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Diving stop earns Rays ballboy Braden Coles trip to MLB All-Star Game
ST. PETERSBURG — Reliever Shawn Armstrong said he has had to learn to trust the glove of the Rays All-Star. Not the one on the field, third baseman Isaac Paredes. The one protecting the bullpen. Ballboy Braden Coles isn’t on the roster, but he will be in Arlington, Texas,...
Rays waste multiple scoring chances in quiet loss to Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays are trying to save their season and keep their boss from trading key pieces by taking advantage of an unexpected soft spot in their schedule. Beat the struggling Yankees, and they can regain needed momentum by winning another series. They certainly had their chances...
Rays’ Shane Baz ready for first start at Tropicana Field in 2 years
ST. PETERSBURG — It’s been more than two years since Shane Baz took the mound at Tropicana Field for a big-league game. Thursday night, the Rays right-hander will make his first home start since June 28, 2022. Baz said the stadium is “familiar,” since he spent a lot...
He arrived from Florida on Jet Ski loaded with guns to ‘commit violent acts,’ Cuba says
Cuban government officials say a man who illegally entered the island last year on a Jet Ski carrying five handguns was part of a terrorist plot organized by a group of Cubans in the United States, though officials provided few details of such a plan. A senior criminal investigations chief...
2 men pulled from lake after small plane crashes in north Palm Beach County
Divers found two men who were aboard a small plane that crashed into a lake in northern Palm Beach County on Wednesday afternoon after searching for them for more than an hour. The Piper PA28 departed a runway at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, at 11600 Aviation Road,...
Who’s the No. 3 conference: ACC or Big 12? It might matter
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark kicked off his conference’s media days Tuesday with a comment that might have been a shot at the ACC, wishful thinking or something much more innocuous. After adding Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Arizona State, Yormark said on a Las Vegas stage, his league “solidified...
Florida college student lied about being suspended over pro-Palestinian protest
GAINESVILLE — A college student arrested during pro-Palenstinian protests at the University of Florida in the spring lied this week about being suspended for three years from nearby Santa Fe College as punishment. Charly Keanu Pringle, 21, of Jacksonville was not suspended from Santa Fe, according to the college’s...
Here’s which Florida Republicans will be at the GOP’s national convention
Gov. Ron DeSantis and dozens of other high-ranking Florida politicians are headed to Milwaukee next week for the Republican National Convention. The convention, which will take place July 15 to 18, is a chance for the party to rally behind former President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election. DeSantis,...
Florida Democrat: Impeach 2 conservative Supreme Court justices
Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, is backing the progressive-led push to have two conservative Supreme Court justices impeached. Articles of impeachment drafted by Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York accused Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito of failing to disclose gifts from wealthy supporters and refusing to recuse themselves from high-profile cases in which the justices had a conflict of interest.
Video shows plane tire exploding on takeoff at Tampa International Airport
A flight headed to Phoenix was delayed Wednesday morning after a tire on the plane exploded during takeoff at Tampa International Airport, video shows. Video posted on YouTube by the user Captain Steven Markovich shows an American Airlines plane taxiing on the runway when its right tire catches fire and smoke fills the air. Video shows the tires sparking and fragments of tires left on the runway.
Pass-a-Grille Beach renourishment gets federal approval, will continue
Pinellas County will move forward with plans to fully renourish eroded Pass-a-Grille Beach this summer after the county said Wednesday it had received federal approval for the project. In June, the county renourished a section of the beach between Fourth Avenue and Ninth Avenue with about 10,000 cubic yards of...
The latest on Florida State, ACC, Clemson lawsuits
The dueling lawsuits between Florida State and the ACC are playing out in courts: Florida State University Board of Trustees vs. Atlantic Coast Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference vs. Board of Trustees of Florida State University. We’re using this as a landing spot for the latest updates with FSU’s case...
Top New College administrator leaving for Florida Poly
New College of Florida vice provost Bradley Thiessen stepped down from his role earlier this week to become interim vice president and provost at Florida Polytechnic University. Thiessen served in key administrative roles at New College during a tumultuous transition after Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed six trustees to the school...
St. Petersburg police arrest second person accused of vandalizing Pride mural
A second person has been arrested in connection with vandalism to an LGBTQ+ pride street mural in St. Petersburg. In May, St. Petersburg police said they were investigating two cases of vandalism to the city’s Progressive Pride street mural, located at Central Avenue and 25th Street. Police said the vandalism occurred on May 17 and May 22.
St. Pete Beach district fire chief resigns after road rage incident with cyclist
The St. Pete Beach district fire chief who was arrested in May after he was accused of veering his pickup into a cyclist and pushing him has resigned. Thomas P. McClave Jr. submitted a letter last month resigning his position effective June 19. The Tampa Bay Times obtained the letter Wednesday through a records request filed last week.
At Nash Keys piano bar, partners push for hope in downtown Clearwater
CLEARWATER — Another Friday night and Cleveland Street was dead. Then came the music and singing from inside The Nash Keys. Couples on date nights, a 40th birthday party, friends who had traveled all the way from Tampa and Tarpon Springs, all filled tables in front of a pair of piano players belting out requests from the audience. Strangers sang along together — Sweet Caroline, Only the Good Die Young — and got under the rose-colored lights and danced.
Florida appeals judge’s ruling over federal children’s health insurance guidelines
TALLAHASSEE — After a U.S. district judge rejected its arguments, Florida is going to an appeals court in a dispute about new federal guidelines in a program that provides subsidized health insurance to children. Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office and lawyers for the state Agency for Health Care Administration...
Florida Republicans are staying pretty quiet on Biden. Is it a strategy?
In January 2023, a member of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission said regulators could one day move to ban gas stoves. Florida Republicans quickly responded, telling voters that President Joe Biden was coming for their appliances. “How about, NO,” Sen. Rick Scott wrote on the social media platform X....
Rays tried, but Aaron Judge couldn’t imagine joining Yankees’ rival
ST. PETERSBURG — There were twists and turns during the fall of 2022 that Aaron Judge expected. After breaking Roger Maris’ American League home run record with 62, the slugging outfielder entered the offseason as the biggest name on the market. When he turned down the Yankees’ offer...
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