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Fans at local watch parties hope the Rays' recent success proves to the community the team is worth showing up for.

The City of St. Petersburg is starting to allow large scale events — like Tampa Bay Rays World Series watch parties and the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg — to happen as long as coronavirus safety plans are in place.

The debate likely marks President Trump's last chance to reach a massive audience as he trails Joe Biden in polls nationally and in key states.

The bowl game, played at Raymond James Stadium, will now be known as the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.

The legislation would prohibit oil and gas leasing in all areas of the Outer Continental Shelf, promote offshore wind energy and restore 30% of the nation's oceans by 2030.

After 2016, nothing will make Democrats feel secure in the final weeks of a presidential election. For Joe Biden's campaign, which doesn't want voters to be complacent, the anxiety is OK.

This week, Florida Matters shares the stories of three Tampa Bay residents who contracted and survived COVID-19. Their stories are part of a larger series airing this week on WUSF.

The last time the statewide daily increase in infections was over 5,000 — not counting days where there were data issues — was September 1.

Federal officials approved a new rule to protect deep-sea coral hotspots in the Gulf of Mexico through restrictions on some fishing gear in areas where they thrive. Some locations are off of the Florida coast.

Democrats have outraised Republicans in nearly all competitive House and Senate races in 2020. Most of that money has come from small dollar donors who fear a second Trump term.

An executive with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America tells a Florida Chamber forum that her industry is working to ensure vaccines "will be affordable and available for patients."

On an eight-hour Emirates flight, with mask-wearing enforced, a whopping 27 coronavirus-positive people boarded the plane in Dubai. Guess how many passengers got infected?

With millions of votes already cast in the November general election, Secretary of State Laurel Lee late Tuesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject a last-minute attempt to kill a proposed constitutional amendment that would overhaul the state’s primary-election system.

Universities have received scores of formal complaints from students about classmates’ behavior, according to a review of months’ worth of such files turned over under the state’s public records law.

The U.S. Department of Labor estimated Thursday that 35,960 initial unemployment claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended Oct. 17, down from 47,904 the prior week and 42,306 during the week that ended Oct. 3.

The USF St. Petersburg Campus Advisory Board met virtually to talk about a number of issues Thursday.

Strategists say the election isn’t about broad policy concerns such as health care or immigration. It’s about the coronavirus. And it's a very partisan issue.

The director of national intelligence and the FBI director said on Wednesday night that U.S. officials believe Iranian influence-mongers are behind an election-intimidation scam.

Less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Republicans have surpassed Democrats by more than 41,000 early ballots as sites opened this week across the state.

"We've already had over 200,000 deaths. I feel like we can't risk having anymore."

The second presidential debate was canceled, but President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are debating again on Thursday. Follow live updates and analysis.

Visit Florida is expanding its marketing efforts after the coronavirus severely impacted the state’s tourism industry. The agency is hoping to convince tourists within driving distance of Florida to vacation in the Sunshine State.

This is the last, best chance for both candidates to make their arguments to a broad audience of the American public for why they should be president — and there's a lot on the line.

The state took a deeper look at 95 COVID-19 deaths and in 16 cases, it found more than a two-month time frame between when people tested positive for COVID-19 and the actual deaths.

English teachers Maia Doughtie and Dustin Holmes, who have ties to Florida, share their story of what it is like to vote in America's elections while living in Vietnam.