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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 2, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 2, 2017.

Democrats say Florida statehouse race a bellwether for US

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A Democratic win in a Florida statehouse district that's firmly Republican is being called a bellwether for national politics, a referendum of sorts on President Donald Trump and his conservative agenda.

Suspicious fumes at Florida home leads to FBI-assisted probe

This December 2016 photo provided by the Pasco Sheriff's Office shows Sherif Elganainy. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, it's assisting a Tampa Bay area law enforcement agency in the potential terrorism activity of Elganainy, who was arrested after his father was taken to a hospital due to suspicious fumes in the family home.

Happy hour: Biden and Buffett swing through St. Pete on the final night of a surreal campaign

Bombers on, shirtsleeves rolled to the elbows, Joe Biden took the stage at happy hour and roared one last invocation to the masses. So it does, doesn't it? Which is why on the final night of this endless, maddening 2016 campaign, the vice president called on the ultimate Florida Man, Jimmy Buffett, for a free voter rally on behalf of Hillary Clinton at Albert Whitted Park.

Clinton goes after Trump for having ‘six guys named Steve’ on his economic advisory council

Hillary Clinton mocked Donald Trump on Monday for having "six guys named Steve" on his economic advisory council, a point that was frequently joked about after he unveiled his economic advisory council ahead of his major economic policy speech in Detroit on Monday. "Well, so today in Detroit he's got, oh I don't know, a dozen or so economic advisers he just named, hedge fund guys, billionaire guys, six guys named Steve, apparently," she said during a rally in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The Latest: Coast Guard spot possible flare in family search

This photo made available by the U.S. Coast Guard shows personal items that were recovered within a debris field off the coast of Sanibel, Fla., Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The personal items are believed to belong to a father and his three teenage children who were reported missing while they were aboard a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico.