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Snake Hunt, Heat Is On, Lightning Legend Lives: FL News

While Miami is chosen to host the 2026 World Cup, excitement is building in Tampa Bay as the Lightning seek a record third-time Stanley Cup.

ThunderBug poses with a whole lot of Bolts fans in front of Amalie Arena Wednesday night during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
ThunderBug poses with a whole lot of Bolts fans in front of Amalie Arena Wednesday night during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. (Casey Brooke Lawson / Tampa Bay Lightning)

FLORIDA — As the Department of Health reports the first case of monkeypox in Florida, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues an alert on a record high number of potentially deadly meningococcal bacteria disease cases in the state.

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