers. This time, Tampa Bay will kick off Game 1 on the road in Sunrise with Brayden Point highly unlikely to play.
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- California church shooting victim hailed as a hero
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A gunman in a deadly attack at a Southern California church was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people, authorities said.
The shooter killed Dr. John Cheng, 52, and wounded five others during a lunch held by Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, which worships at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, authorities said at a Monday news conference.
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said the motive of the shooting was a grievance between the shooter, identified as a Chinese immigrant and US citizen, and the Taiwanese community.
China claims Taiwan is a part of its national territory and has not ruled out force to bring the island under its rule.
The suspect was identified as David Chou, 68, of Las Vegas.
He has been booked on one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder and is being held on $1 million bail.
Barnes said Cheng, a sports medicine doctor who is survived by a wife a...
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- Buffalo victims beloved members of the community
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- People who knew two of the victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York say they were beloved members of their communities.
Katherine Massey and Heyward Patterson were gunned down on Saturday by a white 18-year-old man who had researched the local demographics and arrived in the area a day in advance to conduct reconnaissance with the "express purpose" of killing as many Black people as possible, according to officials.
29-year-old Steve Carlson grew up across the street from Massey and said he was shocked to hear that she was among the victims.
"She was the last person who deserved something like this," he said.
Another former neighbour, Marshal Staufenberger, described Massey as a "beautiful person" as he choked back tears.
Not far from the supermarket where he was gunned down, Heyward Patterson served as a church deacon, helping maintain the building and assist with church services.
Pastor Russel Bell s...
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- Tampa reacts to Lightning winning Game 7 over Maple Leafs
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Lightning fans packed Armature Works for a watch party and went crazy when the Bolts defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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- Moon goes red this weekend: Eclipse for Americas
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across the Americas.
The celestial action unfolds Sunday night into early Monday morning.
The moon will be bathed in the reflected red and orange hues of Earth's sunsets and sunrises for about 1 1/2 hours.
It will be the longest totality of the decade and the first so-called blood moon in a year.
Observers in the eastern half of North America, and all of Central and South America, will have front-row seats for the whole show, weather permitting.
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- Lighting win in OT, force a Game 7 against the Maple Leafs
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Tampa Bay evened up the game on a 5-on-3 power play and was able to push Game 6 to overtime against Toronto. Then, Bradyden Point put the puck in the back of the net and lifted the Lightning to a 4-3 win, forcing a decisive Game 7.
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- UF researchers grow plants in lunar dirt
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- For the first time, scientists have used lunar soil collected by NASA's long-ago moonwalkers to grow plants.
The results, published Thursday, are promising enough that NASA and others already are envisioning hothouses on the moon.
The University of Florida researchers had no idea if anything would grow in moon dirt.
So they planted thale cress last year in lunar soil collected by Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and other moonwalkers.
All the seeds sprouted, But the plants ended up stunted.
The scientists are thrilled, though, and plan to repeat the experiment.
NASA says the timing for such an experiment was finally right as the space agency looks to put astronauts back on the moon.
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- Lightning face elimination against the Maple Leafs in Game 6
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- 3:31
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The Bolts are back home for Game 6 against Toronto, trailing the Maple Leafs 3-2 in the series. A win forces a decisive Game 7 up in Toronto, and a loss will bring the season to an early end for Tampa Bay. We discuss the keys to victory in this must-win game.
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- First image captured of Milky Way's black hole
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, with astronomers calling it a "gentle giant" on a near-starvation diet.
Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their center, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely hard to get images of them. Light gets chaotically bent and twisted around by gravity as it gets sucked into the abyss along with superheated gas and dust.
The colorized image unveiled Thursday is from the international consortium behind the Event Horizon Telescope, a collection of eight synchronized radio telescopes around the world. Previous efforts had found the black hole in the center of our galaxy too jumpy to get a good picture.
The University of Arizona's Feryal Ozel called the black hole "the gentle giant in the center of our galaxy" while announcing the breakthrough. Bla...
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- Baby formula shortage hits parts of US
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because of supply disruptions and a massive safety recall by manufacturer Abbott.
Ongoing supply problems have intensified since Abbott shuttered its largest U.S. formula plant due to contamination concerns.
Pediatricians are urging parents who can't find formula to contact food banks or doctor's offices.
They warn against watering down formula to stretch supplies or using online DIY recipes.
Major retail chains including CVS and Walgreens are limiting how many containers customers can purchase at one time to conserve supplies.
Meanwhile, regulators with the Food and Drug Administration are looking at importing formula to boost U.S. supplies.
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- Man with ‘no idea how to fly’ lands plane in Florida after pilot can’t
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Air traffic controllers in Florida got an urgent call from a passenger in a small plane.
The man used cockpit radio to communicate after realizing the pilot was too sick to handle the controls.
"I've got a serious situation here," the man said. He said the pilot was incoherent and he had no idea how to fly a plane.
Controllers kept the man calm. Asked for the plane's position, he said he didn't know.
Eventually they spotted the Cessna 280 heading north over Boca Raton. Controllers then guided him Tuesday to a safe landing at Palm Beach International Airport.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Rick Breitenfeldt confirmed that the pilot and passenger were the only two people aboard.
The agency is investigating, he said in an email.
There was no immediate word on the condition of the pilot, and authorities didn't release their identities.
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- Drivers bemoan gas prices with no relief in sight
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Just as Americans gear up for summer road trips, the price of oil remains stubbornly high, pushing prices at the gas pump to painful heights.
AAA says drivers are paying $4.37 for a gallon of regular gasoline.
That's especially hard on people who drive for a living.
The high price of oil is the main cause of the biting gasoline prices.
A barrel of the U.S. benchmark crude has been selling for around $100.
Oil prices worldwide have been high in recent months, mainly because many buyers are refusing to purchase Russian oil after its invasion of Ukraine.
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- A Tarpon Springs artist recreated a Versailles masterpiece on his ceiling
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- 3:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Looking to paint the huge ceiling of his Tarpon Springs home, Julian Hartzog, 85, recreated “The Apotheosis of Hercules,” a massive 18th century fresco that François Lemoyne painted in France for the Palace of Versailles.
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- Tampa Bay Times reporters win Pulitzer Prize for ‘Poisoned’ series
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Tampa Bay Times reporters were investigating a story about lead in the water at local schools when a source shared a lengthy state health report with two pages dog-earred.
Those pages showed that Hillsborough County suffered a higher rate of lead poisoning than anywhere else in Florida. An unnamed battery recycler was to blame.
Over the next several years, Times reporters Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray scrutinized the recycler closer than any regulator ever had.
They exposed how Florida’s only lead smelter, run by Gopher Resource, endangered its employees and the surrounding community. They read 100,000 pages of government and medical records, spent countless hours talking to workers and made themselves experts on lead toxicity.
On Monday, the reporters were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for their series, “Poisoned.”
“We are enormously proud of our team for their relent...
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- Jill Biden meets Ukraine's first lady on Mother's Day
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- US First Lady #JillBiden held a surprise meeting with #OlenaZelenska, the Ukrainian First Lady, on Mother's Day during her unannounced visit to western Ukraine.
The two First Ladies joined children to work on art projects for their mothers at a school, which is also a shelter, currently housing 163 displaced people, including 47 children in Uzhhorod city.
Biden said the war in #Ukraine had to stop and it had been "brutal".
Zelenska thanked Biden for her "courageous act" to come to Ukraine amid the war.
Biden traveled under a cloak of secrecy, becoming the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine as Russia presses the war in eastern regions.
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- Art used to inspire coral protection
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A #Florida marine biologist and his musician business partner have been on a 15-year mission to raise awareness about dying coral reefs with a company that presents the issue through science and art, including livestreams of undersea coral, video images set to music projected on buildings and a psychedelic line of coral-themed clothing.
Over the past two years, amid coronavirus pandemic lockdowns and disruptions, one of Coral Morphologic's most popular features has been a livestream from an underwater camera in Miami's Government Cut where giant cruise ships and many other vessels pass daily.
Colin Foord, who runs Coral Morphologic with J.D. McKay, said the Coral City Camera recently passed 2 million views and usually has about 100 viewers online at any given time each day.
It's a window into an underwater world few people ever see, and it proves that staghorn and other corals can thrive there in addition to 177 species of fish, dolphins, manatees...
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- Lightning even up series with Maple Leafs with Game 4 win
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Tampa Bay came out hot in Game 4 against Toronto, scoring in the first minute. They picked up a 7-3 win and now will head back out on the road with the series tied 2-2.
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- Lighting return to Tampa for Game 3 against Maple Leafs
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- 3:52
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- With the series against Toronto tied 1-1, the Lightning look to take Game 3 on home ice. Will they have an advantage playing in front of their fans or will the Maple Leafs build off the momentum they had at the end of Game 2?
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- Biden's incoming press secretary makes history
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, the first Black woman and openly LGBTQ person to serve in the role. Incumbent Jen Psaki is set to leave the post next week.
Jean-Pierre takes on the role as the White House faces an uphill battle to help Democrats hold onto the House and Senate in this fall's midterm elections, and as the administration struggles to address Americans' concerns about soaring inflation and the state of the economy.
She also comes into the job as Biden faces a daunting array of foreign policy challenges, including the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and North Korea's escalating nuclear testing program. Biden is set to visit South Korea and Japan later this month and Europe in June.
Psaki, who leaves the White House on May 13, praised her successor as a “partner in truth,” noting the significance of the history-making appointment.
“Representation...
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- Bucs' Day of Service helps revitalize an East Tampa park
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- For the past three days, the Bucs and Jabil teamed up to renovate Highland Pines Park in East Tampa. This included upgrading the computer lab with new monitors, printers, etc. and revitalizing the outside area, as well as the multi-purpose rooms with new wall murals, desks, and chairs. Thursday was the reveal to the kids and families who live in the community.
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- US Supreme Court investigates document leak
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Chief Justice John Roberts, in ordering an investigation into an "egregious breach of trust" in the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion, tasked a relatively unknown court official to carry out what could be one of the most high-profile investigations in decades.
Despite the Biden administration's curtailing the government's ability to seize records from reporters, the court's Marshal operates outside of that chain of command, opening the possibility for an investigation without traditional guardrails to protect journalists' sources.
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- Biden: SCOTUS draft 'about a lot more than abortion'
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- President Joe Biden warns that if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade and the right to abortion nationwide, it would likely only be the beginning of the stripping away of cnstitutional rights and protections that Americans currently enjoy.
Speaking in the Roosevelt Room Wednesday during an remarks on the economy and the deficit, Biden said the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion suggesting the 1973 landmark Roe decision might be overturned "is about a lot more than abortion."
"What are the next things that are gonna be attacked?" Biden asked, adding, "Because this MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that's existed in American history," speaking about former President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
On Tuesday, Biden said he feared the overturning of Roe v. Wade would lead to the unraveling of other privacy rights, including same-sex marriage and birth control.
"What happens if yo...
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- Tampa protesters speak out about possible overturning of Roe v. Wade
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Tampa protesters gathered Tuesday in the wake of a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and end nearly 50 years of precedent that protects a person’s right to abortion.
Many lifted painted signs in support of abortion rights, while others waved pride flags and demanded action in speeches. Organizers passed petitions and registered attendees to vote. The mood was consistent throughout the crowd: Anger. Not just with the Supreme Court’s possible decision, but with the state of the progressive movement.
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- Roe v. Wade and its uncertain future explained
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A draft Supreme Court opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century was leaked and published by the news outlet Politico late Monday.
The court confirmed the authenticity of the leaked draft, which was dated to February and emphasized that the draft is not the justices' final word.
A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states, spark new efforts in Democratic-leaning states to protect access to abortion, and potentially reshape the contours of this year's hotly contested midterm elections.
"We're seeing this push to change the court, to overturn 50 years of precedent that recognizes that the 14th Amendment broadly protects fundamental rights, broadly protects equality, " said David Gans of the Constitutional Accountability Center.
Opinions often change in ways big and small in the drafting process, and a final ruling has not been expec...
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- Abortion report draws protesters to Supreme Court
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Abortion rights supporters demonstrated outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night and well into Tuesday morning.
Some opponents also rallied outside the court in Washington but they were vastly outnumbered and left much earlier.
The demonstrations came after #Politico released a report, saying that a draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year’s elections.
But it’s unclear if the draft represents the court’s final word on the matter - opinions often change in ways big and small in the drafting process.
A Supreme Court spokeswoman said the court had no comment.
The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft, which if verified marks a shock...
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- Trivia with Lightning fans at Stanley Cup Playoffs watch party
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Fans at the Sparkman Wharf watch party for Game 1 of Lightning vs. Maple Leafs share their excitement and answer trivia questions.
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- Lightning travel to Toronto for Game 1 of Stanley Cup Playoffs
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- 5:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- What will be the keys to success in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Lightning? What kind of a role will top scorers Steven Stamkos and Auston Matthews play?
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- Bucs continue to fill needs on day three of NFL Draft
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Who did Tampa Bay select on day three of the NFL Draft? Which of this year’s draft picks will be able to make an immediate impact on the field?
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- Bucs make three picks on day two of NFL Draft
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- 3:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Which players did Tampa Bay select on day two of the NFL Draft, and what will they bring to the team? Times reporters discuss from the Buccaneers' practice facility.
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- Bucs trade first-round pick to Jaguars
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Why did Tampa Bay decide to trade out of the first round? Which players might they be eyeing to select on day two of the NFL Draft?
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- SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- #SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for #NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires.
It’s the first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins.
“This is one of the most diversified, I think, crews that we’ve had in a really, really long time," NASA's space operations mission chief Kathy Lueders said on the eve of launch.
The astronauts were due to arrive at the space station Wednesday night, 16 hours after their predawn liftoff from #KennedySpaceCenter. They will spend five months at the orbiting lab.
SpaceX has now launched five crews for NASA and two private trips in just under two years. Elon Musk's company is having an especially busy few weeks: It just finished taking three businessmen to and from the space station as NASA’s first private guests.
A week aft...
