It’s #NationalDogDay. Here are some of the canines gracing our work from home newsrooms 🐶
Meet Wilson (around 11 years old) and Tabbie (20), the faithful dogs of enterprise reporter @clairemcneill.
This is executive editor @markkatches' dogs Wendy (3) and Benji (7).
Rocket Raccoon is almost 5 years and barely 5 pounds. Columnist @stephhayes tells his story here: trib.al/bWYQ40Y
Five month old Hairy Potter can be found by the side of @Ellen_E_Clarke, deputy editor of life & culture, as she edits stories about ghosts, fashion and Tampa Bay life.
And this is Toto (5), reporting for duty with reporter @IleanaNajarro.
Meet one of senior deputy editor @carolynpfox's canines, Poncho (8).
Transportation reporter @cljohnst's dog Sammy (2) also wanted to join in on the fun.
And this is Lady (14). A sweet pal to reporter @romyellenbogen.
On the left, we have @LaneDeGregory's Taz (14) who still loves to chase squirrels. On the right, we have @WriterLeonora's fluffy dog Lacie (10).
Can't forget this dog, who wants to be a reporter. Listen to Riley bark some questions during a press conference with Lightning coach Jon Cooper.
@NFLSTROUD According to Steven Ruiz's screenshot, Brown's girlfriend Cydney Moreau asked the chef to purchase fake vaccine cards for A.B., the Bucs player.
Ruiz says Brown later showed him cards that Brown said he bought for himself and Moreau: trib.al/8bf1myT
Brown and Ruiz fell out over an uncollected debt. Ruiz says he's owed $10,000.
Ruiz spoke publicly for the first time, to @NFLSTROUD, about Brown + the fake cards after trying unsuccessfully to extract a settlement with the Bucs and after talks with Brown’s lawyer went nowhere.
🧵 A handful of states embraced life-without-parole sentences to punish “repeat offenders” — even if crimes didn’t cause physical injury, our investigation with @MarshallProj found.
Dorian Mackeroy is one of Florida’s 2,100 permanent lifers due to the law, found @TimesDan, @caryaspinwall & @Weihua_Li1. He’s seen people who commit homicides get released.
@TimesDan@caryaspinwall@Weihua_Li1 Often, people punished under Florida’s two-strikes law committed crimes without injuries like
• robbing a church of a laptop
• holding up motel clerks for small amounts of cash
• stealing a TV while waving a knife
Winter the dolphin, the beloved star of the "Dolphin Tale" movies and a fixture in Clearwater, died this evening: trib.al/Pcp6vrN
Winter's story began in a bloody tangle of crab-trap rope in the muddy shallows north of Cape Canaveral. It ended in the aquarium that she made famous, in a county that benefited greatly from her unlikely aquatic superstardom. tampabay.com/life-culture/2…
If you’re unfamiliar with Winter’s story — or even if you know it — here’s our original 2008 series on her rescue and recovery, and how she came to inspire children around the world. tampabay.com/news/florida/2…
Last month, the CDC expanded adult eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots and authorized Pfizer’s kid-sized vaccine for children 5-11. Here’s a roundup of what you should know 🧵
“To parents who are still on the fence, I would say follow the science," says a pediatrician, "and in this case the science is loud and clear.”
Experts urge vaccination for Florida's 1.7 million children ages 5-11 — with the holidays and winter near. tampabay.com/news/health/20…
A reduced dose of Pfizer's two-part vaccine can protect kids from COVID's worst symptoms and reduce their likelihood of spreading the virus to family and friends, say experts and data.
Teen suicide attempts rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and girls were most at risk. Emergency room visits for boys rose by 3.7 percent but for girls it was nearly 51 percent.
🧵: Ballots have begun to be sent out by mail across the state. What are the constitutional amendments at stake? trib.al/P7csKY4
It's already in state law that only American citizens may vote. But the amendment proposes to change the wording from "every citizen" can vote to "only a citizen."
The current minimum wage in Florida is $8.56 per hour. Amendment 2 proposes to raise it to $15 by 2026: trib.al/7IwU7x2