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Live music and entertainment lineup announced for Shopapalooza 2024
St. Petersburg, FL (BLOOM) – If you’re looking to kick off your holiday shopping with a burst of local flavor, Shopapalooza Festival 2024 promises to be the ultimate extravaganza. Set against the backdrop of St. Petersburg’s Vinoy Park, this year’s festival, happening on November 30 and December 1, is shaping up to be the largest […]
Trump holds first outdoor rally since assassination attempt
Former President Trump on Wednesday held his first outdoor campaign event since he was grazed by a bullet in an assassination attempt, standing behind bulletproof glass as he addressed supporters in North Carolina. The former president and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), spoke in Asheboro, as part of a weeklong swing through battleground […]
Tim Walz accepts Democratic VP nomination on DNC’s third night
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party's nomination for vice president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday and made the case that he's ready to win the 2024 race alongside his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
‘Out of business’: Suspected drug trafficker had enough fentanyl to kill half a million people, deputies say
A suspected drug trafficker was put "out of business" after Florida deputies seized enough fentanyl to kill half a million people, according to the Collier County Sheriff's Office.
Babysitter set to accept deal for 2019 death of Florida man she allegedly injured as a baby in 1984
A former babysitter is scheduled to accept a plea deal Wednesday afternoon in connection with the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant by severe shaking 40 years ago .
‘Outraged’: Family Elder Law attorney wants license revoked, investigation dropped, petition shows
A lawyer whose elder law offices in Polk County closed abruptly in July is requesting his license be revoked amid allegations of misappropriating funds from his elderly clients and their families, records show.
Divers find 4 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off Sicily, 2 more remain
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily have found two bodies as the search for missing passengers persisted and questions intensified about why the sailboat sank so quickly. Divers and rescue crews unloaded a body bag Wednesday from one of the rescue vessels that pulled into port at Porticello. A second body was also found, the head of the Sicily civil protection agency said. The discovery indicated that the operation to search the wreckage on the seabed 50 meters underwater was a recovery one, not a rescue. The Bayesian, a 56-meter British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday as it was moored about a kilometer offshore
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