Mother, son reunited nearly 30 years after adoption
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FOX 13's Ariel Plasencia reports on a Pinellas County mother, Tonya Woodard, who was recently reunited with her son, Damon Alley, nearly 30 years after he was put up for adoption.

Foundation gives young hockey players scholarships
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FOX 13's Sean Barie reports on Bob and Donna Ritchie, who run the Ritchie Foundation, which provides scholarships to young hockey players. The foundation hosted its annual golf tournament in Tampa Bay that featured Hall of Fame athletes to raise money to award scholarships to young hockey players.

Sarasota mother creates community bakery cart
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FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports on a Sarasota bakery opened by a new mom who opened a bakery stand in her front yard that is selling everything from cookies to freshly baked bread and glazed nuts, all in grab-and-go-cart with a cash box for money and apps to pay online.

Preventing dental disease in pets
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FOX 13's Chris Cato sits down with Dr. Nobuki Stobaeus, a veterinarian with Royal Pets Veterinary Center, to discuss dental disease in pets and offer recommendations for pet owners on preserving their pets' dental health.

Weight loss drug approved to treat sleep apnea
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Sleep expert Dr. Abhay Sharma talks about how Zepbound is now approved by the FDA for the treatment of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Dr. BBQ | Sausage bread rollup
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FOX 13's Chris Cato joins Chef Ray "Dr. BBQ" Lampe in the kitchen to make his sausage bread rollup recipe, which he says is the perfect addition to any tailgate.

Nonprofit pairing puppies with struggling veterans
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FOX 13 Photojournalist Barry Wong highlights a partnership between Holzerland Protection Dogs and the non-profit America?s K-9 Rescue, which has helped place Belgian Malinois emotional-support puppies with service veterans suffering from PTSD.

Laura Caron: NJ elementary school teacher accused of having child with teen student

A New Jersey teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a young student and later having a child with him when he was just 13 and living in her home, according to court documents.

Trump Inauguration Day moved indoors due to extreme cold

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office indoors due to the freezing temperatures expected during his inaugural ceremonies.

Video released in search for Tampa shooting suspects
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The Tampa Police Department released cell phone video showing three suspects wanted in a November 2024 shooting that left a teen injured.

Florida woman, 83, seemingly unfazed after violent lotto robbery: 'I wasn't scared'

Orange County deputies say they've found the man accused of violently robbing an elderly woman. She was just walking out of a store with her lottery winnings when he lunged at her.  

Many already abandoning their New Year?s resolutions
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Data shows the vast majority of Americans who made resolutions for 2025 have already given up by mid-January.

TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court: What to know

The Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S.  

Pickleball courts open on St. Pete Pier
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FOX 13's Kailey Tracy shows us the new pickleball courts at the St. Pete Pier.

Final preps for Gasparilla Children?s Parade
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FOX 13?s Evyn Moon has a look at final preparations ahead of Saturday?s Gasparilla Children's Parade in Tampa.

Sarasota family awaits release of man held hostage
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FOX 13?s Kailey Tracy has the latest on a possible Gaza ceasefire deal, which could lead to the release of Sagui Dekel-Chen. He?s been held hostage by Hamas for more than a year.

The impact of population growth on elections
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FOX 13's Allie Corey reports on how Florida's population growth has affected the state's politics and its national political influence and why that trend is not expected to stop.

Missing flight path file led to loss of control of Orlando Christmas drone show: NTSB report

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report into what happened during a Christmas drone show at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando that caused some of the show's 500 drones to collide with one another, fall from the sky, and send others flying in rogue directions. At least one drone struck a 7-year-old boy, who suffered serious injury and had to undergo heart surgery, according to his family.

Increase in younger women getting cancer
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There is better detection and treatments for cancer these days, and that helps save lives. The American Cancer Society released a new report on Thursday that finds cancer deaths are dropping, but it also found an increase in young and middle-aged women getting diagnosed.