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TAMPA – A second-time plant city woman in her life should serve in a prison in 67 years, driving a drunken man and killing someone, a judge ruled Friday. Jennifer Carbajar cried and buried her face behind her long black locks throughout the three-hour sentencing hearing. She repeatedly apologised to her cousin who was killed in an interstate crash crash, and to the family of two other seriously injured Pedro Carvajal.”I’m sorry, I never could have forgiven myself, no matter how many times I told each of you or even him,” Carvajal said.Jennifer Karbajar admitted to causing the second fatal…

By Michelle L. Price and Mark Levy HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday to celebrate a detailed deal by Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in US steel. Trump initially vowed to block bids from Japanese steelmakers to buy Pittsburgh-based US steel, but he changed course and announced an agreement last week that he described as “partial ownership” by Japan. However, it is not clear whether the transaction that his administration supported the broker has been completed or how ownership will be structured. Trump stressed that the deal will preserve America’s control…

Elon Musk is resigning. Chinese student visas are cancelled. The United States has reached an agreement with Boeing over a criminal case. Harvard still allows foreign students to register.Elon Musk resignsTesla CEO Elon Musk has stepped down from his role in the Trump administration’s government efficiency (DOGE), the office he was tasked with cutting federal spending.Musk has been the public face of Doge since President Donald Trump set up a division at his inauguration on January 20th, identifying government waste and helping to cut the country’s $36 trillion debt.The website claims Doge has made $175 billion in estimated savings.Special government…

Related Video: Tampa Bay Snap Recipients Are Worried That Potential Cuts Could Restrict Access to Healthy Foods MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida market manager was arrested Thursday for plotting to steal benefits from a food aid program worth more than $275,000, authorities told NBC affiliate WTVJ. According to arrest warrants obtained by the news agency, Fidelli Osman Mohammad worked as manager of Liberty City’s Seven Star Market and accepted the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits. Investigators said Ottoman Mohammad used fake checks and forged signatures to bypass around $275,000 in six months from August 2022. Video: Florida…

There are many fires to come and lessons to learn at DC Super Heroes: Discover Your SuperPowers, an interactive exhibit recently installed at the Orlando Science Center. The sacred skill set, Batman! Hands-on displays are designed to educate you about teamwork, deductions, healthcare, coordination, agility and cognitive thinking. The exhibit begins with news that the bat signal has been stolen, and there are clues to its location and associated villain activities across Gotham City businesses and institutions. As the proverb says, not all heroes wear capes. However, a rental cape is offered on display. Here are five takeaways from the…

The Tampa Bay area’s vulnerabilities to hurricanes were peeled away last year, exposing painful recovery woes after the one-two punch from Helene and Milton.While many people are staying and rebuilding, others have sold their properties and moved away — safe from the threat of hurricanes growing more dangerous from climate change. They aren’t alone. In the six months after Helene, home sales in flooded neighborhoods diverged from those in the rest of Pinellas County, according to a Tampa Bay Times analysis of real estate data and National Hurricane Center storm surge predictions. About 8% more sales occurred in areas with…

The film festival organizers said, “When we called, they told us, ‘We don’t support festivals of political nature.’On the eve of the 5th Seoul Larkspur International Film Festival (SLIFF), the contract was signed and tickets were already on sale, but unexpectedly cancelled all scheduled festival screenings.The sudden decision came from Megabox Dongdaemun, Sliff’s official screening venue, one day before the festival opened on May 30th. Organizers say they were shocked, and filmmakers say they were furious.”This is the first time I’ve seen something like this happen in Korea,” said Heo Eun-Doh, general director and chief curator at Sliff. “Theatres are…

Many years of delays in the United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Rocket have turned national security mission scripts and made SpaceX a new and trusted provider. Elon Musk’s shift to the company, which is at a disadvantage with ULA’s bottom line, will be on the pad again on Friday, with SpaceX Falcon 9 set up and launching the GPS III-7 mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station space launch complex. On Friday, the improvement will only be 50% on Saturday. The mission to launch a GPS satellite is the second satellite originally awarded to ULA, but transferred to SpaceX…

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is calling for SpaceX to investigate this week’s out-of-control spacecraft flight accident. Tuesday’s test flight from Texas lasted longer than the two failed demonstrations before the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, and ended with a flame over the Atlantic. With the latest spacecraft, they were on their way to the Indian Ocean around the world, but not before they entered a spin and fell apart. The FAA said Friday that no injuries or public damages were reported. One-stage booster – recycled from a previous flight – fell apart while descending…

AP Technology Writer Michael Liedtke Google returns to federal court on Friday, simultaneously dodging the US Department of Justice’s attempt to defeat the Internet empire, while navigating a massive shift towards artificial intelligence that could undermine its power. The legal and technical threats facing Google are one of the key issues that will be analyzed at the deadline for legal proceedings determining changes imposed on the company due to the declaration of the dominant search engine declared as illegal monopoly by US District Judge Amit Mehta last year. The Justice Department’s lawyer, evidence of branding presented at the recent three-week…