Chase McLaughlin kicked three field goals as Tampa Bay (9-8) earned its third straight division title with the win over Carolina. The Bucs will host the Philadelphia Eagles in the wild-card round.
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Florida lawmakers will meet beginning Monday for the annual regular legislative session. They’re required to pass a state budget, which Gov. Ron DeSantis released his recommendations for in December.
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Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo is making access to health care her top priority for the legislative session. She’s outlined plans for bills to expand the state’s health care workforce and to encourage innovation in the health care field. And, Passidomo says she expects lawmakers to file at least a dozen other measures that could fit into her Live Healthy initiative.
More children in Florida are getting their hands on guns. And even if they don't intend to use those weapons for violence, it can have serious consequences for them and their communities. We explore the way guns can endanger kids' lives and futures
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The South Florida Water Management District is offering grants to pay up to half the cost to develop alternative water supplies that will help meet the growing demand.
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Researchers used sound waves to jiggle a temporary opening in the brain's protective shield for three patients over six months. In spots where that shield was opened, more plaque was cleared.
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Tom Van Lent is accused of stealing “trade secrets” from his former employer, the well-connected Everglades Foundation.
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In his decades-long career, Ron Magill has learned a lot from the animal world, and now he's putting some of those lessons onto paper. The Pride of a Lion is about K’wasi, ZooMiami's first male lion cub and how we can learn from his tale of survival.
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They were arrested in Groveland. One went into hiding, and two others fled after their release on bond.
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Students and faculty from multiple university departments collaborated on a unique device the delivers a repeated presentation of a strobe flash to see how the brain handles that information.
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A national shortage of Adderall is affecting more than just ADHD patients. Those with narcolepsy, a much rarer condition, are often treated with the medication. Without it, they're often unable to drive or function as usual.
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Florida Matters explores how the state's population boom affects key issues.
HB 621, on squatters' rights, would expand the definition of “transient occupants” in two ways: It would include renters without a notarized lease and tenants without a receipt of rental payment to the property's owner.
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NPR's Scott Detrow and Rachel Martin look back on the Enlighten Me series.
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A civil trial in New York could further upend the National Rifle Association. The state alleges misuse of funds at the powerful group.
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Kentucky was going to use some its opioid settlement money on research of a psychedelic drug to treat opioid addiction, but now officials are backing off.
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