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Florida AG probes ChatGPT's role in USF student killings

The man accused in the case allegedly consulted the chatbot in the days before the students went missing, court records show.

Technology

Florida&#x27;s top cop said Monday his office will investigate the alleged role of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ChatGPT" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/02/chatgpt-openai-mental-health-teens" data-vars-content-id="1e09ef60-20e5-4c52-8303-21e4f0bca2bd" data-vars-headline="Florida AG probes ChatGPT&#x27;s role in USF student killings" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/02/chatgpt-openai-mental-health-teens" target="_self">ChatGPT</a> in the slayings of two University of South Florida students.The big picture: The accused killer&#x27;s alleged use of the OpenAI chatbot, outlined in court records, is the latest flashpoint in a debate over to what extent AI companies should be held accountable for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="how their tools are used" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/02/chatgpt-openai-mental-health-teens" data-vars-content-id="1e09ef60-20e5-4c52-8303-21e4f0bca2bd" data-vars-headline="Florida AG probes ChatGPT&#x27;s role in USF student killings" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/02/chatgpt-openai-mental-health-teens" target="_self">how their tools are used</a>.<ul><li>Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="launched a probe" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/florida-ag-launches-investigation-openai" data-vars-content-id="1e09ef60-20e5-4c52-8303-21e4f0bca2bd" data-vars-headline="Florida AG probes ChatGPT&#x27;s role in USF student killings" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/florida-ag-launches-investigation-openai" target="_self">launched a probe</a> into OpenAI this month, citing in part ChatGPT&#x27;s alleged role in a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="mass shooting" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/florida-state-university-shooting-tallahassee" data-vars-content-id="1e09ef60-20e5-4c52-8303-21e4f0bca2bd" data-vars-headline="Florida AG probes ChatGPT&#x27;s role in USF student killings" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/florida-state-university-shooting-tallahassee" target="_self">mass shooting</a> last year at Florida State University.</li></ul>

Florida House snubs DeSantis again, punting AI and vaccine bills

DeSantis' once formidable clout in the state has all but evaporated.

News

On the opening day of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Florida&#x27;s special session" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/24/desantis-florida-redistricting-gop-house" data-vars-content-id="67d3ae49-1552-4ba0-8fe6-f4174785f2d5" data-vars-headline="Florida House snubs DeSantis again, punting AI and vaccine bills" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/24/desantis-florida-redistricting-gop-house" target="_self">Florida&#x27;s special session</a>, the House brushed aside two of Gov. Ron DeSantis&#x27; priorities — <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="bills to regulate AI" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/01/20/inside-floridas-push-to-regulate-ai" data-vars-content-id="67d3ae49-1552-4ba0-8fe6-f4174785f2d5" data-vars-headline="Florida House snubs DeSantis again, punting AI and vaccine bills" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/01/20/inside-floridas-push-to-regulate-ai" target="_self">bills to regulate AI</a> and eliminate <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="vaccine mandates" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/09/03/florida-ends-vaccine-mandates-schools-joseph-ladapo" data-vars-content-id="67d3ae49-1552-4ba0-8fe6-f4174785f2d5" data-vars-headline="Florida House snubs DeSantis again, punting AI and vaccine bills" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/09/03/florida-ends-vaccine-mandates-schools-joseph-ladapo" target="_self">vaccine mandates</a> for schoolchildren.Why it matters: DeSantis&#x27; tenure as governor is nearing its end, and his <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="once formidable clout" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/07/desantis-scandal-charity-florida" data-vars-content-id="67d3ae49-1552-4ba0-8fe6-f4174785f2d5" data-vars-headline="Florida House snubs DeSantis again, punting AI and vaccine bills" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/07/desantis-scandal-charity-florida" target="_self">once formidable clout</a> in the state has <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="all but evaporated" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/01/23/whats-next-ron-desantis-2024-election-florida" data-vars-content-id="67d3ae49-1552-4ba0-8fe6-f4174785f2d5" data-vars-headline="Florida House snubs DeSantis again, punting AI and vaccine bills" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/01/23/whats-next-ron-desantis-2024-election-florida" target="_self">all but evaporated</a>, with lawmakers now treating his priorities as suggestions at best, if not <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ignoring them outright" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/03/02/florida-legislature-2026-bills-update" data-vars-content-id="67d3ae49-1552-4ba0-8fe6-f4174785f2d5" data-vars-headline="Florida House snubs DeSantis again, punting AI and vaccine bills" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/03/02/florida-legislature-2026-bills-update" target="_self">ignoring them outright</a>.

Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches

Each nest can produce 100 hatchlings, but few survive, making protections critical.

Friday marks the first day of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="turtle nesting" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2022/09/26/florida-sea-turtles-nesting-season" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2022/09/26/florida-sea-turtles-nesting-season" target="_self">turtle nesting</a> season in Tampa Bay — that time of year when our beaches become runways for newborn hatchlings making their daring escapes into the sea.Why it matters: Local governments are enforcing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="rules" data-vars-click-url="https://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/lighting/ordinances/" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/lighting/ordinances/" target="_blank">rules</a> against bright lights near the beach and protecting nests, and turtle lovers are watching.<ul><li>Concerns over sea turtle welfare were among those raised by environmentalists about a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="country music festival" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/09/country-thunder-florida-st-pete-beach-permits-sea-turtles" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/09/country-thunder-florida-st-pete-beach-permits-sea-turtles" target="_self">country music festival</a> planned for St. Pete Beach and a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="proposed film shoot" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/10/fort-de-soto-a-land-remembered-tv-series" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/10/fort-de-soto-a-land-remembered-tv-series" target="_self">proposed film shoot</a> at Fort De Soto Park. </li><li>Country Thunder Florida <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="relocated off the beach" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/14/country-thunder-moves-to-clearwaters-coachman-park" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/14/country-thunder-moves-to-clearwaters-coachman-park" target="_self">relocated off the beach</a>, and producers of the TV Adaptation of &quot;A Land Remembered&quot; <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="backed out of the shoot" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/15/a-land-remembered-fort-de-soto-fiming-canceled" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/04/15/a-land-remembered-fort-de-soto-fiming-canceled" target="_self">backed out of the shoot</a>.</li></ul>How it works: Hundreds of nests are laid each year on Pinellas County beaches. They&#x27;re marked off with stakes, neon tape and a sign advising the public to stay away.<ul><li>The area&#x27;s most common nester is the loggerhead sea turtle, but occasionally <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="green" data-vars-click-url="https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2020/11/16/green-sea-turtle-nests-found-in-pinellas-county-for-first-time-in-years/" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2020/11/16/green-sea-turtle-nests-found-in-pinellas-county-for-first-time-in-years/" target="_blank">green</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Kemp&#x27;s ridley" data-vars-click-url="https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/sea-turtles/kemps-ridley/" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/sea-turtles/kemps-ridley/" target="_blank">Kemp&#x27;s ridley</a> — the smallest and most endangered sea turtle species in the world — make appearances.</li><li>And last year, Clearwater Marine Aquarium patrollers documented the county&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="first leatherback nest" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=887221826794178" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=887221826794178" target="_blank">first leatherback nest</a>. </li><li>During the season, biologists with the aquarium check for turtle nests every day across 21 miles from Caladesi Island to Treasure Island. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Sea Turtle Trackers" data-vars-click-url="https://seaturtletrackers.org/learn/what-we-are-doing/" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://seaturtletrackers.org/learn/what-we-are-doing/" target="_blank">Sea Turtle Trackers</a> monitors St. Pete Beach, Shell Key Preserve and Outback Key off Fort De Soto. </li></ul>Stunning stat: Each nest will have about 100 hatchlings that make their way to the ocean.<ul><li>One out of 1,000 hatchlings survives to adulthood, underscoring the need for conservation efforts.</li></ul><figure><img alt="A small sea turtle with a brown, patterned shell swims in blue ocean water, surrounded by white foamy waves and bubbles." height="1869" id="82ef6ae9-9b77-4603-90b6-96e682c22232" src="https://images.axios.com/qafNyuj_o4xZYTcQXJo6PwPF1s8=/2026/04/29/1777492932452.jpeg" width="3000"/><figcaption>A loggerhead hatchling. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>Threat level: Artificial light can disorient nesting adults and hatchlings, who may mistake it for the moon&#x27;s reflection on the ocean.<ul><li>The FWC encourages those living along or visiting the beach to turn off porch, parking or deck lights when not in use and close curtains after dark.</li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Holes in the sand" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/seaturtletrackers/posts/pfbid0879rmUwFJ7ipJaWGfugW5yqtToNBWDMtLqCuxLCZaBEvYGBz191S1WkdqwpKe4bal" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/seaturtletrackers/posts/pfbid0879rmUwFJ7ipJaWGfugW5yqtToNBWDMtLqCuxLCZaBEvYGBz191S1WkdqwpKe4bal" target="_blank">Holes in the sand</a>, such as those made while building sandcastles, and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="furniture left on the beach overnight" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/ClearwaterMarineAquarium/posts/pfbid02iUthnAUgBLWyu5E2uXF6i8qzmMekyf9k94bvD44dH7mG4aH9uGEPCseyKVn43jwPl" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/ClearwaterMarineAquarium/posts/pfbid02iUthnAUgBLWyu5E2uXF6i8qzmMekyf9k94bvD44dH7mG4aH9uGEPCseyKVn43jwPl" target="_blank">furniture left on the beach overnight</a> can also act as obstacles for hatchlings trying to make it to the water.</li><li>If you see a nesting sea turtle or hatchling, keep your distance, keep all lights off and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="report any emergencies to FWC" data-vars-click-url="https://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/sea-turtles/mortality/contact/" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/sea-turtles/mortality/contact/" target="_blank">report any emergencies to FWC</a>. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium also has a rescue hotline at 727-441-1790 ext. 1.</li></ul>How to watch: The Clearwater Marine Aquarium will offer ridealongs with turtle patrollers starting May 4 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.<ul><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tickets" data-vars-click-url="https://visit.cmaquarium.org/#/Admissionlist/SeaTurtleVIPRA" data-vars-content-id="a72c2556-d211-4879-b6dd-d221bae67e84" data-vars-headline="Sea turtle nesting season returns to Tampa Bay beaches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://visit.cmaquarium.org/#/Admissionlist/SeaTurtleVIPRA" target="_blank">Tickets</a> are $99.95 per person.</li></ul>What&#x27;s next: The season runs through Oct. 31.

Tampa Bay joins Florida padel boom with new courts, clubs

The sport is growing across the U.S., with the Sunshine State as the epicenter.

Move over, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pickleball" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/08/27/pickleball-clubs-st-pete-tampa-largo" data-vars-content-id="bbfe4db6-dfa3-4ac2-82aa-97802c4c09f4" data-vars-headline="Tampa Bay joins Florida padel boom with new courts, clubs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/08/27/pickleball-clubs-st-pete-tampa-largo" target="_self">pickleball</a>. A hot new racquet sport is on the rise in Tampa Bay.Why it matters: Padel, often described as a mix of squash and tennis, is growing in the U.S., with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Florida as the epicenter" data-vars-click-url="https://www.padelfip.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIP-WPR-2025_DIGITAL.pdf" data-vars-content-id="bbfe4db6-dfa3-4ac2-82aa-97802c4c09f4" data-vars-headline="Tampa Bay joins Florida padel boom with new courts, clubs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.padelfip.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIP-WPR-2025_DIGITAL.pdf" target="_blank">Florida as the epicenter</a>, according to the International Padel Federation.

Alligator Alcatraz leans on myth steeped in racism

The gator-as-guard gimmick plays off old, racist tropes.

Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="detention camp" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/07/01/florida-alligator-alcatraz-president-trump-visit" data-vars-content-id="9fe122a0-b13e-4cdf-9a65-ebe638653699" data-vars-headline="Alligator Alcatraz leans on myth steeped in racism" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/07/01/florida-alligator-alcatraz-president-trump-visit" target="_self">detention camp</a> in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes.Why it matters: Nothing about the portrayal is accurate, experts in alligator biology and history tell Axios.

How a Florida music teacher helped stop a Cold War-era anti-gay crusade

William James Neal's 1962 court win helped dismantle the Johns Committee's investigations into gay teachers.

One of Tampa Bay&#x27;s civil rights heroes is a Black gay music teacher you&#x27;ve probably never heard of.Why it matters: William James Neal&#x27;s legal victory over a state-funded committee &quot;dealt an instant deathblow&quot; to a ruthless purge of gay teachers and students in the 1950s and early 1960s, writes author Robert W. Fieseler.

Play honors legacy of 1960 sit-in that spurred Tampa's integration

"When the Righteous Triumph" opens March 6 at the Straz Center's Jaeb Theater.

In 1960, students gathered at F.W. Woolworth in downtown Tampa for a peaceful protest that would forever change the city.<ul><li>This week, 65 years later, several of them returned. They were no longer students, and the building on North Franklin Street was no longer a Woolworth.</li></ul>

"Razed" documentary delves into history of St. Petersburg's Gas Plant neighborhood

It comes at a pivotal moment for the city.

Decades after the Gas Plant neighborhood was swept aside, the pain lives on for its former residents.<ul><li>&quot;The first thing I want to say,&quot; William Graveley says in the opening quote of a new documentary, &quot;is I can never forgive the City of St. Petersburg for the lie that they told us.&quot;</li></ul>

How Anita Bryant's anti-LGBTQ+ legacy lives on in Florida

The Florida citrus spokesperson turned Christian activist died last month at 84.

Growing up in Panama City, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Nadine Smith" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2021/02/24/nadine-smith-equality-florida-media-diet-screen-time" data-vars-content-id="adb6d486-4789-45ed-a93d-5b161ee5f746" data-vars-headline="How Anita Bryant&#x27;s anti-LGBTQ+ legacy lives on in Florida" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2021/02/24/nadine-smith-equality-florida-media-diet-screen-time" target="_self">Nadine Smith</a> remembers watching Anita Bryant on television &quot;almost daily,&quot; using her sing-songy voice to sell Florida orange juice.<ul><li>She also remembers when the former pageant queen and singer&#x27;s messaging took a sharp pivot.</li></ul>

That time Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa

Her charges? "Vulgar and indecent language."

History

The date was Nov. 16, 1969. The Beatles had just released &quot;Come Together.&quot; Hillsborough County had a million fewer people.<ul><li>And Janis Joplin was set to play Curtis Hixon Hall (yes, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="that was a thing" data-vars-click-url="https://stpetecatalyst.com/tampas-curtis-hixon-hall-made-music-history/" data-vars-content-id="001d5751-e9f7-4e4b-80ee-b3e4d6fb4e9c" data-vars-headline="That time Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://stpetecatalyst.com/tampas-curtis-hixon-hall-made-music-history/" target="_blank">that was a thing</a>).</li></ul>

This historically Black neighborhood in Tampa Bay is finally getting a park

Pinellas County's Dansville was founded more than 70 years ago by a former sharecropper.

Flanked by county officials and community leaders, David Baldwin turned over a pile of dirt with his shovel, a symbolic gesture decades in the making for this community south of Largo called Dansville.Why it matters: Baldwin helped break ground for the future Dansville Community Park, a long-awaited amenity in a historically Black neighborhood working to recover from generations of neglect.

"Creature from the Black Lagoon," in talks for revival, has Florida roots

Parts of the 1954 horror flick were filmed at Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee.

Seventy years after it debuted in theaters, &quot;Creature from the Black Lagoon&quot; seems to be making a comeback.<ul><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="According to The Hollywood Reporter" data-vars-click-url="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-wan-in-talks-to-direct-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-1235972293/" data-vars-content-id="d0f03a7c-8fa7-4c73-a14f-c0a846d02007" data-vars-headline="&quot;Creature from the Black Lagoon,&quot; in talks for revival, has Florida roots" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-wan-in-talks-to-direct-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-1235972293/" target="_blank">According to The Hollywood Reporter</a>, &quot;Saw&quot; and &quot;The Conjuring&quot; creator James Wan is in talks with Universal to remake the 1954 film about a swamp monster known as &quot;Gill-man&quot; and the scientists trying to study him.</li></ul>

Rare St. Petersburg "bird cage" home hits market

Before Florida had air-conditioning, architects had to get creative to design homes that beat the heat.<ul><li>Enter the mid-century &quot;Vision-Aire&quot; home, designed to maximize air flow from Tampa Bay breezes.</li></ul>

To help St. Petersburg housing affordability, look to older buildings, study says

The report aims to quantify how older buildings bolster the local economy.

In a city with a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="firehose" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/03/20/400-central-st-petersburg-halfway-done" data-vars-content-id="e32ba2a8-7221-4fde-917e-6374bc9b2d9e" data-vars-headline="To help St. Petersburg housing affordability, look to older buildings, study says" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/03/20/400-central-st-petersburg-halfway-done" target="_self">firehose</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="of new" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/05/10/st-petersburg-jim-heather-gills-ymca-redevelopment" data-vars-content-id="e32ba2a8-7221-4fde-917e-6374bc9b2d9e" data-vars-headline="To help St. Petersburg housing affordability, look to older buildings, study says" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/05/10/st-petersburg-jim-heather-gills-ymca-redevelopment" target="_self">of new</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="construction" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/02/27/dairy-inn-townhomes-red-barn-creamery" data-vars-content-id="e32ba2a8-7221-4fde-917e-6374bc9b2d9e" data-vars-headline="To help St. Petersburg housing affordability, look to older buildings, study says" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/02/27/dairy-inn-townhomes-red-barn-creamery" target="_self">construction</a>, St. Petersburg&#x27;s older buildings lend a crucial hand in providing affordable housing, according to a new report commissioned by the historic preservation nonprofit <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Preserve the &#x27;Burg" data-vars-click-url="https://www.preservetheburg.org/" data-vars-content-id="e32ba2a8-7221-4fde-917e-6374bc9b2d9e" data-vars-headline="To help St. Petersburg housing affordability, look to older buildings, study says" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.preservetheburg.org/" target="_blank">Preserve the &#x27;Burg</a>.Why it matters: When assessing how to handle the city&#x27;s affordable housing crisis, St. Pete&#x27;s already-existing, older buildings should be part of the conversation, Preserve the &#x27;Burg executive director Manny Leto told Axios.