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Last update: 6 hours agoStadium Deal Watch: The Tampa Bay Rays are “rounded first base” toward a new Hillsborough County stadium deal after a non-binding MOU surfaced, with roughly $976M in public funding (City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, and the CRA) and possible state-linked add-ons pushing it above $1B—while critics flag missing accountability and no clear clawback if the team relocates. Criminal Justice: In the Ark. death-penalty case of Roderick LeShun Rankin, his decades-long innocence push is back in focus as he argues his brother, not him, killed his ex’s family. Florida Media Integrity: A South Florida site, the South Florida Standard, has been shut down after an investigation found AI-made “reporters” and plagiarized stories, including a fake editor-in-chief bio. Weather & Science: FSU researchers say they can extend winter weather forecasting from weeks to months by tracking the stratospheric polar vortex. International: Trump’s China trip reportedly turned heavily on Taiwan and a new management framework with Xi, with trade and Iran also in the mix.
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