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  1. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of July 18-24
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Howard Jones will perform at the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater on Saturday.
  2. Orlando amusement park pauses new sniper-like laser game
    Yesterday• Theme Parks
    ICON Park has paused a new sniper-like laser shooting game amid criticism in light of recent mass shootings. In a statement issued Saturday, park officials said some critics had questioned whether it was appropriate. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP, file)
  3. A new shooting game at Florida theme park stirs questions
    Jul. 16• Florida
    Icon Park in Orlando is shown in this photo. A recent feature allowing riders at the park to shoot at targets is stirring questions.
  5. Judge rejects Amber Heard’s request to set aside Johnny Depp $10M win
    Jul. 13• Entertainment
    This combination of photos shows actor Johnny Depp testifying at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., on April 21, 2022, left, and actor Amber Heard testifying in the same courtroom on May 26, 2022. The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial made a jury's award official Friday with a written order for Heard to pay Depp $10.35 million for damaging his reputation by describing herself as a domestic abuse victim in an op-ed piece she wrote.
  6. Disney’s newest cruise ship grants pricey Wish
    Jul. 13• Travel
    The Disney Wish, which is provisioned at Port Canaveral, is the fifth ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet, with its inaugural cruise for guests set for July 14.
  7. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jul. 12• Pets
    Ironside and Morris are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  8. ‘Succession’ tops Emmy nominations, ‘Squid Game’ also scores
    Jul. 12• Entertainment
    This image released by HBO shows Brian Cox in a scene from "Succession."
  9. NASA reveals more images from deep space via Webb Space Telescope
    Jul. 12• Life & Culture
    This combo of images provided by NASA on Tuesday shows a side-by-side comparison of observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and mid-infrared light, at right, from the Webb Telescope.
  10. Ash, new restaurant from Rooster & The Till team, will open at Water Street Tampa
    Jul. 12• Food
    Ash, a new Italian-inspired restaurant from chef Ferrell Alvarez and Proper House Group, will open in spring 2023 at Water Street Tampa.
  11. Bruce Springsteen will kick off newest tour in Tampa
    Jul. 12• Music
    Bruce Springsteen is bringing his new tour to Tampa on Feb. 1.
  12. More than 15 places to stay cool in Tampa Bay for $15 or less
    Jul. 12• Life & Culture
    Beat the heat in air-conditioned venues that won't break the bank.
  13. NASA to reveal first Webb Space Telescope images this week
    Jul. 11• Entertainment
    This image provided by NASA on Monday shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus.
  14. Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of July 11-17
    Jul. 11• Things To Do
    In this 2018 photo, a bonnethead shark swims in a tank at the Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota. Mote will be among other aquariums and shark scientists with SharkCon displays at Tampa's Florida State Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday.
  15. See photos of people diving into some tunes at Florida underwater music festival
    Jul. 9• Travel
    Costumed participants pretend to play faux musical instruments at the Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, Saturday, July 9, 2022, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Big Pine Key, Fla. Hundreds of divers and snorkelers gathered at Looe Key Reef to listen to a local radio station's four-hour, commercial-free broadcast piped beneath the sea via special underwater speakers. The broadcast featured public service announcements to promote coral reef conservation.
  16. Tony Sirico, the actor who played Paulie ‘Walnuts’ on ‘The Sopranos,’ dies at 79
    Jul. 9• Entertainment
    In this Sept. 5, 2012, Tony Sirico attends the "Boardwalk Empire" season 3 premiere in New York.
  17. ‘F Troop’ actor Larry Storch dies at 99
    Jul. 8• Entertainment
    In this 1966 photo, actor Larry Storch, one of the co-stars of "F Troop," poses during the filming of an episode at the Warner Brothers studio in Los Angeles. Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his role as “F Troop’s” zany Cpl. Agarn in the 1960s spoof of Western frontier shows, died Friday in New York. He was 99. (AP Photo/David F. Smith, File)
  18. Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex
    Jul. 8• Nation & World
    Muslim pilgrims pray on the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. One million pilgrims from across the globe amassed on Thursday in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform the initial rites of the hajj, marking the largest Islamic pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic upended the annual event — a key pillar of Islam.
  19. A Tampa dental student is heading to HBO Max’s ‘FBoy Island’
    Jul. 8• Entertainment
    Mia Emani Jones on "Fboy Island."
  20. Florida school grades show upward trend, state says
    Jul. 7• Education
    “It’s clear that our teachers and school leaders used every resource at their disposal to lift Florida’s students well beyond expectations,” Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. said in a statement.
  21. Jury finds man guilty of murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle
    Jul. 6• Nation & World
    Defendant Eric Holder and his attorney Aaron Jansen, right, listen during opening statements in Holder's murder trial. Holder has been found guilty in the murder of Nipsey Hussle.
  22. Clearwater Marine Aquarium opens multi-faceted dolphin exhibit
    Jul. 6• Things To Do
    Children visit with Hope at her home at the Ruth and J.O. Stone Dolphin Complex at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. This facility has opened an immersive exhibit called Dolphintopia that explores the science of dolphins and also their connection to humans throughout history.
  23. Florida college student tracking Elon Musk’s jet doesn’t plan to stop
    Jul. 6• Life & Culture
    Illustration by Sean Kristoff-Jones
  24. 14 events to help Tampa Bay students and parents for the next school year
    Jul. 6• Things To Do
    Ayr’Reka’s Angels help students go back to school in style by offering free hair cuts and braids.
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