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Research has found that bats were not the cause of the recent outbreak, a Lubee Bat Conservancy employee said.
Read More »Gainesville Conservancy Defends Bats Against Coronavirus Fears
‘There Is No Planet B:’ Youth Of Gainesville ‘Strike’ For Climate Change
Calling it one of the largest youth-led “strikes” ever, The New York Times reported that over 100,000 people attended rallies in Berlin, Melbourne and London.
Read More »How To Help Hurricane Dorian Recovery In Bahamas
Neighborhoods have been destroyed and families forever impacted after Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas for almost 30 hours as a Category 5 hurricane. Emergency relief and long-term assistance are needed.
Read More »Hurricane Dorian Leaves Terrible Damage And Stranded Residents As Rescuers Scramble To Help
Dorian is the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the Bahamas as category 5 storm, leaving at least five people dead and hundreds of homes destroyed.
Read More »UF Students, Gainesville Community Remember New Zealand Mosque Shooting Victims
About 150 students, Gainesville residents and community leaders gathered around a prayer mat, listened in silence and held carnations in their hands as a University of Florida student sang. The words were meant to comfort in times of mourning.
Read More »Alachua County’s Days For Girls Chapter Offers Sewing Classes While Helping A Worldwide Need
The Alachua County chapter of Days for Girls is offering 30 people a chance to take a free sewing class and learn what goes into making the reusable pads.
Read More »In Wake Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shootings, UF Student Cherishes Her Faith Journey
I grew up in a large suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, where my family was one of three Jewish households in the area. We are Reform Jews. At most, we attended temple five times a year, only when we had to. We celebrated Christmas because we liked Santa and tinseled …
Read More »Israel’s Supreme Court Overturns Deportation of Former UF Student
Lara Alqasem turned to the high court on Wednesday after a lower court rejected her appeal.
Read More »Temple Members Await Newest Buddha Statue To Arrive From Vietnam
At 32-feet-tall, the Birth Buddha statue will join three other large statues outside the A Nan Buddhist Temple at 2120 SW 15th St.
Read More »Soccer Fans Take In 2018 World Cup Matches From Alachua County Pubs
Scenes like this have become more ordinary throughout Alachua County over the past month due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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