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An investigation found that inequality is fueling heat-related illnesses across the state, Fort Pierce is the hottest ZIP code in Florida, and the government and medical community are both not doing enough for what is referred to by farmworkers as “being caught by the bear.”

The Tampa Bay Bucs became the first team in NFL history to earn a Super Bowl berth in their home stadium, defeating the Green Bay Packers 31-26 to earn a spot in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 7.

Heat-related illnesses are soaring in Arizona and Florida as the planet warms and temperatures rise. Poor communities are bearing the brunt of sickening heat in these states.

Farmworkers have long faced dangers from laboring outside in sweltering heat. As climate change raises temperatures, heat illness could come for far more people.

The county hosted another community vaccination event, this time at a Baptist church in downtown Tampa. The goal is to make the vaccine more accessible in underserved communities.

The state reported 9,535 new coronavirus cases in its Sunday report, along with 132 deaths.

Tampa International Airport will handle the air space until the tower reopens.

For more than a year, birder Dennis Olle has been complaining to park officials that the speed limit was too high and harming wildlife. Now a snow goose, which made a rare appearance in the park earlier this month, is dead.

Appointments were scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., but a technical issue forced a delay about 40 minutes later. The allotment of 8,000 vaccines were filled by Saturday afternoon.

In its Saturday report, the Florida Department of Health reported 12,311 daily coronavirus cases, but with a steep drop in positivity rate.

The state is urging providers to require proof of state residency, but some legal experts say the people left out are far more important to protect with a vaccine than the tourists.