While the vaccine rollout continues in prisons and jails across the U.S., vaccine hesitancy has emerged as a hurdle to herd immunity. Misinformation and a lack of trust in the prison system among incarcerated people have fueled skepticism — and refusal — of the shot.
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A tenured computer engineering professor at the University of Florida is resigning amid a lengthy investigation into his graduate student’s suicide.
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It makes them among the first inmates in Florida to receive the shot.
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A university investigation into his death has dragged on since July 2019, with scant information released thus far about its findings. The university last month placed on leave Huixiang Chen’s advisor, engineering professor Tao Li.
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Tao Li, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was placed on leave Feb. 15, according to a letter in his personnel file obtained under Florida’s public records law.
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A Gainesville police corporal who was arrested by his own department on suspicion of drunken driving has been stripped of his police powers.
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Ten times, Edward Palkovic's votes didn’t count.
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The emails directed voters to cast ballots for President Donald Trump or “we will come after you.”
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Democratic voters in Florida reported receiving threatening emails Tuesday purportedly from the violent, far-right group Proud Boys directing them to vote for President Donald Trump or “we will come after you.”
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Caryville’s most-recent financial problems go back nearly five years, when a former town clerk was seen hauling away boxes of paperwork. The scene was described in the latest state audit.
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