Several community and advocacy groups gathered on the steps of St. Petersburg City Hall to voice concerns on the redevelopment plan nearing final approval by local officials.
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The judge issued a permanent injunction against the part that targeted non-citizens, saying it violated the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
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The colors of the pride flag will be replaced by red, white and blue on the Sunshine Skyway for the Freedom Summer Tax Holiday.
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Dangerous rip currents will be at a high risk along the Florida panhandle through Sunday with an increased risk along the Gulf coast beaches as well.
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Six of the eight dead have been identified, and the family of victim Manuel Pérez Ríos mourned and recited prayers for the loss of their loved one, who was a father of four and grandfather to four.
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Bryan Maclean Howard pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence-manslaughter.
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Kathy Kaefer is singing across the country in a cabaret act. “Kiss Me Once: Stories from the Homefront with Kathy Kaefer” comes to the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center on Saturday.
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Rounds of storms to end the week, especially the most severe for the western Panhandle, but some storms could move over the rest of the state throughout the weekend.
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The recently hired dean, Laura Jean Fero, 54 of Apopka, faces charges related to her previous position in Minnesota.
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The clinic shares space with a MacDill Air Force Base health center, part of a growing partnership between the military and the VA.
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President Biden is giving a commencement address at Morehouse College this weekend, but that speech has created some controversy. Morehouse is in the swing state of Georgia.
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The name is a nod to the hometown B-52s, whose debut single shares the same name. The moniker will be accompanied by a logo of a lobster holding a hockey stick doubling as an electric guitar.
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French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.
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