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Ex-Cowboys first-round pick unleashes tirade at Fla. bar: ‘Give me my motherf---king card’
April 21, 2024 | 2:35pmMike Jenkins, a former Pro Bowl cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, got into a verbal altercation at a Florida bar late Saturday night.
How much are last-minute Rays-Rangers playoff tickets?
October 3, 2023 | 1:58pmHere's what you'll pay to see the Rays.
Russian authorities have been quietly removing memorials for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
September 23, 2023 | 3:05pmThe Kremlin has been keeping the Prigozhin's death as low-key as possible after he died in a fiery plane crash on August 23 — a tactic underlined by Putin's absence...
Rays expected to announce deal for Tropicana Field's replacement
September 18, 2023 | 11:45amThe Tampa Bay Rays are expected to announce the completion of a $1.2 billion deal for a new stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida on Tuesday. The Rays have played at...
Leaked selfie photos show Wagner boss in absurd Sacha Baron Cohen-like disguises
July 6, 2023 | 10:16amSelfies of Yevgeny Prigozhin sporting wigs and fake beards were leaked by pro-Kremlin Telegram channels.
Exiled Wagner Group boss returns to Russia to collect confiscated weapons
July 5, 2023 | 2:13pmYevgeny Prigozhin was invited by the FSB in St. Petersburg to pick up his rifles and handguns in the wake of his failed mutiny.
Florida deputies hold 'exhausted' manatee's head above water for 2 hours, saving its life
June 23, 2023 | 1:06am"I thought I was going to drown – a martyr for the cause."
Southern city tops NYC as least affordable housing market after pandemic boom
June 19, 2023 | 11:47amNortheasterners flocked to Florida to reduce their spend on rent and dish out less in taxes. The influx has since caused increased mortgage rates that are eroding the state's all-alluring...
Woman accused of assassinating pro-Putin blogger in cafe explosion denied bail
April 24, 2023 | 1:28pmDarya Trepova is facing terrorism charges for allegedly killing pro-war blogger Maxim Fomin using a bomb hidden inside a bust.
Paranoid leader has replica offices around Russia, refuses to use cellphone or internet: defector
April 5, 2023 | 4:03pmVladimir Putin has identical copies of his Kremlin office at residences in St. Petersburg, Sochi and Novo-Ogaryovo in Moscow, complete with matching desks and decor.
Female assassin accused of blowing up pro-Putin blogger with explosives-packed sculpture
April 3, 2023 | 10:11amA Russian female anti-war activist has been detained for allegedly blowing up a notorious pro-Putin blogger after handing him a sculpture laden with explosives inside a packed St. Petersburg café....
Doomed pilot gushed about 1st solo flight before crash with wife, kid
December 7, 2022 | 7:07amChristian Kath, the pilot who is presumed to have been killed along with his wife and 12-year-old daughter when their small rented plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico shared...
Florida man jailed after woman found with hatchet in her head
November 26, 2022 | 11:46amA Florida man is accused of a ramming a hatchet into the head of a woman he was staying with just before Thanksgiving.
Explosion reported outside Petersburg
November 19, 2022 | 9:11amA giant fireball was reportedly seen rising over the Russian city of St. Petersburg Saturday after a gas pipeline explosion in a nearby town.
Russian woman detained over note on Putin's parents' grave: 'Take him with you'
October 14, 2022 | 1:17pmIrina Tsybaneva, 60, an accountant with two children and six grandchildren, was sentenced to house arrest in Russia after leaving a note on Vladimir Putin's parents' grave in St. Petersburg,...
Putin compares himself to Peter the Great to justify Ukraine war
June 10, 2022 | 12:29pmVladimir Putin likened himself to the revered 17th century tsar, and drew parallels between his invasion of Ukraine and Peter the Great's quest to "reclaim" Russian lands from neighboring countries.
The monarchy lives: Russia to host first royal wedding in more than 100 years
September 30, 2021 | 4:58pmSt. Petersburg is bustling to play host to the wedding of a descendant of the Russian royal family -- marking Russia's first royal wedding in more than a century.
Mom allegedly shot dead by boyfriend in front of her kids
August 2, 2021 | 3:32pmJoana Peca was repeatedly shot in the face in St. Petersburg — allegedly by her boyfriend Benjamin Robert Williams, whose nickname is "Bambi,'' police said.
Russian cops pound bar patrons with clubs for flouting COVID-19 rules
December 9, 2020 | 3:41pmRussia isn't playing around with bars that flout COVID-19 rules. A team of Russian police beat partiers at one St. Petersburg watering hole with clubs Wednesday for failing to close...
Cop injured in dramatic caught-on-video shooting
December 2, 2020 | 7:50pmOne St. Petersburg police officer was shot and a second was injured in a dramatic caught-on-video shooting outside a convenience store in the Florida city, according to police and reports....