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John Romano: This Bucs season feels like waking up with a lottery ticket under your pillow

TAMPA, Fla. — You might be worried about the Bucs defense. That’s a perfectly reasonable concern. Jason Pierre-Paul is gone, and so is Ndamukong Suh and Jordan Whitehead. Lavonte David has a lot of mileage, and Devin White seemed to regress in 2021.

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Gun dealer: Parkland killer said he wanted rifle to go shooting with friends

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When the Parkland killer was asked why he wanted to buy an AR-15-style rifle, he said it was to go shooting with his friends over the weekend, a former gun shop owner testified Tuesday.

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Orlando man bitten by shark in Daytona Beach; 6th bite of the year

ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando man was sent to the hospital Monday after a shark in Daytona Beach bit him, officials said.

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Family alleging racist encounter at SeaWorld-owned Sesame Place hires Ben Crump

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Black family who alleges their young children faced racial discrimination from a costumed performer at Sesame Place Philadelphia earlier this month has retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is calling on its parent company, Orlando-based SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, to make amends.

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Bucs plan to survive, if not thrive, without Rob Gronkowski

TAMPA, Fla. ― Whether retired or waiting to be rehired, Rob Gronkowski isn’t walking through the door of the Bucs’ tight ends room when the full squad reports to training camp this week. At least, we don’t think so.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas killer was anxious on his way to the school, Uber driver says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Uber driver who transported the killer to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on the day of the mass shooting recalled him being anxious and nervous.

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Jurors get first glimpse at AR-15-style rifle used to kill 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors got their first look Monday at the semi-automatic rifile that was used to kill 17 people and injure 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Kennedy Space Center: Florida’s surprising filmmaking destination

ORLANDO, Fla. — Believe it or not, big sci-fi epics like “Armageddon,” “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2″ and “Tomorrowland,” have something in common with cult hits like “Sharknado 3,” nonfiction movies like “Apollo 13″ and “First Man” and even reality TV shows like “Cake Boss” and “Lifetime Celebrity Bucket…

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Chefs on life after Michelin: 'On so many levels, it matters'

ORLANDO, Fla. — The fanfare of prestigious culinary awards, says Orlando Meats chef/owner Eliot Hillis, is something chefs are groomed to strive for, but few earn.

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Omicron has shattered what we know about COVID reinfections. Here’s why you may be vulnerable

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Initially, enduring COVID had one redeeming quality: It gave you some short-term immunity from getting infected again.

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Drawings released for proposed surf park for Tampa Bay area

ORLANDO, Fla. — The waves are still just in the planning stages, but the best rides in Florida could be headed for the west coast if a proposed surf park stays on course.

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Cocktails by the sea? Fort Lauderdale may lift booze ban on sand, but only for some visitors

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For nearly four decades, Fort Lauderdale has had a ban on booze at the beach — the sandy section, anyway. But there’s now talk of allowing alcohol sales on the sand year-round.

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DeSantis ignores challengers as he goes after ‘stumbling’ Biden, while Democrats knock governor's record

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit on two of his favorite themes — extolling the “free state of Florida” and bashing President Joe Biden as dangerous and incompetent — to rally Florida Republicans on Saturday, previewing the kind of pitch he might deliver as a presidential candidate.

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Photos: Best of ‘BKFC Fight Night: Tampa 2’

Check out these photos from BKFC Fight Night: Tampa 2 in Tampa, Fla.

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Tampa man fatally shot by Hillsborough deputies after fight at party

TAMPA, Fla. — Hillsborough deputies opened fire on a Tampa man, fatally wounding him, following an altercation at a party early Sunday.

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Holocaust Museum condemns swastika flags outside Turning Point USA summit

TAMPA, Fla. — Calling it “an indefensible act of hatred,” the Florida Holocaust Museum sharply condemned demonstrations at the Tampa Convention Center where a group of neo-fascists waved flags with swastikas outside Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit.

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Prison reform activists demand A/C amid ‘sweltering heat’ within Florida state prisons

ORLANDO, Fla. — On a hot Saturday morning, prison reform advocates and state leaders rallied at Lake Eola Park to bring attention to the thousands of prisoners in Florida who are spending record-breaking summer temperatures without access to air conditioning.

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Deputy shoots, kills man who shot another deputy in the ear in South Florida

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man was shot and killed by a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy Saturday morning after he shot a deputy, grazing him in the ear, according to Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony.

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Running back Latavius Murray waits his turn for another NFL shot

ORLANDO, Fla. — Entering Year 10 of his professional football career, former UCF running back Latavius Murray has a message for the NFL.

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Bellator 283 video: Dalton Rosta flattens Romero Cotton for TKO in dominant performance

"Hercules" is still undefeated a professional MMA fighter.

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Medical examiner, police share precise and painful details about the Stoneman Douglas victims

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors in the penalty trial of the confessed Parkland gunman listened to law enforcement officers describe carnage during the fifth day of testimony: injured students pleading for help, and body after body of people who were either defenseless or spent their final breaths providing cover for…

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Rays’ Wander Franco has $650K in jewelry stolen from Rolls Royce, ESPN reports

TAMPA, Fla. — A suspected serial burglar stole more than $650,000 in jewelry from Rays shortstop Wander Franco’s Rolls Royce while the young star was training in Jacksonville in June, according to an ESPN report.

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Law officers describe pleas for help in the aftermath of Parkland mass shooting carnage

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Law enforcement officers described injured Parkland students pleading for help and finding body after body of people who were defenseless, or others who spent their final breaths providing cover for students to escape, during the fifth day of testimony in the penalty trial of the confessed…

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Nicholas Goldberg: Why the jury is stacked against the Parkland shooter — and why you should care

Nikolas Cruz is a mass murderer. He killed 14 students and three adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Valentine's Day in 2018, and he has confessed and pleaded guilty. Now it's time to sentence him.

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Heat’s Bam Adebayo on trade speculation: ‘I can’t control that’

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — To the credit of the youth gathered at the Miami Heat’s basketball clinic Thursday at the Rolling Loud music-festival venue at Hard Rock Stadium, they tried.

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