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Motorcyclist killed after striking 2 street signs, large tree in early-morning St. Pete crash
Brandon Christian Harwood Pagels, 30, was traveling westbound in the 1900 block of 1st Avenue North around 2 a.m. "at a high rate of speed" when he lost control of his motorcycle.
Florida State asks NCAA to reduce, rescind penalties imposed on its football program
Florida State has asked the NCAA to reduce and rescind penalties imposed on its football program for NIL-related recruiting violations after the sanctioning body halted investigations into booster-backed collectives. FSU’s legal counsel sent a three-page letter to Kay Norton, chairperson of the Division I Committee on Infractions, and requested the committee amend its decision. The letter, dated […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs abuse allegations: A timeline of key events
Video above: Federal agents raid Diddy’s Florida mansion LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly released video appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. The video was aired by CNN Friday six months after the R&B singer filed a lawsuit that set off a wave of similar cases […]
Biden delivers Morehouse commencement address
President Joe Biden is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, a key opportunity for an election-year appearance before a Black audience but one that also could directly expose him to the anger that some of these and other students across the country have been expressing over his staunch support for Israel in its war against Hamas militants in Gaza.
Sentencing trial set for man who executed 5 women at Sebring bank in 2019
Zephen Xaver walked into a central Florida bank in 2019, fatally shot five women and then called police to tell them what he did. Now 12 jurors will decide whether the 27-year-old former prison guard trainee is sentenced to death or life without parole.
Front brings rain and storms as things stay humid
Showers and storms will linger throughout the day as a front moves through. Morning temperatures will hover around 80 degrees with afternoon highs in the upper 80s and conditions stay humid and breezy. There won’t be much rain Monday or Tuesday with a few isolated showers. Humidity will be much lower Monday and stay low […]
Front brings showers and storms, lower humidity
It will stay dry heading into your Saturday night, but stay warm and muggy as lows only drop to around 80 degrees Sunday morning. Showers will develop late Saturday night with isolated to scattered storms throughout the day Sunday as a cold front moves through. Highs will only rise to the upper 80s. There won’t […]
Seize the Grey wins 149th Preakness Stakes, NBC reports
(NBC News) — Seize the Grey has won the 149th Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid by going wire to wire to win the Preakness on Saturday, giving Lukas his seventh victory in the race, one short of the record held by good friend Bob […]
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