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Attendees walk in the Trans March during St. Pete Pride's annual celebration along the waterfront in St. Petersburg.
At St. Pete Pride, revelers celebrate LGBTQ+ resilience, joy
Parade-goers said the festival was a moment of resistance amid a spate of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation.
Review: At Ye’s Tampa concert, the rapper is still on top of the world
Logan Clark, left, and Major Green, right, wear their new merch at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa before the Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, concert on Friday. Ye did not allow photographers inside his concert.
Despite the scandals leading up to the Raymond James Stadium concert, Tampa ultimately welcomed the former Kanye West.
Gubernatorial candidate James Fishback vows to ‘burn down’ GOP establishment
Investor James Fishback, a GOP gubernatorial candidate who appeals to the right-wing fringe, was disinvited from the Republican Party of Florida's Sunshine State Showdown. He held a rally at a hotel in Fort Lauderdale instead, where he attacked the GOP establishment.
He was disinvited from speaking at Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown. He promised revenge if elected.
Homes atop suspected cemetery in West Tampa? City gives go-ahead
Sections of Marti-Colon Cemetery and surrounding properties have been in question for years. Now, architect Patrick Thorpe has plans to build single-family homes on a lot abutting the historic burial ground. Tampa's City Attorney said that's permissible.
Advocates say there could be unmarked graves beside Martí-Colón Cemetery, where development is planned.
People take in the festivities along Central Avenue in St. Petersburg on Sunday as Pride weekend came to an end.
Images from street fair in St. Petersburg to wrap up Pride weekend
The party continued with a family-friendly Pride event.
6 takeaways from Florida GOP’s Sunshine State Showdown
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds speaks during Saturday's Sunshine State Showdown at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
Front-runner Byron Donalds has a huge lead in his bid for the GOP nomination for governor. Nobody told his rivals.
Florida hospitals act fast to discharge gun victims — especially if they’re not insured
Alea Bates was uninsured when surgeons removed bullets and fragments from her body after a stranger shot her seven times. She went home from the hospital after four days with about $60,000 in bills. “It's crazy that in this country somebody else can hurt you,” Bates says, and “you have to pay for what they did to you.”
Uninsured patients made up about 1 in 4 of the more than 20,000 gunshot wound inpatient hospitalizations in Florida from 2018 to 2024, an analysis by KFF Health News and The Trace found.
St. Pete police officer shoots and kills man who had knife, sheriff says
A St. Petersburg police officer on Sunday shot and killed a man who had threatened suicide and was armed with a knife, the Pinellas sheriff said.
The man had been threatening suicide and told officers to shoot him, the Pinellas sheriff said.

SPORTS

Junior Caminero hits 7th HR in 6 games, Rays end 1st half in 1st place
• Rays
The Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates in front of a broadcast camera after hitting a home run in the fifth inning Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
Rays’ Yandy Diaz ‘hurting a little bit,’ but expects to play through it
• Rays
Rays designated hitter Yandy Diaz talks to coaches after straining his left shoulder during an at-bat Sunday. Diaz is day-to-day but says he feels "really good about this moving forward.”
Yandy Diaz has been most consistent and most valuable for Rays so far
• Rays
Designated hitter Yandy Diaz, who went into play Saturday leading the American League with 97 hits and a .334 batting average, is our pick for the Rays' first-half MVP.
Scenes from World Cup draw between Colombia, Portugal in Miami Gardens
• Photos
Colombia forward Luis Suárez (25) attempts a shot on goal during the second half of Saturday's 0-0 draw with Portugal in the opening round of the World Cup in Miami Gardens.
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VIEWPOINTS

The week’s best editorial cartoons from Times wire services
• Viewpoints
Cartoon
Florida Democrats are running on ‘boring.’ Will it work?| Column
• Viewpoints
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party Tuesday.
God is waiting for us to graduate from kindergarten | Letters
• Letters to the Editor
Religion and the Bible have been used to justify a lot of opposing behaviors.
He has the numbers and charisma. Junior Caminero just needs your vote
• Viewpoints
Since the start of 2025, Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero has hit more home runs (65) and has a higher OPS (.867) than any third baseman in the majors. His spot in the All-Star Game starting lineup should be a foregone conclusion.
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POLITICS

Florida hospitals act fast to discharge gun victims — especially if they’re not insured
• Health
Alea Bates was uninsured when surgeons removed bullets and fragments from her body after a stranger shot her seven times. She went home from the hospital after four days with about $60,000 in bills. “It's crazy that in this country somebody else can hurt you,” Bates says, and “you have to pay for what they did to you.”
At St. Pete Pride, revelers celebrate LGBTQ+ resilience, joy
• News
Attendees walk in the Trans March during St. Pete Pride's annual celebration along the waterfront in St. Petersburg.
6 takeaways from Florida GOP’s Sunshine State Showdown
• Elections
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds speaks during Saturday's Sunshine State Showdown at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
Gubernatorial candidate James Fishback vows to ‘burn down’ GOP establishment
• Elections
Investor James Fishback, a GOP gubernatorial candidate who appeals to the right-wing fringe, was disinvited from the Republican Party of Florida's Sunshine State Showdown. He held a rally at a hotel in Fort Lauderdale instead, where he attacked the GOP establishment.
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