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Florida's largest newspaper, The Tampa Bay Times, said Tuesday it has purchased its main competitor, the Tampa Tribune, ending a decades-long newspaper…

In a move that could help clear the way for former Gov. Charlie Crist to head to Capitol Hill, his chief opponent for a Pinellas County congressional seat…

A federal judge has preliminarily approved the settlement of a decade-long lawsuit focused on allegations that Florida's Medicaid program did not...

Brian Boyle delivered a hard hit and then took advantage of a lucky carom to get the Tampa Bay Lightning a big playoff win.Boyle scored at 2:48 of…

Tampa City Councilman Guido Maniscalco represents District 6. He knows all too well what it feels like to get a parking ticket in the city.He has a…

At least two Florida Republicans in Congress have broken with their party and are calling on the GOP leadership to approve $1.9 billion in emergency…

The special meeting of the University of South Florida Board of Trustees Tuesday only covered two topics, but ended up running as long as some regular…

In an effort to expand services and reduce unnecessary hospital visits, Tampa Family Health Centers opened its first facility connected to a hospital.

More Florida panthers could die this year than last year’s record number.Wildlife authorities attribute the mortalities to the endangered animal’s growing…

Pundits are floating Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson as a possible vice presidential nominee. But Nelson is quiet on the subject.

The toughest writing assignment 16-year-old Konner Ross will have this year is to write a eulogy for a young man she’s never met. But there’s a part of…

Authorities say a Florida man was bitten by an alligator after he mistook it for dead.Orlando television station WESH reported Sunday that 41-year-old…

Vice President Joe Biden will give a speech in Tampa on his vision for U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere.The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Greater…

A 20-year veteran of the Tampa Police Department has died following an off-duty motorcycle crash.The department says Officer Howard Gimbel died Saturday…

MIT Electrical Engineering professor Harold Edgerton was trained in photography by his uncle. That uncle taught him how to take pictures and how to…

A Miami-Dade circuit judge has declared Florida's new death penalty law unconstitutional.The ruling comes just days after Governor Rick Scott signed off…

Walk into any classroom at Deerfield Beach Middle School and you won’t have trouble spotting the students who missed breakfast. “They’re the ones who...

Ahmed Mohamed received a pair of degrees at the University of South Florida’s recent commencement ceremonies, graduating in just three years with a…

Nearly $3.7 billion is projected to be spent --- through state, local and private dollars --- over the next five years to handle growing international…

Pinellas County has its first reported case of Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health said on Monday.

A new law that protects five nurseries may have given more ammunition to "ganjapreneurs" seeking an entree into what could be one of the nation's...

Florida's citrus orange crop estimate has gotten sunnier.Federal agricultural officials said Tuesday that the estimate for Florida's orange crop has…

The unveiling of SeaWorld Orlando's new shark-inspired Mako roller coaster is still a month away, but park officials gave the media a behind-the-scenes…

While the body of the 96-year-old widow of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Hugh Culverhouse Sr. waits in a funeral home, her children are battling in…

As a former Tampa Bay crime reporter, Ace Atkins has seen the best in people and also, the worst. He folded that knowledge into his fifth Robert B. Parker…