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With less than 24 hours under his belt as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump fulfilled several of his campaign promises with a series of executive orders.
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The City of Gainesville is planning to build 47 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the city. -
Lynne Sladky/AP/APBills backing the flamingo and the scrub jay have been proposed in recent years but have not passed.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he is calling a special legislative session that will be held the week of Jan. 27 -
There are four significant events relating to former President Jimmy Carter's ties to Florida.
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Noel Cruz, a former staff member of the church Ignite Life Center entered a plea deal. Cruz faced charges related to sexual abuse and assault and has been involved in both criminal and civil proceedings, drawing attention to institutional responsibility. -
Gainesville resident James Dewar, 42, has been sentenced to nine months in jail and three years of probation for vandalizing the Gainesville mayor’s office and threatening Harvey Ward in March 2024.
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Playground Music and Arts Festival took place at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville on Saturday. -
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The State Attorney’s Office abruptly dropped a long-running criminal case Friday against a commercial truck driver it had accused of kidnapping a woman in Mississippi and sexually assaulting her during a weeklong trip across the Southeast. -
WUFT News file photoAt least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect. -
By the time the university noticed 12 days later that it had been victimized, nearly all the money had vanished. There were no reports of arrests in the case. -
Why did the turtle cross the runway? Reports of planes colliding with wildlife increasing in FloridaThe list of animals hit by airplanes in Florida so far this year reads like a tragic version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”: five opossums, four iguanas, three turtles, two alligators and a coyote on a runway that, luckily, narrowly missed meeting with a 737 landing in Tampa.
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From PBS News Hour
News Wrap: Harris announces $1.5 billion aid package for Ukrainian infrastructure
Harris and Trump swing through North Carolina with less than a week of campaigning left
Trump returns to office and kickstarts ambitious and controversial agenda
The power of presidential executive orders and their limits
Biden issues preemptive pardons on his way out as Trump says he'll pardon Jan. 6 rioters
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump and Washington have changed since his first term
Former NATO chief Stoltenberg on how the world is responding to Trump's return
News Wrap: 3 Israeli hostages released as ceasefire appears to be holding
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Mickey Disgdiertt awakes at 4 a.m. each day with the same mission: Feeding feral cats near his house not far from Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park in Gainesville. -
At the beginning of the new year many people make new year resolutions but struggle to keep them. Why does this happen, and what can you do about it? -
The Oxford University Press has chosen its word of the year, one word that's been popularized on social media: "brain rot"
