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FILE - The roof of the Tropicana Field is damaged the morning after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Oct. 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Rays ready to return to Tropicana Field for the first game since hurricane damaged the roof

By Rob Maaddi - Associated Press

FILE - A cyclist crosses a rainbow-painted intersection, Aug. 27, 2025, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)

St. Petersburg delays vote on flags for LGBTQ+ and Black communities after DeSantis erases murals

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - The roof of the Tropicana Field is damaged the morning after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Rays nix $1.3B St. Petersburg ballpark deal, citing storms, delays

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

The roof of the Tropicana Field is damaged the morning after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Oct. 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

St. Petersburg council rejects immediate repair to Rays’ ballpark roof after first giving approval

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Drone images above Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, show the shredded roof of the dome and the cots on the field, set up for first responders, among the debris, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Max Chesnes/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays to play at Yankees’ spring training field in 2025 after hurricane damage

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Waves roll in from the Gulf of Mexico toward lots where only empty foundations and debris remain after homes were swept away in Hurricane Milton, on Manasota Key in Englewood, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida works to bring back tourism to its Gulf Coast following hurricanes Helene and Milton

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The roof of the Tropicana Field is damaged the morning after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

MLB wants the Tampa Bay Rays to play in the area if hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field is unfit

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Animal care experts with The Florida Aquarium successfully relocate its seven male cownose stingrays, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, from Tropicana Field back to the Aquarium in downtown Tampa. (Florida Aquarium via AP)

Safe! Florida Aquarium’s stingrays ride out Milton in MLB Rays’ ballpark tank

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Natasha Ducre surveys the kitchen of her devastated home, which lost most of its roof during the passage of Hurricane Milton, in Palmetto, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Ducre, her husband, three children and two grandkids, rode out the storm in a government shelter and returned to find their home unlivable and much of their furniture and belongings destroyed by rainwater. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Although Milton has moved on, at least 8 are dead and millions remain in the dark

By Julio Cortez, Kate Payne and Haven Daley - Associated Press

A crane is seen across 1st Avenue South near the Tampa Bay Times offices in St. Petersburg, Florida, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, as Hurricane Milton's strong winds tore through the area. (Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

More than 3 million without power as Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding

By Terry Spencer and Kate Payne - Associated Press

Melvin Lee Hicks, who is homeless, lies under a sheet donated by a nearby hotel, as he shelters alongside a parking garage in downtown Tampa, Fla., during the approach of Hurricane Milton, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm

By Terry Spencer and Kate Payne - Associated Press

Max Watts, of Buford, Ga., walks in the parking lot to check on a trailer parked outside the hotel where he is riding out Hurricane Milton with coworkers, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. Watts, who works for a towing company, was deployed with colleagues to Florida to aid in the aftermath of the storm. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

More than 1.5 million without power as Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding

By Terry Spencer and Kate Payne - Associated Press

Andrei Pivovarov, a Russian dissident freed in the Aug. 1 East-West prisoner swap, right, and his wife, Tatyana Usmanova, pose for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)

Longest-held Russian dissident freed in swap says ‘colors get brighter by the day’ in his new life

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Emergency responders work to recover victims of a bus crash in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 10, 2024. Authorities in St. Petersburg say that at least one person died and five others were hospitalized with injuries when a bus fell off a bridge in St. Petersburg. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A bus plunges off a bridge in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, killing 3 and injuring 6 others

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St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch compares an old aerial photo of downtown St. Petersburg with a newer one during an interview Friday, April 19, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The future of the Tampa Bay Rays should come into clear focus in the coming weeks as the St. Petersburg City Council begins discussions about the $1.3 billion ballpark that would open for the 2028 baseball season. The stadium is the linchpin of a much larger project that would transform the downtown with affordable housing, a Black history museum, office and retail space. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Future of MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - Darya Trepova, a suspect in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger, attends a court hearing in the Basmanny District Court, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 1, 2023. The Russian authorities on Friday sought a 28-year prison sentence for Trepova over the bombing at a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a prominent Russian military blogger and injured over 50 others. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian prosecutors seek lengthy prison terms for suspects in cases linked to the war in Ukraine

By Emma Burrows and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Invited guests look at artist renderings of what the planned Tampa Bay Rays stadium will look like after the team announced plans for a new stadium during a news conference, Sept. 19, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Officials in the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, want to make it clear that their city is the current and future home of the Tampa Bay Rays as negotiations continue on details surrounding a proposed new $1.3 billion ballpark that would be ready for the 2028 season opener. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Officials seeks profile boost as new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark negotiations continue

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

In this image taken with a fisheye lens, Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is shown Thursday, March 26, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. They began as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, then shortened their name in 2007 to simply Tampa Bay Rays. Now, as plans for a new ballpark take shape, there’s talk about changing the name again to reflect the team’s actual location: the St. Petersburg Rays. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Tampa Bay Rays say name change could threaten stadium deal

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Invited guests look at artist renderings of what the planned Tampa Bay Rays stadium will look like after the team announced plans for a new stadium during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Rays finalizing new ballpark in St. Petersburg as part of a larger urban project

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz is dunked with sports drink by teammates Josh Lowe, left and Brandon Lowe after hitting a walk off two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette) **FILE**

Rays, St. Petersburg announce news conference expected to include ballpark details

By David Brandt - Associated Press