WFLA Articles: October 17, 2020

October 17
5 troubling coronavirus developments you may have missed this week Child gets into mother’s purse, accidentally fires gun inside Sam’s Club store 2 people arrested for stabbing, shooting a man in Tampa ‘There’s a lemur!’: 5-year-old helps crack San Francisco Zoo theft case NBA star Dwayne Wade accidentally photobombs couple’s engagement photos Police: Man in custody after killing 14-year-old boy, kidnapping ex-girlfriend Study: Saturday is the safest day of the week for Halloween pedestrians Florida jail officials fired after woman gives birth in cell ‘The ultimate price’: Millionaire millennial drug kingpin sentenced to life in prison Tampa police: Pregnant woman, unborn baby die following domestic attack President of Central Florida company warns of layoffs if Biden wins presidency in letter to employees Portion of Gulf Blvd. closed after crash involving pedestrian Freshman enrollment drops at colleges nationwide amid pandemic Gators head football coach Dan Mullen tests positive for COVID-19 Beloved Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa puppets going up for auction MAX DEFENDER 8 FORECAST: Humidity, temperatures and rain chances going up Sunday Rhonda Fleming, film star of ‘40s and ‘50s, dies at 97 Report: ‘Home Improvement’ star arrested, accused of choking girlfriend People with blood type O may be less at risk from COVID-19, new studies find Second stimulus checks: Where we stand halfway through October How long can I expect a COVID-19 illness to last? Man dead in shooting at youth sports park in Zephyrhills New Zealand’s Ardern wins 2nd term in election landslide Kamala Harris to stump in Florida on first day of in-person early voting ‘Digital blackface’: Twitter takes down fake accounts claiming to be Black Trump supporters Panera becomes first chain to label climate-friendly foods Tampa Bay Rays going to World Series after defeating Houston Astros in Game 7 Florida coronavirus: State adds 4,044 new cases, highest single-day rise since August Tiffany Trump hosts ‘Trump Pride’ event in Tampa VIDEO: Nurse shark bites man in Florida Keys, won’t let go Man charged with sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl during online learning Former USF baseball player accused of domestic violence in Temple Terrace First lady lashes out at media about friend’s tell-all book You can now rent an entire AMC theater for just $99 Teacher beheaded near Paris after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad Deputy hit by vehicle while directing traffic near fire in Land O’ Lakes Trump jokes he’ll ‘find a way’ to fire DeSantis if he loses Florida MAX DEFENDER 8 FORECAST: Briefly less humid and dry today before moisture, rain chances return tomorrow