With a database of detailed DNA analyses on 15 million consumers, privacy experts are sounding the alarm about what could happen to this sensitive data.

'I want an apology': St. Petersburg resident complaints soar amid sky high water bills

A warning tonight for tesla owners. A nationwide trend of protests Elon Musk's company is now being seen in our area.  Three cars were vandalized outside a shopping plaza in Bradenton and the person who did it is still on the run.

More than $120 million taken from the disabled, but the Pinellas County businessman responsible for that missing money remains on the street.

Rep. Kathy Castor, who represents people in Tampa and St. Petersburg, would like the Trump Administration to rethink those plans to "eliminate" FEMA, especially since the feds are still assisting families after back-to-back hurricanes.

During a televised cabinet meeting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she plans to “eliminate” FEMA but didn’t go further into how that could play out.

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Fire crews are battling a blaze at a wooden pallet supplier near Tampa.

A new study show Lakeland has more foreclosure activity than any other metro area of its size in America. But some say, the numbers do not tell the whole story.

A Turkish student detained by federal officers as she walked along a street in a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.