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While the University of South Florida football team celebrated its Homecoming with a come-from-behind 27-23 victory over BYU Saturday, the USF Athletics…

With 1,299 reported cases of lung injuries associated with vaping and electronic cigarettes across the nation, the federal Centers for Disease Control...

The parent company of health insurer Florida Blue is offering $400,000 to companies that can help caregivers.

Family man. Business man. Policy leader.Those are the words Sen. Wilton Simpson’s website uses to describe the lawmaker, who on Tuesday will be tapped by…

Another option for internet and TV service could be coming to Lakeland.Commissioners are considering a plan to build a city-owned broadband network. The…

How Florida classrooms will be taught post-Common Core will be the focus of a listening tour stop in Tampa Thursday by Florida's top education official,…

With the sponsor pointing to concerns about skin cancer, a Senate committee Monday approved a measure that would prevent local governments from banning…

A toddler died in Tampa on Monday night after police say she was left in a family vehicle.Police say the parents of the 1 ½-year-old girl called 911 after…

With the population in the Tampa Bay area growing so has the traffic. Transportation leaders have proposed many ideas about how to help people get around…

A fight is underway in Manatee County between some residents and the Florida Department of Transportation over a drawbridge that leads onto Anna Maria…

Florida lawmakers Monday dug into issues involving climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, phrases mostly kept under wraps by state Republican…

Public schools across Florida must have a policy in place by the end of the year allowing students to use medical marijuana on campus, or they will risk...

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg is bringing back a prominent heart surgeon, calling it the “first step” to restoring its shuttered…

A Pasco County sheriff’s corporal, whose gun accidentally fired in a busy middle school cafeteria nearly six months ago, caused the accident himself by…

A date has been set for trial in the case of confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz versus the State of Florida. Judge Elizabeth Scherer issued...

The Cross-Bay Ferry will return to Tampa Bay for a third season, with new services, a new website, and a proposal for permanent, year-round service in the…

Under legislation passed last year, the University of South Florida has until next summer to bring the accreditation of its three campuses under one…

The Tampa Bay region should brace for strong storm surge, gusty winds and periods of heavy rain from a system, now Tropical Storm Nestor, that intensifed…

The use of tobacco products among Florida’s youth is at an all-time low, but that good news is offset by significant increases in the number of children...

People with developmental disabilities and caregivers delivered a message to a Senate health-care panel Wednesday: Don’t cut Medicaid funding for services.

Arnold Donald admits there were gaps in how the world's largest cruise ship operator followed environmental rules. " Clearly there were some gaps in...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for Florida counties in the path of Hurricane Dorian, which is currently forecast to make landfall as…

As Hurricane Dorian barreled toward Puerto Rico on Wednesday, some in the Tampa Bay area with family and friends on the island were staying alert.Puerto…

All 67 Florida counties are now under an emergency order as the state awaits a powerful hit, likely early next week, from Hurricane Dorian.Gov. Ron…

Shelves are emptying of essentials like bottled water as Hurricane Dorian spins closer to Florida.At one Tampa grocery store, Michael Holt had a shopping…