Despite rescue efforts, three die in Selmon Expressway crash and other top stories.

• Despite rescue efforts, three die in Selmon Expressway crash

  

  TAMPA — Don Rogers was driving through South Tampa on his way home to a lasagna dinner Thursday when he noticed a pillar of smoke rising about a half-mile ahead of him on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway. As he crested a hump near the Euclid Avenue entrance ramp he saw an inferno of wrecked vehicles scattered across both lanes. Rogers, 48, instinctively pulled his pickup truck off to the side of the expressway and ran toward a white Hyundai, its trunk in flames. He and another man cut the seat belt..

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• When and where to see the Perseid meteor shower light up Tampa ...

  

  Take a minute to step outside and look up into the sky Friday night — a meteor shower is coming. This weekend, the Perseid meteor shower is said to be the warm-up act for the total solar eclipse on Aug 21. In Tampa Bay, the peak viewing time for the shower will be after midnight on Friday and pre-dawn on Saturday in the northeast sky, said 10Weather WTSP meteorologist Grant Gilmore. The "radiant point" of the meteors will be near the constellation Perseus, hence the name of the meteor shower,..

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• City of Tampa poised to cut off funding two of its non-profit TV stations

  

  The City of Tampa is poised to end the funding for two of its non-profit television channels. Needless to say, the cuts are not going over well with those impacted.

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• Steamy, Stormy Weekend Forecast For Tampa Bay

  

  TAMPA, FL — Tampa Bay area residents and visitors with big outdoor plans this weekend may find a mixed bag in the weather department. According to the National Weather Service, highs in the 90s are expected to linger over the next few days while daily storms are also in the cards. The timing of those storms, however, may shift from day to day. Forecasters say Friday should kick things off with partly sunny skies and a high in the low 90s. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to move into the pic..

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• Rays shut down by Carlos Carrasco, shut out by Indians

  

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Once again, Carlos Carrasco made himself totally at home on the Tropicana Field mound. Carrasco took another no-hit try into the late innings at Tampa Bay, losing his bid on a two-out single in the seventh by Logan Morrison but leading the Cleveland Indians over the Rays 5-0 Friday night. In July 2015, Carrasco came within one strike of a no-hitter at Tampa Bay before Joey Butler lined a two-out single in the ninth over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis. “I think i..

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• Five big projects in Tampa; five big problems looming

  

  The city of Tampa is on the cusp of a total makeover. With billions of dollars in investment and dozens of new apartment, condo, office and cultural buildings in the pipeline, the city's skyline and surrounding communities are poised to look a whole lot different than what it does today. But dreaming up the future of Tampa doesn't come without its challenges. For all the promises of a new urban core filled with hotels, parks, food halls and stores, there are also potential pitfalls. The Tampa Ba..

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• Jack Latvala files to run for Florida governor

  

  Well, so much for the drama about what Sen. Jack Latvala will announce on Wednesday. A month ago, Latvala, R-Clearwater, said he would make a big announcement on Aug. 16, leaving everyone to speculate that he would become a candidate for governor in a field that currently only has one real GOP contender in Adam Putnam, who officially declared in May that he was running.  But Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis are also considering a run. (The Democratic field is get..

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• This is what a nuclear attack on MacDill would look like

  

  No one wants to contemplate the prospect of a nuclear weapon exploding over MacDill Air Force Base. Yet the base is home to two of the U.S. military's most important commands and more than a million people live in the surrounding metro area. So there are people who are charged with not only imagining such an event, but figuring out the extent of the damage and how to respond. Alex Wellerstein, an assistant professor of science and technology at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, ..

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• John Dingfelder wants to return to Tampa City Council in 2019

  

  It's been seven years since John Dingfelder had to abruptly leave his Tampa City Council seat after more than seven years of service, and he has the itch to ...

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• Tim Tebow starts against Tampa Yankees, delights fans

  

  TAMPA — The moment Bill and Adele Geyer had waited for was finally here. The St. Lucie Mets were in the second game of four in their series against the Tampa Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The 60-year-old Tampa residents showed up in Tim Tebow Mets shirseys, hoping to see the former Florida quarterback. While Tebow didn't start Thursday, he was hitting seventh and playing leftfield Friday. In the second inning, Tebow came to the plate in a key situation: Facing an early 2-0 deficit, th..

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