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There are more than a million lightning strikes in the state of Florida every year, one of which was caught on dash camera video.

The Detroit Red Wings have hired two-time Stanley Cup-winning assistant Derek Lalonde as coach after a lengthy search process.

Florida officials confirmed the recurrence of an invasive snail species that destroys wildlife and poses serious threats to human health.

Florida officials confirmed the recurrence of an invasive snail species that destroys wildlife and poses serious threats to human health.

The city will celebrate the Colorado Avalanche’s Stanley Cup title with a parade through the streets of downtown Denver.

Plans to open a Brightline station at Disney Springs have been canceled, according to reports.

Walt Disney World said it was stepping back from a previous agreement toward establishing a Brightline station at its Disney Springs commercial district.

Florida high school students applying for the state’s college and vocational school scholarship program will be able to substitute paid work experience for volunteering under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida high school students applying for the state’s college and vocational school scholarship program will be able to substitute paid work experience for volunteering under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

It sure didn’t take long for the Colorado Avalanche to put a dent in the trophy after it won the title in Tampa Bay on Sunday.

The Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t relinquish their stronghold on the Stanley Cup without a fight.

The NHL, NHL Players' Association and NHL Alumni Association are teaming up to get hockey into the NFT marketplace.

A Florida high school will retire its “Chiefs” mascot following an emotional school board meeting over the Native American symbol.

TAMPA — So is this how it ends? With a frame-by-frame breakdown of the fatal goal, as if Abraham Zapruder was filming from the grassy knoll? After all the good times, all the memories, all the glory, are we supposed to raise our voices in collective anger? Is it possible the Lightning finally were done in by a conspiracy of silence? Let’s hope not. Let’s hope the ever-so-vague grievance coach ...

Toronto’s Auston Matthews won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player, beating out Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Igor Shesterkin of the New York Rangers to win the award for the first time.

Colorado not only failed to take a stranglehold in the Stanley Cup Final after a 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay in Game 3 but also wound up with goaltending questions.

Nearly a month has passed since the Florida Panthers season ended in a very abrupt and shocking manner.

Deputies arrested men from Detroit and Tampa after a chase in Monroe County that netted cocaine and marijuana, deputies announced on Monday.

A 36-year-old man won $1 million playing a Florida Lottery scratch-off game at his local supermarket.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics need to reach new ballpark deals soon and left open the strong possibility of considering relocation if agreements are not struck.

The two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning face the best in the West Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Final beginning Wednesday in Denver.

When a leaked draft decision signaled the likely withdrawal of the legal right to an abortion in the U.S., donors clicked on donations buttons and mailed checks in a spasm of fury.

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Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 33 saves , helping the Tampa Bay Lightning shut down the New York Rangers 4-1 and even the NHL’s Eastern Conference final at two games apiece.

Ondrej Palat scored with 42 seconds left and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday to cut their deficit in the Eastern Conference finals to 2-1.

Florida deputies are looking for two women they say carried out a violent attack at a fast food restaurant.

A $15.8 million federal grant will be matched with an equal amount by Brightline to evolve a concrete plan for Orlando-to-Tampa rail.

Home prices continued to increase their gains, despite slower sales and higher mortgage rates.

Detectives arrested an 18-year-old Florida man after receiving a tip that he threatened to conduct a mass shooting at a school in a social media post.

Detectives have arrested an 18-year-old Florida man after receiving a tip that he threatened a mass shooting at a school in a social media post. Corey Anderson's post showed him with a handgun, a rifle and a tactical-style vest along with a caption that said, “Hey Siri, directions to the nearest school," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a news release. The sheriff said his agency will “do everything within our power" to track down anyone who makes school threats.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning are headed to the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth time in eight years after sweeping the Florida Panthers in four games.

Andrei Vasilevskiy had 49 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning completed a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers with a 2-0 victory that sends the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions back to the Eastern Conference final for the sixth time in eight years.

The Florida Panthers are on the brink of getting swept out of the second round of the playoffs by the back-to-back defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

Steven Stamkos scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to move to the brink of another trip to the Eastern Conference final.

Ross Colton scored with just under four seconds remaining, giving the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

On Episode 54 of the Chirping the Cats podcast host David Dwork is joined by Roy Bellamy of the Dan LeBatard Show Because Miami with and Montgomery and Co. to discuss the upcoming grudge match second round playoff series between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning.

SeatGeek says NFL tickets on the secondary market are selling for more than they did before the Covid pandemic.

Brayden Point scored on a rebound with 1:56 remaining in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs and force a Game 7 in the first round playoff series between the Atlantic Division rivals.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has agreed to join Fox Sports as its lead color commentator whenever he decides to retire.

Ross Colton scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning got off to a fast start and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 4 to even their first-round playoff series.

Jack Cambell had 32 saves — including three to protect the lead on a late power play — and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.

SpaceX returned the astronauts of NASA's Crew-3 mission to Earth early on Friday morning.

A Florida man has been convicted of running an $80 million Ponzi scheme.

The first regular-season NFL game in Germany will be between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Seattle Seahawks at the home of soccer club Bayern Munich.

A high school student in Tampa is set to graduate with the highest grade point average in Hillsborough County.

Rent and home prices in the Sunshine State have hit stratospheric heights, making it the epicenter of America's housing crisis.

A Florida man already accused of child sexual abuse now faces new charges after victims came forward from as far back as 1972. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that 62-year-old Thomas Lair is facing a total of 15 counts of molestation and sexual battery

If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted as well as they think they did, Tom Brady’s supporting cast will be better next season. While the defending NFC South champions once again figure to be a veteran-laden team not counting on rookies to shore up glaring weaknesses, vice president of player personnel John Spytek believes this year's draft class can help make a difference. “They’re going to get every opportunity to,” Spytek said Saturday, but added that, for the second straight year, it’s nice to be in a position where the Bucs aren’t relying on draft picks to fill holes on offense and defense.

No position in the NFL has undergone more changes to the style of player over the years than tight end.

The United States and Cuba have held their highest-level diplomatic talks in four years after a severe disruption in ties during the Trump administration.

The woman has been sentenced to 6 and a half years in prison.

The Monday decision provided the latest example of how an individual jurist — and a single lawsuit, seemingly filed in the right place at the right time — can alter the course of public policy and affect the lives of millions.

A notice of appeal was filed in federal court in Tampa.

The announcement comes a month after the airline said it would double its network.

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic. The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improperly failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rulemaking. “Because our system does not permit agencies to act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends, the court declares unlawful and vacates the mask mandate,” she wrote.

A Florida woman described as a bookkeeper for international "child modeling" websites that sexually exploited young Eastern European children has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

The declining shipment numbers during the first quarter are a marked difference from the torrid pace of sales growth the industry was posting during 2021.

A Tampa lawyer and a lifelong Beatles fan thought he knew everything about the legendary rock pioneers. But then he learned the full story of the little-known Colin Hanton — whom he refers to as “the almost Beatle” — and applied his legal skills to the world of documentary filmmaking to make a movie about Hanton. Pre Fab!, premiered as the opening night movie for the Florida Film Festival.

The Weeknd returns as the top finalist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards for the second year in a row.

The Tampa Bay Lightning haven't been through struggles like this in many years.

TAMPA — To triumph at the news conference, he first had to admit defeat. In that sense, Todd Bowles nailed it, with candor and conciseness. “I blew it,” the new Bucs head coach said Thursday. Know this about 58-year-old Todd Robert Bowles: While different in myriad ways from predecessor Bruce Arians, both share the blunt gene. It’s a trait generally appreciated by a fan base, a refreshing ...

Housing prices are climbing sharply in 20 cities, while places like Phoenix have seen costs soar 33% in a year.

The Florida measure rocketed to the forefront of national politics in recent months, drawing criticism from the LGBTQ community, Democrats and the White House.

TAMPA — Seated in a wheelchair, unable to speak, 4-year-old Ty’ahni Williams bore witness to the cruelty of the man facing prison time for abusing her. A collective sigh of relief arose from half the courtroom Monday as a judge sentenced Demarcus Johnson to 25 years for shattering the girl’s skull so badly it “looked like puzzle pieces,” in the words of a child protection team specialist. Just ...

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole felt his first spring training start was better than his pitching line.

UMass has found a leader for its basketball program, hiring Frank Martin as its new coach.

It wasn’t that long ago that New York Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres was one of the game’s young stars.

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New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and five players from the World Series champion Atlanta Braves are among the players who are headed toward salary arbitration hearings that will occur during the regular season after failing to agree to contracts for 2022.

Teaching new skills to those who could benefit from them is one of the core ways a time bank operates.

Coronavirus restrictions in Canada and New York have assured that baseball will again be affected by COVID-19 in 2022.

The cardboard cutouts are long gone. “Life is not back to normal yet,” Yankees reliever Zack Britton said Wednesday. Fans of the Yankees and Mets were shaken Tuesday by confirmation from New York City that the same private employer vaccine mandate that has sidelined NBA star Kyrie Irving for Brooklyn Nets’ home games would also apply at the outdoor baseball parks in the Bronx and Queens.

Josh Donaldson called out new teammate Gerrit Cole last season for possible use of unauthorized grip aides but both now say they are united on bringing the New York Yankees their first World Series title since 2009. Donaldson suggested last June that Cole, the Yankees ace, had been trying to hide the use of the grip aides.

Tom Brady retired for 40 days before deciding to give it a go for another season playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Other retirees could take his lead.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is concerned about the roster impact stemming from rules that Major League Baseball players who aren't vaccinated against the coronavirus won’t be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Toronto.

Kennedy Chandler scored 19 points, Zakai Zeigler added 11 and No. 9 Tennessee held off fifth-ranked Kentucky 69-62 in the final minutes to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament final for the third time in the last five years.

Quenton Jackson scored 20 points and eighth-seeded Texas A&M took down a ranked opponent for the second straight day, stunning No. 15 Arkansas 82-64 to reach the championship game of the SEC Tournament.

College basketball icon Dick Vitale was recognized by the Southeastern Conference for his contributions to the sport, the league and his fight against cancer.

In parts of Florida, on March 12, strong tornado-warned thunderstorms with high winds caused damage and scattered debris.

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper who risked her life to stop a wrong way driver on a Tampa roadway, talked about her experience on Thursday.

A Florida Dunkin' employee accused of fatally punching a customer who used a racial slur against him pleaded guilty to felony battery and was sentenced to two years of house arrest. A Tampa judge on Monday also ordered Corey Pujols, 27, to complete 200 hours of community service and attend an anger management course. Vonelle Cook was irate when he entered the Dunkin' store last May and began yelling about customer service, police and prosecutors said.

TAMPA — One afternoon last May, an irate customer walked into a Tampa Dunkin’ shop and began to scream complaints of poor service. A Dunkin’ employee, Corey Pujols, asked Vonelle Cook to leave. Cook continued his tirade. He called Pujols the n-word. Pujols, who is Black, stepped from behind a counter and warned him not to say it again. Cook, who was white, said it again. Pujols punched him. ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a fierce opponent of coronavirus mask and vaccine mandates, grew visibly annoyed and admonished a group of students for wearing face masks at a news conference Wednesday. DeSantis, a Republican, approached the students and asked them to remove their masks as they waited for him at the news conference at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Gov. Ron DeSantis also offered a rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech at the event in Tampa.

TAMPA — A 31-year-old Town ‘N’ Country man stabbed his fiancee in the abdomen eight times after they argued about breaking up and returning the engagement ring, deputies said. Armando Lagares II faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon involving great bodily harm and possession of synthetic marijuana in connection with the attack at 3:30 a.m. Dec. 18. The 23-year-old victim ...

The first scheduled passenger airline service took off from St. Petersburg, Fla.

According to a witness, Curtis Reeves shot Chad Oulson in the chest and muttered: "Throw popcorn in my face."

Aaron Judge stepped into the batting cage and sent a long, high drive completely out of the park. Far behind the left-field wall, a couple of University of South Florida students paid no attention. Caught in lockout limbo, Judge and his New York Yankees teammates, Boston ace Chris Sale, Atlanta slugger Adam Duvall and others are doing their best to stay loose.

Kevin Hohn, 66, will be required to serve five years of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.

Curtis Reeves is accused of fatally shooting Chad Oulson in a movie theater during a showing of the film "Lone Survivor" in 2014.

A convicted rapist who hid in Florida for more than 40 years after skipping out on his Connecticut prison sentence has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for assuming a stolen identity. Douglas Bennett, 77, was sentenced Friday in Tampa federal court. Bennett also was ordered to pay a $200,000 fine.

A Florida prosecutor's office has concluded the fatal shooting of an 88-year-old man by a deputy was justified. The State Attorney's Office in Tampa, Florida, said Monday that the fatal shooting of Ronald Ehrich last December by a Hillsborough County deputy was justified because the deputy was in fear for her life or great bodily harm when she fired her weapon. Video released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office last December showed the deputy repeatedly trying to de-escalate the situation.

The Florida Department of Health filed an administrative complaint against a Tampa area doctor after a patient he treated for left knee pain and swelling suddenly died.

Long before Tom Brady called it quits, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers began contemplating a future without the seven-time Super Bowl winner. Brady announced his retirement Tuesday, ending an unparalleled career that began with a two-decade stint with the New England Patriots followed by two seasons with the Bucs, who went from missing the playoffs 12 consecutive years before his arrival to winning the NFL title in his first season in a new uniform. The decision was not a surprise to general manager Jason Licht and coach Bruce Arians, who assembled an all-star roster around Brady with an understanding that it would be difficult to keep an ultra-talented lineup together for 2022 — with or without the 44-year-old quarterback.

“The Power of Regret” by Daniel Pink makes the case that looking back can be helpful.

Cities with the fastest rent increase include Tampa and New York City. Oakland and Minneapolis are cities with the slowest rent increase.

Florida first lady Casey DeSantis has completed her final chemotherapy treatment after a breast cancer diagnosis, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday.

The Senate map is seen as the plan that would keep much of the status quo in place.