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Tampa Bay TimesSunday, 9 August 2026
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Fun’s over, back to class, kiddos
From lessons on communism to new rules on e-bikes and screen time, here’s what students have in store.
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Florida is executing prisoners at a rapid clip
James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone died by lethal injection on July 28. The back-to-back executions were the first in the modern era of the death penalty.
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Second Welch term no sure bet
Missteps have sent some former supporters fleeing from St. Petersburg’s first Black mayor.
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