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JPMorgan Chase To Buy First Republic Bank Assets In 2nd-Largest Bank Failure
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JPMorgan Chase is buying most assets of First Republic Bank after the nation’s second-largest bank failure, in a deal announced ear [...]
Florida Gas Prices Decline Slightly As Fuel Supply Stabilizes
Source: TFP
Florida gas prices are moving lower again, now that the fuel supplies have largely recovered from the record flooding that caused wide [...]
VIDEO: Tornado In Florida Flips Cars, Rips Palms With 130 MPH Wind
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A powerful storm system brought heavy rain and powerful winds across Florida, overturning cars, damaging homes, and sn [...]
Florida Measure To Lower Gun-Buying Age Draws Controversy
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The Florida House on Friday passed a measure that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and [...]
Florida Senate Backs Controversial Immigration Changes
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With Democrats saying the proposal could lead to racial profiling, the Florida Senate on Friday passed an immigration package that Re [...]
Florida Death Row Inmate, Who Stabbed Woman 37 Times, Scheduled To Die Wednesday
Darryl Barwick, 56 (Source: FDLE)
In 1986, Florida man Darryl Barwick was only 19 years old when prosecutors say he saw a pretty young woman sunba [...]
House Agrees To Visit Florida Money
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With lawmakers on the verge of shutting the doors of the Enterprise Florida business-recruitment agency, the House on Friday went a [...]
Pro-Soccer Player Chris Frederick Surprises Tampa Restaurant Server With $1,000 Tip
Chris Frederick and Kyndal Severit (TFP Photo)
TAMPA, Fla. - A server in Tampa scored big after sharing her story with serial entrepreneur and pro [...]
Florida Highway Patrol: 14-Year-Old Shot On I-4 While Driving With Her Dad
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - A 14-year-old Tampa girl is recovering after being shot in a random shooting on Interstate 4 overnight. [...]
Wesley Chapel Man Killed When He Lost Control Of Motorcycle On I-75 In Tampa
Florida Highway Patrol, Source: TFP
TAMPA, Fla. - A 78-year-old Wesley Chapel man was killed in a motorcycle crash that happened around 9:00 am on [...]