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In Tampa yesterday, President Donald Trump dropped his latest wild assertion: the news media isn’t covering terrorist attacks. Later, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the events had been "underreported," spinning what Trump said. The White House then released a list of 78 incidents, including the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting.
State and Pasco County transportation planners are working on an interim fix for traffic congestion at the State Road 54/U.S. 41 intersection that is simpler and much less costly than a proposed $180 million elevated highway. The state Department of Transportation has suggested that extended turn lanes could ease traffic flow at the intersection, which nearly 100,000 vehicles pass through daily.
Midway madness returns starting Thursday when the Florida State Fair fires up its deep fryers and midway rides and readies farm animals for 12 days of nostalgia-scented exhibition. In addition to the usual mix of exhibits, animals, lawn mower races and rodeos, fair organizers say they are setting up the largest portable Ferris wheel in North America. Here’s what you need to know to enjoy the nation’s first state fair of the year.
With Tampa Bay’s apartment market still going strong even as lenders start to tighten up, a Nashville-based company has bought one of the area’s newest apartment complexes for $80 million. Crescent Communities sold its 374-unit Crescent Westshore to Nicol Investment Co., which plans to rename and rebrand the complex later this year. Completed in 2016, the apartments at 2202 N. Lois Ave. are about 50 percent leased.
Twitter knows it has a problem with online abuse, and today it announced three more changes it’s making to help users deal with it. The social network said in a blog post that it’s cracking down even more on repeat abusers who make new accounts to continue trolling people who have blocked them.
No sooner had Tom Brady deflated Atlanta than talk of the Patriots’ comeback began soaring toward the crest of Super Bowl lore. Instead of recklessly proclaiming the Pats’ 34-28 overtime triumph No. 1, we took 36 hours to collect ourselves, backtrack a bit, and draw some rational conclusions. Here’s our Super Bowl top five, based on two simple criteria: excitement and entertainment value.
After completing the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history Sunday night, Tom Brady couldn’t find his jersey. He says he thinks it was stolen from the locker room at one point after the game ended. According to ESPN, the Houston Police Department said that while no official report of the theft has been made, they are working with NFL security to locate the missing No. 12. And in what is now being called #JerseyGate, Texas’ Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick took it a step further. For Patrick, just the police department wouldn’t do. He had to bring out the big guns: The Texas Rangers.
Fox Sports senior writer Ken Rosenthal thinks the Rays could be "a surprise contender if everything goes right." "Do not confuse the Rays with the Reds, Brewers or any other rebuilding club with zero designs on contention; Tampa Bay is putting together a team that, if everything goes right, could emerge as a surprise contender," Rosenthal writes.
Rick Astley’s current U.S. tour isn’t everyday for Astley. It’s a special occasion, his first performances in America in nearly 30 years, and you believed him when he said on stage that the return has him feeling "bloody marvelous." He sounded bloody marvelous, too.
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