Tampa

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man seeking explosives and weapons for a suicide bomb plot in the Tampa, Fla., area has been arrested by the FBI, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

TAMPA, Fla. — Two years before he was accused of plotting to bomb his high school, Jared Cano confronted police with a metal baseball bat when they came to his apartment looking for a stolen pistol, which they eventually found in his bedroom. He was 15 at the time, but already had several run-ins with police.

Cano’s troubled history is outlined in police reports released after investigators uncovered what they say was a plan to attack the Tampa school that expelled him. None of the previous juvenile charges — from burglary to firearm possession — ended in a conviction.

Boy allergic to peanuts has dog to sniff out danger

TAMPA, Fla. -- Billy Gensel doesn't open doors or shake hands.

His mother pulls back the handle, and the 11-year-old enters a room at the Patel Conservatory, where he greets his jazz teacher with an elbow-to-elbow bump.

Musicians and staff members at Patel know the routine and have already prepared for Billy's arrival. They have turned off vending machines with peanut-filled snacks and wiped down the keys of a baby grand piano. They allow his specially trained dog to sniff out every hallway, each room and every piece of equipment that Billy might get close to.

Billy has a severe peanut allergy. If he touches or even breathes in a minuscule particle of peanut, he could die.

This is why Karen Gensel rarely leaves her son alone anywhere. He mostly stayed home the first eight years of his life.

Then his parents bought Remy, one of the few known allergen-alert dogs in the area.