Video that appeared to show Yankees closer Mariano Rivera spitting on the ball made the Internet rounds Tuesday, with Major League Baseball saying there was no reason to consider any discipline. ...more

October 21, 2009

A bill (SB 2276) that passed the Legislature today and is headed to the governor would require anyone arrested on a felony charge to submit DNA, usually a sample of saliva. ...more

May 1, 2009

In Ebba Patrick's backyard, more than a half-dozen black-and-white puppies bounce and roll. ...more

March 20, 2009

The man who led authorities on an eight-hour manhunt through Plant City in December pleaded not guilty to 14 felony charges today. ...more

January 6, 2009

Se anuncian los vaticinios de los santeros cubanos ...more

January 2, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG -- A former Air Force sergeant was arrested this morning in Putnam County on charges he killed his girlfriend and their baby in St. Petersburg in 2007 while he was stationed at MacDill Air Force Base. Ralph Daniel Wright Jr., 40, of 1701 Wetherbee Road, was indicted this month and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Paula O'Conner, 37, and their 15-month-old infant son, Alijah O'Conner. ...more

December 31, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- Authorities say they have charged a man now being held in Georgia in the 1987 slaying of a woman who was found partially nude. Tony Fantauzzi, 48, is incarcerated in Newton County, Ga., said St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa. ...more

December 18, 2008

Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges. ...more

May 18, 2008

For the first time, health officials report that the AIDS virus can be spread by a mother pre-chewing her infant's food, a practice mainly seen in poor, developing countries. ...more

February 7, 2008

Three months after a woman was found dead alongside her 15-month-old son, St. Petersburg police announced Tuesday that a former technical sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base is the child's father. ...more

October 24, 2007