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USF isn’t just launching one summer program for high school and homeschool students, but thirteen different programs. University Beat on WUSF 89.7 has a…

Several government agencies have banded together with groups as diverse as the Nature Conservancy and Walmart to help protect one of the state's…

Yet another reason to eat healthy and exercise.Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle found that by dropping a few pounds, a…

Thursday was a day of weather extremes for the Tampa Bay area. The National Weather Service in Ruskin reports Tampa and Sarasota both set new high…

If you're meeting with the King of Spain, and he's just broken his hip in a fall during a controversial elephant hunting trip...do you bring it up?Gov.…

A new provision for domestic violence laws had been proposed by several groups interested in protecting abuse victims. It will allow previous interviews…

You can locate a VA National Cemetery nearest you that is holding a 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony HERE.FLORIDA MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIESSUNDAY, MAY 27Veterans…

Two separate wildfires in Brooker Creek Preserve broke out at the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend before being brought under control by East Lake…

For the first time ever, the USF Softball team is on their way to the NCAA Women's College World Series.Head Coach Ken Eriksen said his team was actually…

An Army World War II Veteran, who was awarded the Bronze Star as a medic in the Battle of the Bulge and honored by France with its Chevalier Legion of…

You won't find much that President Obama and Mitt Romney agree on, but both parties' presidential candidates have praised former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's…

When does a prank become a crime?That’s the question people across Tampa Bay are wrestling with after three young men were charged with hitting a runner…

The numbers are impressive: 50,000 visitors, including 15,000 members of the media from around the world. But what concerns Tampa police are the relative…

The drug has been linked to other crimes in which the suspect becomes irrational and violent. In some ways, they're a "walking dead person," according to the president of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police.

The Tampa-based Sykes Enterprises CEO Chuck Sykes announced that a new customer service call center is going to bring 600 new jobs to Lakeland.The…

Brooklyn-born Bill Internicola, 91, says he was "flabbergasted" when he got a letter asking him to show proof he was a U.S. citizen or be removed from the voting rolls. Florida is targeting suspected noncitizens, saying it's trying to prevent fraudulent voting.

Thousands of people cross it every day. It's where Tampa's drinking water comes from. But how much do you really know about the Hillsborough River?WUSF’s…

A west Volusia County woman was being abused by her boyfriend and she had no means of calling 9-1-1 herself, so she logged onto Facebook instead.Rhonda…

Can red wine change the course of Alzheimer’s disease? Not red wine specifically—but resvaratrol, a component of it that can also be found in chocolate,…

Hustle put the USF Bulls Softball team up 1-0 over the University of Oklahoma midway through the first game of the NCAA Women's College World Series…

Standing in front of a banner reading "There is a Voice!" a group of Polk County business leaders and politicians today rallied in support of the new…

After 10 years of war, the number of veterans is growing and so are their needs. Stetson University's College of Law responded by establishing the Stetson…

The Hillsborough River is in many ways a tale of two rivers. Upstream, it quietly meanders through a forest of cypress trees dotted with alligators. But…

The giant retailer has joined the list of major corporations withdrawing their support from the conservative political organization, which advocates a type of law that came under intense focus after the Trayvon Martin killing became a national story.

A federal judge has blocked state elections officials from enforcing tough restrictions on groups that conduct voter registration drives. And the Justice Department has sent a letter to Florida telling it to immediately halt efforts to purge from the voting rolls people suspected of being noncitizens.