{"id":52777,"date":"2025-11-19T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/52777\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:38:12","slug":"the-scoop-wed-nov-19-2025-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/52777\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Wed. Nov. 19, 2025 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Scoop-color-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-249380 size-249380 wp-post-image\" alt=\"WMNF The Scoop\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Florida House advances bill allowing parents to seek damages in death of \u201cunborn child\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill would add \u201cunborn child\u201d to a law that allows family members to seek damages when a person\u2019s death is caused by negligence. Abortion rights advocates are fighting it, but supporters say the issue is not related to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis signs another execution order<\/p>\n<p>Frank Athen Walls, convicted of fatally shooting as man and woman during a home invasion robbery and other three killings, is the 19th person set to execution in the state this year.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa, St. Pete recognized for equality<\/p>\n<p>WMNF\u2019s Chris Young reports both cities received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/tampa-st-petersburg-recognize-for-lgbtq-advocacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation\u2019s Municipal Equality Index 2025<\/a> for their efforts to support the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<p>AARP report details the financial struggles of family members caring for relatives<\/p>\n<p>WMNF\u2019s Julia Ferrara reports that without adequate training, financial or emotional support, caregiving can become impossible.<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: Tampa Bay &amp; Florida headlines by WMNF<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop, produced by Joana Riva, Asha Cope-Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>WMNF anchors Se\u00e1n Kinane, Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Josh Holton, Randi Zimmerman.\u00a0<br \/>WMNF News Director Se\u00e1n Kinane<br \/>WMNF reporters Chris Young, Lisa Marzilli, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Zoe Sax, Julia Ferrara, Leah Burdick, Josh Holton<br \/>Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran.<\/p>\n<p>Theme music, Fresh06, by Stian via archive.org \u2013 CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3<\/a><br \/>The Scoop logo by Robin Milcowitz \/ Greener Pixels \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greenerpixels.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greenerpixels.com<\/a>\u00a0\/ WMNF<\/p>\n<p>information from News Service of Florida, the Associated Press and Florida Public Media was used in this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida House advances bill allowing parents to seek damages in death of \u201cunborn child\u201d The bill would add&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[22322,408,100,17867,32495,1432,30415,412,199,135,137,136,416,19123],"class_list":["post-52777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-abortion","tag-death-penalty","tag-florida-legislature","tag-florida-supreme-court","tag-justice-system","tag-lgbtq","tag-news-and-public-affairs","tag-ron-desantis","tag-st-petersburg","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-the-scoop","tag-wmnf-88-5-fm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52777","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=52777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}