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Big changes are finally coming to Tampa’s WestShore Plaza. A new owner has bought the 60-year-old mall with plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use space. -
Tampa Bay Rays/CourtesyCity councilman Bill Carlson says he has a “win-win-win” stadium plan that can benefit Tampa and Rays fans and won’t use sales taxes or increase property taxes.
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The president's executive order advocates for the split of the MMR vaccine into three shots, directs the government to research vaccine safety, and directs all states to provide religious and medical exemptions. -
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Daniel Owen Conahan, 72, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Sept. 10. -
Florida will miss out on seeing Wednesday's total solar eclipse, but residents can see a partial lunar eclipse during the night of Aug. 27.
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"Trump's new executive order changing the childhood vaccine schedule against the advice of pediatric experts is dangerous and makes no sense," said Frankel in a statement. She represents Florida's 22nd Congressional District.
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