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If you can’t join any Veterans Day events, no worries. You can still take a moment to show your gratitude for those who have served and those currently…

The renovations that will turn the childhood home of baseball Hall of Fame member Al Lopez into a baseball museum began Wednesday.Tampa Bay has a rich…

President Barack Obama signed a bill Wednesday, renaming Pinellas County's Bay Pines VA Center after the late Congressman C.W. Bill Young.Stars and…

The House and Senate could be headed toward a collision at the end of the legislative session about major health-care issues, including the continued...

Every day, 22 veterans take their own lives. That's according to a report released earlier this year by the Department of Veterans Affairs. And that…

Indiana’s Inspector General has filed an ethics complaint against former Florida education commissioner Tony Bennett for using state computers for…

Florida Blue, the largest health insurer in the state, says it will reinstate 300,000 policies it was planning to cancel, the Fort Myers News-Press...

A man already serving a life sentence for murder has been convicted fatally shooting Tampa police officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab during a routine…

A few determined people are doing their best to keep letters arriving in U.S. mailboxes. One Michigan woman writes up to 60 letters a week — some of them to the students she's met in 50 years of teaching. Some young people are getting into the act, too — including a group at Central Michigan University.

The USPS is banking that Harry Potter buffs will scoop up the limited-edition stamps, which feature stills from the eight Harry Potter films. But not everyone's a fan; critics say the new products are too commercial — and that a British import doesn't belong on a U.S. stamp.

The Chick-fil-A on Fowler by the USF Tampa campus is having its grand reopening Thursday morning.This means people are already camped out in the…

After pleading guilty to cocaine possession and admitting an addiction to alcohol, Florida Rep. Trey Radel's political future is unclear. Democrats are calling on the freshman Republican to resign his seat.

There’s a new smartphone app to help Floridians report sea life in need of help in the Southeastern U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric...

In late 2009, the University of South Florida formally announced its USF: Unstoppable Campaign, with a goal to raise $600 million dollars to fund the…

Musician and Venice resident Dick Hyman reflects on his relationship with WUSF Public Media, host Bob Seymour and all that jazz.On learning about jazz on…

Two workers were injured this afternoon after an explosion was reported on the Mosaic processing plant on U.S. 41 near Riverview. Hillsborough County fire…

The city of Tampa has been planning a redevelopment of Perry Harvey Sr. Park for years. In the same park sits a 35-year-old skate bowl, which recently…

More than four dozen contemporary young adult and children’s authors were in Florida over the weekend for Miami Book Fair International.As Common Core…

When an apparent gas explosion leveled a Florida jail and killed two inmates, officials had to rescue prisoners trapped in the rubble, evacuate the...

Watch out if you're planning to be on the roads Wednesday: A storm that's already caused some deaths and many problems across the southwest and southern states continues to take aim at the eastern half of the nation. With more than 43 million Americans expected to travel in coming days, the weather is going to complicate many trips.

The sounds of a drum led people to the Museum of Science and Industry’s welcome center. Straw huts and booths held up with wooden poles were covered in…

On this busiest travel day of the year, millions trying to get somewhere in the eastern half of the U.S. will be dealing with storms.

Jaraux Washington is a science teacher at Tampa's Roland Park K-8 Magnet School for International Studies. So it's not surprising she turns to biology...

As if today being the busiest travel day of the year wasn't enough, bad weather around the country is leading to flight delays at Tampa International…

Holidays are particularly tough for deployed military members thousands of miles away from family.But the U.S. Central Command, based at Tampa's MacDill…