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published July 24|Updated July 24 TAMPA – Hillsborough deputies opened fire on a Tampa man, fatally wounding him, after an altercation at a party early Sunday. The shooting happened at Bristol Bay Apartments, 4709 Bristol Bay Way, after deputies responded about 12:42 a.m. to a 911 call about a disturbance, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Two men had gotten into an argument and physical altercation in a parking lot of the beige and brown complex off US 41 south of the Lee Roy Selmon Freeway, and one man fired more than once. No one was injured. The fatal…

MIAMI – South Florida farmers are suffering like everyone else when it comes to the rising costs of inflation. “Does the consumer have enough money left over to pay a price for products that will keep me sustainable? That’s the dilemma right now,” said farmer John Alger, owner of Alger Farms. Alger Farms has been in business since the 1930s. Alger said it has been a struggle to break even for the past 10 years, even before the pandemic, supply chain issues and inflation. Now, he says farmers across South Florida are reaching a breaking point. Their three-generation farm, with…

Commuter Alert: Shuttle buses replacing some Friday afternoon Blue Line service on the MBTA EAST BOSTON – Blue Line riders faced a tough commute Friday afternoon as the MBTA announced a service disruption. Shuttle buses replaced service between Wonderland Station and Orient Heights Station due to a disabled train near Suffolk Downs Station. The outage occurred after a piece of metal fell. A passenger shared a video from the station. He told Boston 25 that when the train pulled into the station, the large piece of metal fell toward the top of the train and caused sparks. He also said…

Arrests for crimes Assault – Alfredo Daniel Martinez, 32, of Kennewick, Washington. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Martinez on Wednesday on warrants charging him with five counts of third-degree assault by driving under the influence and misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, assault by fourth degree and reckless driving. He was being held Friday in the Jackson County Jail without bond. Theft – Carrie-Michelle C. Miller, 36, of Palo Alto, California. Medford police arrested Miller Wednesday on felony second-degree burglary, misdemeanor second-degree burglary and warrants for failure to appear in court on previous charges of driving while suspended or…

Relations between China and the United States have not been as strong as they were before 2008 and will continue to worsen, said Matt Gertken, chief strategist, geopolitical strategy and US political strategy at BCA Research. His comments come after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. During her trip, Pelosi publicly stated that Taiwan is an independent nation, which China disputes. Beijing claims Taiwan is a rogue province of China. “Over the last eight or 10 years, we’ve seen the United States and China no longer engage as they did between 1972 and 2008,” Gertken said. “This will continue….

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – During Fancy Farm this year, a handful of Republican politicians made jokes against the LGBTQ community, specifically the transgender community, during their speeches. Spectrum News 1 reached out to the Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy organization in Kentucky, to hear their response. The organization’s executive director, Chris Hartman, said, “Shame on Kentucky Republicans for trying to turn Kentucky’s trans kids into political pawns for votes.” What you need to know Held on the first Saturday in August, Fancy Farm is an annual political picnic in western Kentucky where many political candidates running for the upcoming election give…

“My gut feeling is that they don’t add up to transformative issues on the scale of Social Security, the Securities Exchange Act, the Federal Housing Administration, the Civil Rights Act of ’64,” said David M. Kennedy , a historian at Stanford University and the author of “Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.” How Times reporters cover politics. We trust our journalists to be independent observers. So while Times staff members can vote, they are not allowed to endorse or campaign for political candidates or causes. This includes participating in marches or demonstrations in support of…