Waterspout near Gandy Bridge startles motorists

The thin funnel briefly dangled from a storm cloud over Old Tampa Bay between the Gandy and Howard Frankland bridges shortly after lunchtime.

Cold case search of Pasco lake comes up empty

Dive teams concluded their search of Lake Jovita with nothing of evidentiary value to report in the 20-year-old unsolved slaying of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom.

Rappers' references fuel popularity of Molly drug

Ecstasy became the rave scene's drug of choice a decade or two ago, and now a close cousin named Molly is showing up everywhere, in part fueled by its newfound popularity in the hip-hop culture.

Recovery will be lengthy for Rays' Cobb

Alex Cobb, struck in the head with a batted ball, has to pass a concussion test before he can resume throwing. Rays manager Joe Maddon indicated Cobb isn't close to that stage of his comeback.