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TAMPA, Fla. – Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede, assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), embraces her daughter after the ship moored at U.S. Naval Base Guam, May 20. Land returned home to Guam following an eight-month scheduled maintenance…
Read More Military Recognition: Tampa Native Jordyn Diomede Embraces Daughter After 8-Months On U.S. Navy Warship
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and our coral reef restoration partners announce the recent successful outplanting of 1,152 coral colonies along Florida’s Coral Reef as part of the largest coordinated experimental outplanting effort in Florida…
Read More Reef-Wide Outplanting Of Corals Susceptible To Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Begins
Thomas Catenacci U.S. and European Union leaders are expected to issue a joint call for a fresh investigation into the origins of coronavirus, according to a draft communique reviewed by Reuters. The U.S. and European Union (EU) will demand a “transparent” study free of outside…
Read More Report: U.S. To Call For New Coronavirus Origins Study With Europe
TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Lottery announces that Wanda Brana, 55, of Tampa, claimed a $1 million prize from the $5,000,000 LUCK Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $760,000.00. Brana expressed…
Read More Tampa Woman Wins $1,000,000, Going To Purchase Her Dream Home
Elliott Management, a Wall Street hedge fund that has long been accused of seeking short-term profits at the expense of workers and shareholders, has reportedly bought a significant stake in Duke Energy, a company that provides power to over 1.8 million Floridians. According to reports, Elliott wants to force…
Read More Ingram: Florida Doesn’t Need New York Billionaires Messing With Its Utilities
Andrew Trunsky The Senate passed a bill intended to bolster America’s manufacturing and technological edge against China, advancing it with bipartisan support after earlier Republican objections to certain provisions stalled it for over a week. The legislation, dubbed the United States Competition and Investment Act, would…
Read More Senate Passes Bill Bolstering US Manufacturing In Effort To Compete With China
TAMPA, Fla. – The Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers have apparently lost a shot at a promising rookie cornerback. That’s because he’s off to serve his country. The Bucs signed Naval Academy star, and senior class president, Cameron Kinley as an undrafted free agent…
Read More Navy Football Star Denied Opportunity To Play For Super Bowl Champ Bucs
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning closed out the Carolina Hurricanes In Tuesday’s Game 5, winning 2-0 and silencing a raucous crowd in Raleigh. The Lightning became the second team to advance to the semi-finals after Montreal finished its sweep of Winnipeg on Monday.…
Read More Lightning Close Out Carolina, WIll Face Bruins Or Islanders
As paternalistic white liberals arrogantly suggest they are the ones who must fix America’s alleged racism problem, one conservative college student is saying no thanks. C.J. Pearson, of the University of Alabama, recently announced he would single-handedly spearhead a nationwide effort to rid the nation’s…
Read More University Of Alabama Student Leads The Charge Against Critical Race Theory On Campuses
TAMPA, Fla. – Late Tuesday night, Tampa Police responded to what was originally reported as a vehicle crashing into the guardrail in the southbound lanes of Interstate 275. Officers arrived to find a 2015 blue Dodge with multiple bullet holes resting against the center concrete…
Read More I-275 South Reopens After 22-Year-Old Man Found Shot In His Car