{"id":13880,"date":"2025-10-21T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13880\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:02:16","slug":"tampa-october-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13880\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 October 21, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>We have mostly sunny to partly sunny skies today.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s another warm afternoon with highs in the mid to upper 80s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/weather\/2020\/05\/14\/tampa-weather-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get the full forecast here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Partly_Cloudy_day-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Highs: 88<\/p>\n<p>Lows: 70<\/p>\n<p>Rain Coverage:\u00a00%<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/weatherphotos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/uthmeier-issues-criminal-subpoenas-to-roblox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Uthmeier issues criminal subpoenas to Roblox investigating sexual predators<\/a><br \/>Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier\u00a0announced he was issuing\u00a0criminal subpoenas to popular online gaming platform\u00a0Roblox\u00a0Monday.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/owner-upset-over-dropped-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trooper the dog&#8217;s new owner upset over dropped charges<\/a><br \/>Charges have been dropped against a Hillsborough County man who was accused of leaving a dog tied up\u00a0as Hurricane Milton approached the area last year, leaving his new owner upset.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/in-sarasota-stop--homeland-security-secretary-noem-touts-ice-efforts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In Bradenton stop, Homeland Security Secretary Noem touts ICE efforts<\/a><br \/>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Sarasota and Bradenton on Monday, highlighting the work of ICE and homeland officials in getting what she said are hardened criminals off the streets.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/pasco-county-mother--school-employee-accused-of-killing-her-son\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pasco County mother, school employee accused of killing her son<\/a><br \/>A Land O\u2019 Lakes mother is facing murder charges in the death of her child.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/government-shutdown-threatens-wave-of-missed-mortgage-and-rent-payments-\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government shutdown threatens wave of missed payments; but there are options<\/a><br \/>As the federal government shutdown enters its third week, hundreds of thousands of government employees are now officially one paycheck short and by the end of the month, they\u2019ll likely miss a second.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/flu-vaccine-hesitancy-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ahead of flu season, pediatric doctors notice leap in vaccine hesitancy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/politics\/2025\/10\/20\/day-20-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nearly 3 weeks in, no consensus on ending government shutdown in sight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/atlanta-hartsfield-jackson-airport-mass-shooting-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man who planned to &#8216;shoot up&#8217; Atlanta airport is arrested in terminal following tip, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/dodgers--blue-jays--world-series--matchup--preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blue Jays in World Series for first time since before Ohtani was born, while Dodgers seek to repeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quote of the Day<br \/>\n<a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/nasa-s-sean-duffy-wants-to-open-artemis-iii-to-other-companies--says-spacex-is-behind\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BN9duffynasaquotecardFL.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-url=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/nasa-s-sean-duffy-wants-to-open-artemis-iii-to-other-companies--says-spacex-is-behind\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citing that SpaceX is behind schedule with its Starship that will be used for the Artemis III mission, <a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/space\/2025\/10\/20\/nasa-s-sean-duffy-wants-to-open-artemis-iii-to-other-companies--says-spacex-is-behind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy said on Monday<\/a> that the U.S. space agency is considering Blue Origin and other companies to handle the task.<\/p>\n<p>On his X account, Duffy posted what he wants and also included his interview on CNBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today. 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