After initially voting to finance repairs to the Tampa Bay Rays’ stadium, the St. Petersburg City Council reversed course and the Rays will now pay the New York Yankees $15 million to play their home games at the Yankees’ spring training ballpark due to damage caused by Hurricane Milton. The repairs to Tropicana Field, estimated at $55.7 million, cannot be completed before the 2026 season, putting the future of the stadium and a proposed new $1.3 billion ballpark in jeopardy. The Rays have already spent $50 million on the new stadium project, but delays in bond approvals have halted progress, leading to uncertainty about the team’s long-term future in the Tampa Bay area.
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Georgia police officer shot, killed while responding to shopping center
A Roswell, Georgia police officer was shot and killed while responding to a report of a suspicious person at a shopping center. The officer was struck multiple times by a gunman behind the shopping center and succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. The suspect was apprehended by police, and Governor Brian Kemp expressed condolences for the officer's family and the law enforcement community. Full Article
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