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When the famous and infamous Gasparilla Parade of the Pirates invades Tampa on Saturday, Jan. 31, it will be the 100th such procession along Bayshore…

"It has been, and still is, a hard time for many" Americans, President Obama said in Tuesday night's State of the Union address. "But tonight, we turn the page."

This is a compilation of WUSF's coverage of the University of South Florida investigation into the Dozier Reform School for Boys and the unmarked…

Elon Musk's SpaceX received a $1 billion investment from Google and Fidelity, which now own slightly less than 10 percent of the firm. SpaceX is currently valued at $10 billion.

Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater to consider a search for a new head of the Florida Department of Law...

Florida lawmakers are considering whether to allow people to carry guns on public college and university campuses. The bill comes in the wake of a...

The North Miami Beach Police Department has been using mugshots of young black men for target practice during sniper drills. The practice drew internat...

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn weighed in on the firing of Hillsborough County School Superintendent Mary Ellen Elia on Wednesday.Following Gov. Rick Scott's…

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The 15,000 acre area surrounding the University of South Florida's Tampa campus has been called "the University Area", "University West," and, derisively,…

Last week, media from all over the world picked up the story of the Pinellas Country Sheriff's Office's rug in their Largo headquarters that had the typo…

Florida House and Senate subcommittees heard testimony Wednesday from stakeholders in the state’s beer industry. After failing twice, a bill to...

For more than 20 years, the state of Florida and lawyers representing prisoners wrangled over inmates' health care, resulting in nearly a decade of…

Franklin Street, just north of downtown Tampa, was the heart of the downtown shopping district before the flight to the suburbs in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.…

Governor Scott Thursday continued his campaign to make higher education more affordable.In a brief stop at the University of North Florida bookstore,...

About a week after news broke that North Miami Beach police officers were using mugshots of black men for target practice, the city’s police chief J. S...

Imagine an extra hour of soccer practice. A longer day at the beach. More sunshine to hustle tourists through Disney World.That’s the goal of Sen. Darren…

Florida's unemployment rate continues to drop.This morning, the state's December 2014 unemployment numbers were released. Last month, the unemployment…

St Petersburg's only African-American history museum may be getting the boot. On Thursday, the St. Petersburg Housing Authority voted 4-3 to sell its…

Tampa Bay Times Food Critic Laura Reiley has been dining out a lot in the past couple of weeks. So now she's living on coffee after consuming "thousands…

Tampa Bay Times Food Critic Laura Reiley has been dining out a lot in the past couple of weeks. So now she's living on coffee after consuming "thousands…

Federal officials were in Sarasota County this week helping residents get ready for new flood maps. It’s part of the Federal Emergency Management...

Cell phone calls, texting, Facebook, Twitter and email are really adding to our daily stress, right?Not necessarily.There's a new study that says we…

In this installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, married couple Victoria Hewitt and Donald Harvey tell the story of karma and one amazing flying experience.…