EXCLUSIVE: Bucs receiver Antonio Brown obtained a fake COVID-19 vaccination card to avoid NFL protocols, according to his former live-in chef.

Read @NFLSTROUD's report: trib.al/8bf1myT @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

🧵 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.

Florida’s law went further than any other in 1997. Learn about it: tampabay.com/news/florida/2… 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.

Meanwhile, Mackeroy fears what amounts to a slow-motion death sentence. tampabay.com/news/florida/2…

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…

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…

Here's the front page of our Sunday paper. trib.al/Y5XmdLM

🧵 Read some of the stories. Last year, local governments issued mandates: Mask up. Shut down. Ride it out. This year? Officials are begging people to get vaccinated.

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🧵: 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."

🗳 Happy National Voter Registration Day!

Have you registered (or double-checked your registration) in Florida? If not, it’s quick, easy and online for Floridians. The earlier, the better:

✅ Visit the state-run RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov to register

✅ Check on your registration, polling places, mail ballot status at Florida's registration.elections.myflorida.com

THREAD: The @TBLightning are headed to the #StanleyCup final after defeating the @NYIslanders on Thursday. The 2-1 overtime victory made Tampa Bay the first team to clinch each of their 3 playoff series in OT. bit.ly/3hI0VRD When a key goal is needed in a showcase game (in OT to boot), history says @acirelli22 will come through, just like he did for the Lightning last night. bit.ly/3iKUuOP

Two years ago, our reporter @PGuzzoTimes began investigating what happened to Zion Cemetery. Here's what we know so far: trib.al/D8oVCa2 Richard Doby, a prominent African American land developer, purchased about 3 acres in Robles Pond neighborhood in 1894 for $140.

When Kathryn Meas needed an air conditioner, a PACE loan felt like her only solution.

It cost Meas her home.

She may not be alone, our investigation by @MalenaCarollo found: trib.al/7yui5tp PACE loans are cast as a way to help homeowners afford energy efficient upgrades. No immediate payments, no credit checks.

But then property taxes skyrocket, trapping many low-income residents in debt.

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Pasco's sheriff uses data to guess who will commit a crime.

Then deputies "hunt down" and harass them. trib.al/e5GTN0v In the last five years, Pasco sheriff’s deputies checked on people on the program’s list and their families more than 12,500 times.

Watch some of those visits: projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/…

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.

🧵 What will our reporters dive into? The choice is yours. Here are the questions to choose from. trib.al/zTmeBVf Q1: Florida is the flattest state in the country. But this St. Petersburg park is one of the bumpier parts.

"Dolphin Tale." "Magic Mike." "Ocean's 11." These are some of the famous movies shot locally in Tampa Bay: trib.al/tWqaESH After the recent death of Wilford Brimley, a star in the Academy Award winning film "Cocoon" shot in St. Petersburg, one reader wanted to know: What other films have been shot locally? Reporter @gabriellecalise found out.

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All across the state, a group of Floridians — 96,000 of them — are locked away. They, and the staff, are getting COVID-19.

But in Florida's prison system, testing is inconsistent. Since the coronavirus hit Florida in March, experts have warned state prisons, and jails, could become hotbeds for infection.

A lot has happened since last night. Here’s a quick look at the last 24 hours with the #coronavirus: The House passed a relief bill this morning with overwhelming bipartisan support.

But some Florida Republicans voted against it — or not at all. tampabay.com/news/health/20…

Hi, I’m @allisonsross, the state accountability reporter for the Times. I’ve been looking at how rape cases get cleared without an arrest.

Here’s how the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office boosts its rape stats: trib.al/cXOUDhA @allisonsross We started looking at “exceptionally cleared” rape cases following a 2018 investigation by @propublica, @newsy and @reveal: propublica.org/article/when-i…

1. This is @TroMcManus, a reporter at the @TB_Times. I’ve spent the last 6 months investigating the purchases of nearly 100 properties in downtown Clearwater by companies tied to members of the Church of Scientology. projects.tampabay.com/projects/2019/… @TroMcManus 2. I first started tracking downtown sales in early 2017, as Scientology leader David Miscavige was floating a plan to redevelop downtown. City leaders didn’t support it. I found an explosion in property purchases followed.