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Westbound lanes reopened on Hillsborough Ave after restaurant fire

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— All westbound lanes of Hillsborough Avenue have reopened after crews battled a fire at a restaurant. Tampa Fire Rescue is at the scene of 2620 East Hillsborough Avenue after a fire broke out. All westbound lanes between 30th Street and 22nd Street were closed on Hillsborough Avenue, but have since reopened. According [...]

9th, April 2026, 08:15pm

Suspect wanted for shooting, killing man outside Lakeland cocktail lounge arrested: LPD

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA)— A man wanted for shooting and killing a man outside a Lakeland cocktail lounge has been arrested, the Lakeland Police Department announced. Janard Childs, 34, was arrested outside an apartment complex in Plant City by detectives with the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Plant City Police Department. Childs is charged [...]

9th, April 2026, 06:50pm

Pentagon turf war ramps up between Hegseth and Driscoll 

A simmering battle for influence between Pete Hegseth and the Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has reached new heights with the Defense secretary’s purge of senior Army officials last week.  Tensions flared when Driscoll was picked last year by President Trump to negotiate with Ukrainian officials in hopes of ending the Russia-Ukraine war, according to two [...]

9th, April 2026, 06:14pm

Ceasefire in Iran war teeters in face of disagreements over Lebanon, Strait of Hormuz

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war staggered Thursday under the weight of Israel’s intense bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and uncertainty over whether negotiators can find common ground on a range of other differences. Hours after the ceasefire was announced — amid disagreement [...]

9th, April 2026, 05:22pm

1 hospitalized after shooting in Ybor: TPD

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— One person was hospitalized after a shooting in Ybor City early Thursday morning. The Tampa Police Department is investigating the shooting at E 17th and 22nd Street after a man showed up at Tampa General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries. According to officers, this [...]

9th, April 2026, 05:08pm

1 hospitalized after shooting in Tampa early Thursday

Editor's note: A previous version said that the shooting happened in Ybor. It was actually north of Ybor in Tampa. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— One person was hospitalized after a shooting near Ybor City early Thursday morning. The Tampa Police Department is investigating the shooting at East 17th and 22nd Street after a man showed up [...]

9th, April 2026, 05:08pm

Police in the Bahamas arrest husband of US woman who was aboard boat and vanished

Police in the Bahamas said late Wednesday that they have arrested the husband of a U.S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished. Authorities said the 59-year-old man whom they did not identify was arrested in Abaco and is being questioned. A Coast Guard spokesperson told The Associated Press late Wednesday [...]

8th, April 2026, 09:18pm

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