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The Southwest Florida Water Management District announced today it has closed on the purchase of Boat Spring. It's part of the headwaters of Hammock Creek…

For the second year running, The Florida prayer network is installing a nativity scene in the state Capitol Rotunda. And for the second year running...

Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to enter the House District 64 race for a special election. It means residents of this district won't have anyone…

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced Tuesday he will “actively explore” a campaign for president, an early move that could pre-empt some other…

Pianos are popping up on street corners, sidewalks and other unexpected places in Pinellas County. This is all part of the Pianos in Pinellas program an…

It's the second year of enrollment for health insurance plans under the federal health law on HealthCare.gov, the website that Floridians, and people in…

The U.S. and Cuba will start talks on normalizing relations and discuss opening a U.S. Embassy in Havana. Also today, Cuba freed USAID contractor Alan Gross on humanitarian grounds.

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 17, 2014Fact Sheet: Charting a New Course on Cuba Today, the United States is…

For years, Cuban-Americans in Miami supported punitive policies against Cuba. But since Obama's election, that view has moderated.

Sometimes, against all odds, relationships grow between two people who don't even speak the same language.Actress Midge Mamatas knows something about…

It's a "big week," according to Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn - an understatement for a man who may get all of his gifts well before the holidays this year.Now…

American Alan Gross had spent more than five years in a Cuban prison, where he suffered ill health. Then, on Tuesday, his lawyer, Scott Gilbert, told him in a phone call that he was going home.

Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, left open the possibility Wednesday that his chamber will consider an expansion of health coverage for…

Tampa Bay Lighting owner Jeff Vinik admitted that he formed his group "Strategic Property Partners" so he could slowly and quietly buy up property…

Luis Alejandro Larrorte has lived the past two decades in the United States -- all of it without health insurance. But the 56-year-old who sells cable...

The near future of the Rays in the Tampa Bay area could be determined on Thursday afternoon.The St. Petersburg City Council is scheduled to vote at 3 p.m.…

In this installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, Marietta Drucker tells her daughter, Debbie, of her escape from the Nazis when they invaded her native…

In the wake of the historic Cuba policy changes President Obama ordered yesterday, Congress will now debate whether to scuttle the failed, 52-year-old...

Tampa is the top airport in the state of Florida and number seven in the country for firearms found at the airport screening checkpoint, says Lee Kair of…

The State Department says a delegation of diplomats will visit the island next month. The formal restoration of diplomatic ties is expected to be as easy as the two countries writing each other notes.

Arizona will host the College Football Playoff championship in 2016 and Tampa, Fla., will be the site of the 2017 title game.The conference commissioners…

UPDATE 12/22, noon with details on Parilla's first court appearance & info on fund for Off. Kondek's family:A first appearance for suspect Marco Parilla…

Now that President Obama wants to normalize U.S. relations with communist Cuba, the big question is: Can the U.S. trade embargo last much longer? WLRN...

On a foggy Monday morning, the Florida Capitol is nearly inaccessible. With many offices winding down for the holidays, stairways and entrances are...

NASA's next big space telescope costs $8 billion and is very heavy. New York scientists think they may have found the makings of a cheaper, lighter answer for future space scopes — in a crafts store.