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The transit of Venus, when the planet can be seen as a black dot moving across the sun, is happening today starting at 6 PM.The transit of Venus happens…

Hillsborough County's public bus system HART is proposing changes to its services and prices.HART is holding eight meetings and a public hearing to inform…

Tampa's Chamberlain High School is scheduled to be under modified lock down until school's out Friday. Police say a man had serious thoughts of committing…

UPDATED Sun 6/10 4:30 pm with more info from Speer In addition to the ducks, squirrels and Bulls that populate USF's Tampa campus, there's another species…

NASA may have retired its shuttles, but it has its sights on sending astronauts deeper into space than ever before. The agency wants to set foot on asteroids, but the first step is a soggy one.

The sunny pop song has overtaken the airwaves. Now, in a celebration of summer, NPR shares its take.

Democratic critics say Florida's Republican governor is purging eligible voters to give his party an Election Day advantage. Scott denies the accusation in an interview with NPR's Michel Martin on Tell Me More. "Not one U.S. citizen has been eliminated from the voter rolls," he says. "Not one."

The liberal Center for American Progress put some numbers on the potential power of the untapped Latino vote. The think tank found significant numbers of unregistered U.S. citizens of Latino background in many states, a pool that expanded greatly when they added the number of permanent Latino residents eligible for citizenship before Election Day.

WUSF recently went along with a thousand-mile journey through the heart of the state with the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition. But before that trip,…

When folks in town saw him driving his car around the streets of Ybor City, some would shout, "here comes the devil wagon!" Tampa cigar factory owner…

Mother Jones magazine is reporting In April, GOP congressional candidate Henry "Trey" Radel III landed in a cyberscandal dubbed "Domain-gate" when it was…

President Obama's immigration order Friday angered some lawmakers — not unlike earlier members of Congress when presidents used executive authority to complete the Louisiana Purchase, sign the Emancipation Proclamation, integrate the U.S. military and order warrantless surveillance after Sept. 11.

The fireworks at Saturday's Republican State Convention started early and burst throughout the day. Many longtime party activists say Rep. Ron Paul's supporters are taking over the party, and the friction showed. If the event is any indication, Mitt Romney might not get a drama-free national convention.

Jurors will resume their deliberations over the fate of famed pitcher Roger Clemens this morning. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner is on trial for…

More than 15,000 protesters are expected to flood the city of Tampa in August for the Republican National Convention.We asked three Tampa-area activists…

Federal prosecutors have charged a Miami man with laundering millions of dollars stolen from the Medicare program and funneling the money into Cuban…

She became known as the girlfriend of Dontae Morris -- the man accused of gunning down Tampa Police Officers Dave Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab in June 2010.…

Former U.S. Senator George LeMieux is throwing in the towel, he announced on his You Tube channel today.It's not a complete surprise. He's been trailing…

A group called the 60 Plus Association is running an ad in Florida claiming Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson was the "deciding vote" for the health care law.It…

In Florida, 13 percent of eligible voters are Hispanic. But not all Hispanics vote the same way.This week, both Mitt Romney and President Obama are giving…

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney gets a tepid reception at a gathering of Latino leaders, but says Obama is taking their vote for granted.

It was perhaps the highlight of his Tampa speech -- President Obama slammed GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney for being an "outsourcing pioneer."Here's what…

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is all grown up. But has it grown into a monster? That’s the question raised by a Tampa Bay Times article recounting the birth and

Tropical Storm Debby inches its way through Florida, causing extensive wind damage and extreme floods.In this slideshow you'll see the tornado damage from…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg5TUjbFd7Y&list=UUsN1ZItTKcJ4AGsBIni35gg&index=1&feature=plcpPass-a-Grille resident Tony Howe was sitting in his living…