Adria Curioso’s commute began at 5:30 a.m. Before most of the city stirred, she walked from her apartment off Fowler Avenue and 22nd Street to her first bus stop, indicated by a pole beside a six-lane road. One bus took her south. Another took her west, where she’d sit under an unlit shelter, the sky

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration last year gave an extra $5 million to a network of anti-abortion crisis pregnancy clinics and asked it to run advertisements opposing a proposed abortion amendment, the group confirmed Wednesday. But the Florida Pregnancy Care Network’s board chose not to run those types of ads, the network’s executive director

Local business groups are sounding the alarm about a state bill they say would make it harder to market Tampa Bay and other Florida attractions to tourists, just as the beaches are regaining their footing after two devastating storms. Pinellas and Hillsborough counties collect more than $150 million from hotels each year to fund everything

­Hillsborough deputies on Wednesday fatally shot a man armed with a rifle near a busy Brandon intersection, authorities said. The sheriff’s office received calls around 7:25 a.m. reporting a man carrying an “assault rifle” near the intersection of Windingwood Avenue and Providence Road, Chief Deputy Joseph Maurer said during a news conference. The man, 34-year-old

Immigration policies under the Trump administration are making it harder for people to get health care among immigrants without a permanent legal status, and even U.S. citizens and people from mixed-status families, according to a new survey by the nonprofit Physicians for Human Rights. The study was conducted among 173 health care workers across the

ST. PETERSBURG — He didn’t want to watch the movie. It seemed sort of cringy, embarrassing and awful, to see himself on screen. He had never liked how he looked. Or sounded. The thought of spending two hours staring at himself seemed like torture. “I didn’t even really think it was going to happen,” said

TAMPA — It was lopsided, and that’s okay. Those things happen. It tilts the odds in Florida’s favor, and that’s disappointing. Although not necessarily fatal. Ultimately, it was completely deserved. And that’s a problem. The Panthers beat the Lightning 6-2 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs Tuesday night and there was nothing flukey

ST. PETERSBURG — The night chef Michael Roberts decided to have a little fun with fried chicken, fans in the know showed up early. A long line of people snaked around the building at Small Bar, the temporary wine bar and pop-up space attached to St. Petersburg’s Bandit Coffee Co., which was also Roberts’ makeshift

EL papa Francisco, en la basílica de San Pedro en el Vaticano. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach) La basílica de San Pedro en el Vaticano será esta semana lugar de reunión, rezos y despedidas. El cuerpo del papa Francisco, que murió este lunes 21 de abril a los 88 años, estará expuesto en la iglesia más importante del