Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here's what you need to know today.
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Some rain in the Gulf of Mexico is moving onto the coast this morning. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop and move inland through the day. Some of us will have locally heavy rain.
Expect south to southwest winds around 10 mph with high temperatures in the upper 80s.
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Highs: Upper 80s Lows: Mid-70s Rain coverage: 70% |
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Around Tampa Bay
1. Calling concerns 'speculative,' federal judge says he will not block DeSantis' school mask mandate ban
Calling many of the plaintiffs' claims "speculative," "wholly untethered to the allegations" and "without merit," a federal District Court judge has declined to halt Gov. Ron DeSantis' school mask mandate ban.
2. SpaceX’s Inspiration4 launches first all-civilian crew
For the first time in human history, four civilians are on their way into the great beyond, all courtesy of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission.
3. Pinellas Health Department holding vaccination event in St. Pete on Thursday
The outdoor vaccination event will be held at 200 Central Avenue in downtown St. Pete from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., weather permitting. The vaccine is free and you'll receive a $20 food voucher
4. Tampa police officer dies from COVID-19 complications
A 37-year-old Tampa police officer has died from complications from COVID-19. Officer Matthew S. Coleman is survived by a wife and children, the TPD announced on Facebook.
5. Bay area fitness studio struggles to stay open due to COVID
Mallory Quinn’s two boutique fitness studios are designed to work out the body and mind. But her mind is racing as she struggles to keep them open.
Around the Nation
1. Biden announces ‘historic’ security partnership with U.K., Australia
2. Gymnasts offer searing indictment of FBI in Senate hearing on Larry Nassar case: 'Enough is enough'
3. As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow
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Four top-tier gymnasts appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, all detailing the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s badly mishandled investigation of abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics (USAG) physician Larry Nassar and the resulting trauma felt by his victims.
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols and McKayla Maroney offered — in often grueling and heartbreaking detail — how they felt ignored and taken advantage of by the FBI agents who were supposed to be helping them after they revealed Nassar had sexually abused them, sometimes over the course of multiple years.