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The first presidential campaign was a fact-checker’s dream, chock-full of numbers.PolitiFact scoured through those claims and found…the candidates were…

Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday to decide whether President Hugo Chavez remains in power. Polls indicate it's his most serious electoral challenge since taking office nearly 14 years ago. But Venezuela closed its Miami consulate, so Florida voters have to go to New Orleans.

As contract negotiations between management and players continue, the season is in jeopardy. But many expect the two sides will reach agreement in time to get things started by New Year's Day.

A new museum could soon grace downtown's Curtis Hixon Park, where the Tampa Museum of Art and Glazer Children's Museum are located. The city of Tampa…

So far eight clinics in Florida have been found to have received contaminated drugs that cause a rare fungal meningitis, the state Department of Health…

Voting can be a chore, but getting more people to vote by allowing early voting may not be doing the candidates or the electorate any favors.

Sam Gibbons was re-elected to Congress 16 times, from the 1960s through 1997. Before that, he served in the Florida Legislature, and was instrumental in…

It's one of the more humorous, yet heartfelt moments at the University of South Florida--hundreds of men stumbling around in women's shoes at the "Walk a…

In conjunction with Ken Burns’ The War, WUSF produced a pair of documentaries in 2007 focusing on two Bay area communities and the residents who served in…

RealtyTrac, a foreclosure tracking firm, says the foreclosure filings dropped significantly in September. But the report shows they have gone up in states that hadn't had problems until now.

When St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster asked the Tampa Bay Rays for some feedback on a proposed new stadium in Carillon Business Park, he apparently opened…

We may have a better idea what prompted University of South Florida Athletic Director Doug Woolard to speak out earlier this week with his tentative…

The Department of Health announced that the cases of fungal meningitis in Florida have risen to nine. A 52- year old woman and a 79- year old woman are…

In 2024, the trust fund that pays for Medicare is expected to be depleted. What should be done about the future of Medicare?That's the issue Tampa senior…

That "mystery eyeball" that was found on a South Florida beach recently looks like it is from a swordfish. That's the word from researchers from the…

Many polls have gauged Floridians' opinions on the upcoming general election, but there's only one poll that gives insight into the youth vote. Political…

Buffeted by accusations of laziness by Bill Nelson's campaign, Rep. Connie Mack IV is out with a new ad today that unleashes his most potent weapon: his…

Most of what we've heard from the two candidates for president revolve around the slumping economy and creating jobs. We don't hear much about…

The hidden bomb that killed St. Petersburg's Army Spc. Brittany Gordon on Saturday is being linked to the revenge killing of a 9-year-old Afghan child…

The new law means most citizens will be allowed to leave without seeking permission from the government. Doctors and critics of the state seem to be exempt from the new law.

Florida is known for its strange news stories and the people that create them. Well, here's another one... Thieves in Dunedin are targeting public…

The bell tower at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales is revered enough as a place to perform that there have been only three carillonneurs in it's 83-year…

The 20th Annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading is this Saturday, October 20th, at the USF St. Petersburg campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.While…

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition held a foreign policy discussion in Tampa Thursday. The panel was made up of Gen. Anthony Zinni, former World Bank…

Stetson University College of Law opened its Veterans Law Institute on the Gulfport campus less than five months ago. The Veterans Advocacy Clinic already…