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Manatee County is one of the fastest growing counties in Florida. On Tuesday, residents said yes to a slight increase on their property tax bill to create a dedicated fund for land preservation.

A Polk Sheriff's deputy is in jail for allegedly texting a fellow deputy that lawmakers on Capitol Hill should have been "executed."

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic. This week takes us to a librarian and a bus driver.

State wildlife officials say in their mid-week report that toxic red tide blooms, which originally started in Southwest Florida, continue to spread north.

Florida Task Force 3 consists of rescue personnel who are assisting in efforts at the site of the Surfside condo collapse.

The storm is expected to have cleared the Tampa Bay region by early Wednesday, well in advance of the scheduled 8 p.m. hockey game.

U.S. Capitol Police will open a field office in Tampa to investigate threats to members of Congress. Most the threats came from Florida and California.

For each famous name given, change either the first or last letter of the last name to a new letter, and rearrange the result to name a country.

The August decline in traffic follows a strong summer that saw a rebound in air travel.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall says the issue has become politicized to the point that elected bodies worry about retribution if they take a public position.

Michael Tubbs has been saying "reinvent Stockton" since he was elected mayor. Having grown up in Stockton himself, Tubbs takes a community-oriented approach to creating positive change in the city.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said this is the first of several announcements he will make regarding job growth and infrastructure.

It's the second deadly shooting at the Louisiana school within four days. Louisiana State Police is investigating both shootings.

The adjournment brought the 113th Congress to a formal close. Democrat Harry Reid ended his run as majority leader, as Republicans take control of the Senate next month.

Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and founder of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced he is donating much of his fortune to charity. Over time, most of Buffett's $44 billion in stock holdings will be given to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Michele Norris says she's had enough of chatty dolls, singing globes and anything else with a talking microchip. All those annoying playthings make her wonder: Why are toys so loud?

Andrei Vasilevskiy had 49 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with 2-0 win and four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers.

The ceremony starts at 8 p.m. ET.

AAA says concerns over fuel supply are resulting in extreme volatility in the fuel market."

Federal agents discovered more than 100 images of child pornography on Kevin Hohn's computer, including some that appeared to have been secretly taken in his home.

Most people turn to Wikipedia to learn, well, just about everything. This Michigander is using social media to highlight the weird and the wacky that can be found on the site.

For 100 days in 1994, Rwanda experienced one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. More than 800,000 Tutsis were killed, primarily by their neighbors. NPR's Jason Beaubien.

The interchange opened over the weekend in Pasco County, and is scheduled to be completed this summer.

The man's two children — a 14-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman — were wounded by shrapnel and transported to a nearby hospital.

The shortage comes as there has been a steady increase in rates of syphilis since 2000. Inventory can start depleting as early as this month, Pfizer said.