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WATCH: Florida Highway Patrol is publicly thanking multiple drivers who stopped to help a trooper who was wrestling with a man Friday morning on the side of I-4 in Tampa.
Dorothy Jean Tillman II entered college at the age of 10. At 17, she just earned a doctorate! Please join us in congratulating this remarkable young woman!
Here's her incredible story:
Kanye West said Harriet Tubman "never actually freed the slaves" during a campaign rally in South Carolina.
Tubman escaped slavery herself and helped enslaved Black men and women travel north to freedom.
Thank you for your service 🙏 Mohammed Haitham graduated in 2018. He followed his mother’s footsteps and joined the U.S. Navy soon after. He was killed Friday in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
@AngelinaWTSP
has this hero's story tonight on
#10News
Rebekah Jones, the former coronavirus data worker who was ousted from the health department earlier in the pandemic, has reportedly been granted whistleblower status.
A day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially announced his candidacy for president, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urged Hispanic voters to not support him in the next presidential election.
GREAT NEWS! 👏👏 Trooper Toni Schuck, who put her cruiser in the path of an accused drunk driver heading toward runners at the Skyway 10K, took some time away from work to recover from her injuries. But, she is officially BACK! Join us in wishing her well!
🇺🇸 This is Joshua Kaleb Watson.
Media reports identify him as one of the 3 people killed in Friday's shooting at NAS Pensacola. Watson dreamed of attending the Naval Academy, and he did just that -- even being named to the Commandant's and Dean's Lists.
TAMPA'S NEW MAYOR? 👀 With Taylor Swift planning to make her way to Tampa in the coming days, fans were wondering what the city will do to welcome her...and boy, who knew it would end up with the city gaining a new mayor for a day?
WOW!! 😮 A "fever" of more than 100 stingrays glided just feet away from swimmers in front of the Lani Kai Island Resort in Fort Myers Beach.
📹: Dana Baquero
HEARTBREAKING!
Will Byler and Bailee Ackerman Byler left their wedding in a helicopter on Saturday evening. Their helicopter crashed outside a small Texas town, claiming the lives of the newlyweds
RACE CALLED | Val Demings has won the Democratic nomination for Florida's U.S. Senate seat and will face incumbent Marco Rubio in November.
LIVE COVERAGE: |
#ElectionDay
THANK YOU, LIGHTNING! ⚡️ You gave us reason to celebrate during difficult and uncertain times in 2020. You kept the party going in 2021. You never gave up in 2022. You have given the Tampa Bay region so much to be proud of. Thank you for the memories. GO BOLTS!
Tom Brady wrote a heartfelt message to fans & teammates on Tuesday. The goat gave thanks and showed appreciation for those on the field he fought with, and those in the stands who cheered them on.
"To everyone that was a part of it this year, thank you. I love you all!"
#GoBucs
'I HAVE REJECTED THIS REQUEST': Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he won't send National Guard members to Washington D.C. for President Biden's State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday.
MAJOR TAMPA BAY SPORTS FIRST⚾🏈🏒! The Buccaneers, Lightning and Rays all made the playoffs within the same year for the first time ever
#LetsGo
Latest clinch ➡️
The woman accused of purposely coughing on fresh food inside a grocery store while saying, "I have the virus, now you're all going to get sick," was sentenced to jail and must pay $30,000 in restitution.
A University of Central Florida student who gained national attraction after he tracked Elon Musk's jet with his Twitter account now appears to do the same with Gov. Ron DeSantis.
On Friday, the Laundrie family attorney, Steven Bertolino, said Brian had met with his sister, Cassie, twice before law enforcement was alerted that he went missing.
MASK MANDATES 😷
@Publix
is the latest business to issue a
#mask
requirement for customers. Some states have also issued mask orders, while Georgia's governor banned local leaders from issuing such mandates.
We want to know, do you support mask orders?
RIP VINCENT JACKSON 🙏 The former
@Buccaneers
wide receiver and team captain was found dead Monday, according to law enforcement. He was 38 years old.
Our condolences go out to his family, friends, fans and former teammates.
#GoBucs
#Buccaneers
BREAKING: New
#coronavirus
numbers in
#Florida
: State reports another 8,942 new cases, the highest ever in a single day.
While a record number of people were tested, more than 13% were positive.
@DippelMatt
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@DippelMatt
, I’m with WTSP in Tampa. Did you shoot this photo? If so, may WTSP/TEGNA and our partners use the photo on any of our worldwide platforms in perpetuity with credit to you? This would constitute a permanent license. Thanks!
'SHAMEFUL': Georgia Elections and Registration Chief Richard Barron addressed the accusations, saying that was "undeniably not what happened and that the worker was rather tossing an instructions sheet.
IT'S JIMMY BUFFETT DAY! 🍹 Grab yourself a margarita because it's 5 o'clock ALL DAY here in Florida today. Here's why we're celebrating the iconic singer:
PRIDE EVENT CANCELED: Gov. DeSantis signed bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming care for minors, target drag shows, restrict discussion of personal pronouns in schools and force people to use certain bathrooms.
@MCO
.
@OrlandoPolice
say a TSA agent, a man in his 40s, died from his injuries after jumping
@MCO
.
If you are feeling depressed or suicidal, reach out -- you are not alone. Contact
@800273TALK
and someone will help.
Travis Scott and Astroworld Festival organizers have been hit with a lawsuit. The suit claims the "defendants failed to properly plan and conduct the concert in a safe manner."
#BREAKING
: Judge sentences Ronnie Oneal III to 3 back-to-back life sentences, plus 90 years for 2018 double murder of his girlfriend, 9-year-old daughter.
GOOD NEWS 🙌 Tampa Bay Lightning national anthem singer Sonya Bryson-Kirksey will be released from the hospital Friday after being diagnosed with COVID-19 in July, her husband says.
SIDE BY SIDE: The new $1.3 billion Rays stadium project will transform the Historic Gas Plant District in downtown St. Pete. What do you think of it?
MORE RENDERINGS & COSTS:
THANK YOU, FIRST RESPONDERS! 👏👏 Check out this incredible rescue. The
@USCG
dropped onto Sanibel Island to lift a man, woman and pets to safety.
Full video: |
#HurricaneIan
#Ian
#FLwx
Jake Angeli was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct.
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER 🙌 Tight end Rob Gronkowski wrote a heartfelt message to Tom Brady on Instagram Tuesday. Gronk has spent 11 seasons in the NFL and won 4 Super Bowl rings — all with Brady as his teammate.
@USFFootball
In a statement,
@USFAthletics
said Joshua Brown "was a much loved and valued member of our football program and athletic family and his loss is felt by many whose lives he positively touched."
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#Justice4JoshuaBrown
Dr. Jill Jim, the Executive Director of the Navajo Department of Health, has been selected as one of the members of president-elect Joe Biden's new COVID-19 Advisory Board.
.
@TBLightning
national anthem singer
@SonniSings
is out of the ICU, as she continues her
#COVID19
battle at the hospital. Her fever has broken, and she's working on her breathing and lungs, a family friend says. 🙏
IT'S OFFICIAL! The Super Bowl is coming to Tampa in 2021!
@MIASBLIV
handed off to
@TampaBayLV
Monday morning.
10News WTSP is proud to be the exclusive and official sponsor of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee.
#TampaBayLV
With all of today's developments, we don't want to lose sight of how all of this started: With the disappearance of 22-year-old
#GabbyPetito
. Our thoughts continue to be with her family, friends and anyone impacted by her loss. May she rest in peace.
Florida man strikes again...
As South Florida gets pummeled with torrential rain, causing "life-threatening flooding" and prompting dire warnings from the weather service, this man was captured making the most of it all.
MORE:
TELL US, or show us in a GIF, your favorite
#SuperBowl
#HalftimeShow
yet. 🎤🎶 We will never forget last year's performance and this iconic
@shakira
moment. 🤣
#BREAKING
: History has been made in St. Petersburg after city councilmembers approved the Rays stadium deal by a 5-3 vote, guaranteeing the team stays for at least 30 years.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT:
FORMER PRESIDENTS REACT: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all issued statements condemning today's events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol.
School board candidates in Florida backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis were defeated Tuesday in several counties, results that opponents of the Republican say are a rebuke to his conservative education agenda:
Impeachment manager Rep. Madeleine Dean outlines the steps she believes former President Trump took to "retain the presidency."
Watch live:
#Impeachment
#ImpeachmentTrial
Six attorneys in the Tampa Bay area plan to file a lawsuit challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order banning schools from enacting mask requirements.
WAVES CRASH ONTO BAYSHORE 🌊 Video from Sunday afternoon in Tampa shows Tropical Storm Debby lashing waves against Bayshore Boulevard.
Flooding prompted the police department to shut down part of the road and several side streets:
Florida rapper Kodak Black is offering to pay college tuition for the children of the two FBI agents killed last week while serving a federal search warrant.
THANK YOU BUCS! 🏴☠️ The Buccaneers’ season has officially come to an end after their 30-27 loss to Los Angeles today. Thank you Buccaneers for giving Tampa Bay another season of great memories and reasons to celebrate. Here’s to a return to glory next year!
#GoBucs
NO MORE CLOCK SWITCHING?? ⏰ The U.S. Senate just passed the Sunshine Protection Act that would finally put an end to the twice-annual clock switching and make Daylight Saving Time permanent. It now goes to the U.S. House for consideration.
#BREAKING
: A judge has ruled in favor of several Tampa Bay-area attorneys and parents who filed a lawsuit challenging
#Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates in schools.