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A family member called the U.S. Coast Guard Sunday at 1 a.m. to say they hadn’t been heard from the capsized boaters in hours.

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A family member called the U.S. Coast Guard Sunday at 1 a.m. to say they hadn’t been heard from the capsized boaters in hours.

The investigation, which launched as a missing person case in January, also uncovered ongoing financial fraud, Hillsborough sheriff said.
Cassie Laundrie, Brian Laundrie's older sister, spoke out about the new Netflix docuseries about Gabby Petito's death, reports said.
Franky Venegas, an “Island Boys” rapper and known gang member, was arrested on gun and drug charges in the Naples area, authorities said.
A 38-year-old man’s body was found floating among the mangroves near a Clearwater apartment complex on Saturday, reports said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is launching a FL DOGE Task Force, a version of Elon Musk’s federal agency, to audit universities and state spending.
Investigators are working to identify the shooter in an early Monday road-rage incident on U.S. 301, Palmetto police said.
Ahead of the Bradenton Area River Regatta, a dead, decaying manatee was removed from the shore of the Manatee River on Friday, police said.
A man was shot by a “juvenile” boy after an argument escalated Saturday night in Holiday, the Pasco Sheriff’s Office said.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recorded an alligator carrying a turtle in its mouth as it crossed a road to a lake in South Florida.
An officer was hospitalized after being shot in the parking lot of Hillsborough Police Department on Saturday afternoon, the agency said.
A 29-year-old woman was charged with DUI manslaughter in a Friday night hit-and-run crash in St. Pete that left a man dead, reports said.
A man wanted on murder, child porn charges in TX was arrested while walking along Alligator Alley in south FL, state troopers said.
Two "juvenile males" were shot outside the Mall in Columbia, near Lidl, on Saturday, the Howard County Police Department said.
An 18-year-old pilot was hurt making an emergency landing with his small plane in Anne Arundel County Saturday, Maryland State Police said.
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An excavator came off a trailer shutting down an area of North Tamiami Trail on Friday evening, Sarasota police said.
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An attorney for Brian Laundrie’s parents said a new Netflix documentary about Gabby Petito’s death has “many inaccuracies,” a report said.
Outback Steakhouse’s parent company, Bloomin’ Brands, is cutting 100 corporate jobs in Tampa to save $22 million a year.