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Florida woman’s gruesome roach-in-ear tale goes viral

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Those screams you hear? They’re the collective sounds of primal anguish after reading a Florida woman’s account of waking up with a palmetto bug in her ear....

DATE: May 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Icons of American West on display in new museum – in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – When you think of Florida, the colored stone walls of the Grand Canyon don’t come to mind. Neither do cowboys, wolves or Native American silver-and-turquoise jewelry. ...

DATE: Apr 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Friend of Florida man accused in killings shocked by charges

‘I’m going to always think he didn’t do it’

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Arrest of suspected killer puts Tampa neighborhood at ease

TAMPA, Fla. – After enduring almost two months of fear, a Tampa neighborhood breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday after authorities announced the arrest of a suspected serial killer, a recent...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tropical Storm Emily: Power outages, rain, fishermen rescued

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Tropical Storm Emily weakened to a tropical depression Monday afternoon as it slogged eastward across the Florida peninsula, spreading drenching rains, causing power o...

DATE: Jul 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Monkey troupe vexes Florida park, goes viral on social media

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – There’s an upswing in monkey business in and around a state park in Florida, where bands of non-native rhesus macaques live along a river that’s popular with kayakers ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

State: Florida racing greyhounds test positive for cocaine

Industry under fire after 62 positive tests since 2008

DATE: Jun 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Coroner: Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder died of overdose

TAMPA, Fla. – Paul O’Neill, the founder of the progressive metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, died of an accidental drug overdose, a Florida medical examiner said in a report released Tues...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Fans thankful to see ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ one final time in New York

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – This weekend was the final chance for fans to see death-defying acrobats, exotic animals and flashy costumes as the circus ends its 146-year reign as one of the world’s big...

DATE: May 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

With the loss of its celebrities, Gen X ponders mortality

Princess Leia was our first girl movie heroine, and we made our moms braid brunette yarn so we’d have earmuff buns for Halloween. Carol Brady of “The Brady Bunch” was the ideal mother we pro...

DATE: Dec 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Debate may hurt Trump with women

Many say the GOP candidate was condescending toward Clinton

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ringling circus elephants to retire in May

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its elephant acts a year and a half early, and will retire all of its touring elephants in May. The ...

DATE: Jan 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World