The U.S. government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended to prevent attacks like his botched Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight from overseas. ...more

December 27, 2009

Shortly after 9 pm., the Tampa Police Bomb Squad robot, guided by an officer observing via video, detonated a package that was left at the customer service counter of the Sweetbay Supermarket in New Port Richey. ...more

September 27, 2009

A shootout at a mosque in the southern Gaza city of Rafah between Hamas security men and a more extreme Islamist group called the Warriors of God ended early Saturday with 22 dead, including the group's leader and a senior Hamas security officer. ...more

August 16, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Officials from Florida's public universities across the state are preparing for disaster - just in case. ...more

August 2, 2009

Lightning appears to be the cause of Spring Hill residential fire ...more

July 2, 2009

Prince Harry plans to mark his first official visit to the United States with a stop at the World Trade Center site. ...more

May 29, 2009

Polk County emergency workers responded to a call about an explosion in Bartow this morning. The alarm came in just before 10:30 a.m. at the 1705 Mann Road industrial complex, authorities said. The complex includes Peace River Citrus and Ethanol of Florida. ...more

April 24, 2009

The U.S. military says five American soldiers were among seven people killed in a suicide truck bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. ...more

April 10, 2009

A man in his 40s and a 15-year-old boy were injured this afternoon when the personal watercraft they were trying to get on, off the shore of Sand Key, exploded, according to fire and police officials. ...more

March 24, 2009

A food cart and tent on the West Plaza at the St. Pete Times Forum caught fire Thursday about 9:30 a.m. when a propane tank exploded. No one was hurt, and Tampa Fire Rescue had the fire extinguished within 10 minutes. ...more

March 12, 2009