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Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Stetson Law School grad pens letter to school leaders to denounce Pam Bondi<\/a> 2.\u00a0Hillsborough Schools cracks down on student vaping with new detectors<\/a> 3.\u00a0St. Pete wants to expand the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub<\/a> 4.\u00a0Veteran students hope for changes to the Post-9\/11 GI Bill<\/a> 5.\u00a0Tampa Purple Heart Veteran celebrates ‘Alive Day’ skydiving<\/a> Around the Nation & World<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Hillary Clinton testifies to House committee she had ‘no idea’ about Epstein’s crimes<\/a><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0DOJ says it’s reviewing whether any Epstein files were ‘improperly’ withheld<\/a><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0U.S., Iran wrap up another round of indirect nuclear talks as American forces mass in Mideast<\/a><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Cuba says 8 World Baseball Classic delegation members denied U.S. visas<\/a><\/p>\n Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n Florida Strawberry Festival 2026: Dates, entertainment, food and more<\/a> Quote of the Day Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to the House Oversight Committee on Thursday that she had no knowledge of the crimes committed by convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, according to a copy of her opening statement\u00a0she shared on social media.<\/p>\n Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear before the same congressional committee Friday. Both depositions are part of the committee\u2019s probe into Epstein and Maxwell and are being held at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, New York \u2013\u2013 the hamlet north of New York City where the couple lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It will be a warm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-171387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
A letter initiated by attorney Johnny Bardine has gathered hundreds of signatures.<\/p>\n
The district is installing vape detectors in every high school bathroom.<\/p>\n
The city hopes voters will get a chance to approve a 25-year lease for Hub 2 in November.<\/p>\n
Coast Guard Veteran Logan Cappelli said it’s difficult for students like him to cover expenses with the current book and supplies stipend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tampa Purple Heart Veteran Alex Dillman is celebrating his ‘Alive Day’ on February 27 by skydiving at Skydive City in Zephyrhills.<\/p>\n
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