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Lara Alqasem turned to the high court on Wednesday after a lower court rejected her appeal.
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Election 2018 Roundtable: Governor’s Race, School Boards, Amendments And More
WUFT's Ethan Magoc, Ryan Vasquez and Forrest Smith discuss issues surrounding the 2018 Florida primary and general elections.
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Alachua County To Make First Appearance In Global City Nature Challenge
For Earth Day's 50th anniversary, Alachua County will participate in the City Nature Challenge, a yearly global competition.
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Residents Rally As Decision Nears On Seven Springs’ Request To Pump From Ginnie Springs
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Alachua County Committee Hosts Discussion About Local Water Concerns
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Zero Waste Week Aims To Promote A Lifestyle That Produces No Waste
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Senate Moves Quickly To Thwart Sunscreen Bans
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Alachua County Recycling Efforts Persevere Despite Declining Market
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Gainesville Gardener’s Seed Saving Program Represents Step In Fighting Climate Change
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Data Reveals Drones Flying Dangerously Close In Increasingly Crowded Skies
In the last six months, 150 reports of drones flying unusually close to airports, helicopters, or planes in Florida airspace.
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Judge Gives Both Sides More Time In Civil Case Filed By Former Gainesville City Auditor
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Expert Panel Tackles Sex Trafficking In The Gainesville Community
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Melrose Volunteer Fire Department Reconstructed Water Rescue Vessel For Lake Santa Fe Safety
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‘Definitely The Devil’: In New Video, Confessed Killer Describes Motive To Kill Wife, Teen Daughter
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Florida Wrestles With Prison Conditions, Including Emotional Trauma On Guards
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Narcotics Dogs Stay on the Beat in Gainesville Despite Changed Laws
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As Micanopy’s Cemetery Runs Out Of Space, Seminole Battleground May Prevent Expansion
The Micanopy Historic Cemetery Association proposed plans to expand the 200-year-old cemetery into the adjacent lot, which is comprised of three plots of land owned by the Town of Micanopy. However, the plan is facing pushback from some community leaders because the 4.5-acre expansion would mean tampering with historic land.
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Alachua County Collects Thousands In Tourist Tax From Gainesville Airbnb Hosts
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Postal Service Seeks Alternative As Midtown Location Prepares to Close
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Students And Staff Of Southern Scholarship Foundation Celebrate New Learning Center
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Gainesville Redevelopment Priorities Discussed In Final Workshop Before City Commission Presentation
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Alachua County Is Only Now Getting Up To Speed On Enforcing Age Restriction On Tobacco Sales
Alachua County raised the legal tobacco age from 18 to 21 last October, but full enforcement has been slow to get under way.
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Woman’s Terminal Cancer In Remission After Receiving First HIPEC Procedure At North Florida Regional Medical Center
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Breastfeeding Rates In Florida Have Nearly Doubled During The Past Decade, CDC Data Show
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100 Stories From WUFT That Kept You Informed In 2019
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UF Research Could Help Settle Kratom Controversy
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Gainesville Leaders Consider The Progress Of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream
The evening's headline speaker said the racial disparity in income and housing is proof that King’s dream hasn’t been fulfilled.
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House Democrats To Begin Amending Impeachment Articles Wednesday Evening
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What A Handful Of Florida Politicians, Past And Present, Think Of The 2019 Impeachment Inquiry
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‘Grain by Grain’: Bob Quinn Visits Gainesville to Share the Power of Organic Farming
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UF Students Protest Donald Trump Jr.’s Visit to Campus
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Gainesville City Commission Votes To Start Evictions At Dignity Village Later In 2020
Gainesville City Commissioners on Thursday unanimously voted to accept an eviction protocol for those in Dignity Village, a homeless camp near the northeast corner of the city.
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Gainesville Driverless Shuttle Suspended After Woman Hurt On One in Ohio
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Nevada Caucuses 2020: Live Results And Analysis
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Senators Move Forward With Speaker’s Health Priority
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Race And Equity Subcommittee Members Say They Need More Time To Achieve Equity In Gainesville
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‘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.
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How To Help Hurricane Dorian Recovery In Bahamas
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Hurricane Dorian Leaves Terrible Damage And Stranded Residents As Rescuers Scramble To Help
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UF Students, Gainesville Community Remember New Zealand Mosque Shooting Victims
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Alachua County’s Days For Girls Chapter Offers Sewing Classes While Helping A Worldwide Need
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Alachua County Prioritizes Efforts To Increase Attendance At Public Schools
Eileen Roy, chairwoman of the Alachua County School Board, has expressed concern for the low …
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University Merger Plan Headed For House Vote
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Teacher Who Used Racial Slur In Class Is Disciplined, Will Be Transferred To Another School
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Buchholz High Teacher Calls Using N-word In Classroom A ‘Lapse In Judgment’
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School District Investigating After Buchholz High Teacher Uses Racial Slurs In Classroom
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Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo’s Otter Pups Take To The Water
The five Asian small-clawed otters recently born at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo are the first of their kind to be born there in almost a decade.
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GNV Airport Works To Mitigate Number Of Wildlife Strike Deaths
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Monkeys Rescued From Dangerous Nicotine Studies Now Have A Home In Gainesville Sanctuary
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Proposed Bill Scratches At Key Cat Issue, Would Ban Declawing
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Narcotics Dogs Stay on the Beat in Gainesville Despite Changed Laws
Special Series: What Does Full Employment Look Like In America?
Why Suburban Moms Are Delivering Your Groceries
After two master's degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.
Read More »Hispanic Unemployment Has Hit Record Lows. But Does That Mean Progress?
Latino joblessness has dipped to historic lows. But many economists are taking those numbers with caution: There's still a gaping wage difference with white workers.
Read More »Former Inmates Are Getting Jobs As Employers Ignore Stigma In Bright Economy
People convicted of felonies often have difficulties getting hired. But many employers say they're suffering a labor shortage, and attitudes toward hiring people with criminal records are changing.
Read More »In This Town, You Apply For A Job And You Get It
Ames, Iowa, has an unemployment rate of 1.5%, making it the tightest job market in the country. That's great for workers — but a challenge for those looking for them.
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Child Sex Abuse Survivors Seek To End Statute Of Limitations
Florida lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would lift the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse and establish a Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Questions Clarity Of Proposed Assault Weapons Ban
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, who asked for the opinion, said voters would be confused by the meaning and ramifications of the proposal.
Read More »‘Definitely The Devil’: In New Video, Confessed Killer Describes Motive To Kill Wife, Teen Daughter
A newly revealed video from his confession to a detective shows the hands of Paul Graves Williams, 62, visibly scratched.
Read More »The Point, Feb. 4, 2020: Gainesville Rolls Out Public Testing Phase Of Autonomous Buses
Yesterday was the first time the buses were available for the public to ride.
Read More »What’s It Like To Ride In A Driverless Bus? Gainesville Passengers Are About To Find Out
Gainesville residents can now use the bus for free as it travels between the parking garage on Southwest 2nd Street and the Innovation Hub
Read More »Feb. 3, 2020: Afternoon News In 90
Earth Fare is going out of business. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Feb. 3, 2020: Morning News in 90
The Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31 to 20 as they faced off at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Ex-Congresswoman Corrine Brown Continues Fighting Conviction
Brown's name continues to adorn the city of Gainesville's Regional Transit System bus transfer facility.
Read More »The Point, Feb. 3, 2020: Florida Could Become 27th State To Require Parental Consent For Abortions
House and Senate proposals are moving along in each chamber, with the governor already signaling his willingness to create such a law.
Read More »Homes On Wheels Exposition Showcases Lifestyle Of Tiny Living In Vehicles
Nearly 50 vehicle-based homes were showcased to the public at the Know H.O.W. Expo this weekend outside The Oaks Mall in Gainesville.
Read More »Vietnam Veterans Ride To Honor One Another At Second Annual Event
To these Vietnam War veterans, freedom sounds like the roar of a motorcycle engine.
Read More »Where Healthy Food Is Scarce, A Dream Of A Flourishing Fruit Tree In Every Yard
When Enio Ximenes arrived from California four years ago with his girlfriend Jacquelyn Cafasso, the …
Read More »Proposed Bill Scratches At Key Cat Issue, Would Ban Declawing
Florida would become the second state to prohibit the procedure after New York, which banned it last summer.
Read More »Florida On Path To Require Anyone Under 18 To Obtain Parent’s Permission For Abortions
The Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week. If the House approves it as expected in coming weeks – the governor already said he will sign it into law – Florida would become the 27th state to impose parental consent legislation for abortions.
Read More »Florida Wrestles With Prison Conditions, Including Emotional Trauma On Guards
Difficult experiences as a Florida correctional officer are driving serious problems in the state’s prisons: Florida can’t hire enough guards, can’t keep employed the guards it hires, copes with frequent cases of guards accused of abusing inmates and struggles to accommodate the emotional trauma that guards sometimes say they suffer behind bars.
Read More »Jan. 31st: Morning News in 90
The Brexit transition officially begins tonight in London. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »The Point, Jan. 31, 2020: What You Should Know About Gainesville’s Plans For Self-Driving Buses
They could be available by the end of the year.
Read More »Learning To Be Electricians Leads Florida Inmates To A Graduation
Theirs was the first class at the prison to graduate from the State Contracted Electrical Program.
Read More »Jan. 30, 2020: Afternoon News In 90
Two families had to leave their residences after a sinkhole swallowed their homes. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Jan. 30, 2020: Morning News in 90
Police are searching for a missing newborn in Pasco County. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Gainesville Set To Run Self-Driving Vehicles On Its Public Roads
Self-driving buses, now undergoing test runs, are expected to become available as a new form of public transportation in Gainesville by the end of the year.
Read More »Charter Review Committee Votes To Dismiss Representation Proposal Despite Public Support
Alachua County voters will not get to decide in this year’s general election whether the county commission should have single-member district representation, after the Alachua County Charter Review Commission decided Wednesday to not support the idea.
Read More »State Still Working Out Flaws With Firefighter Cancer Bill
When Brian Kernohan complained to his doctor of merciless headaches two summers ago, he expected …
Read More »Narcotics Dogs Stay on the Beat in Gainesville Despite Changed Laws
Despite recent changes in marijuana laws nationwide, the Gainesville Police Department’s drug-sniffing K-9s aren’t going anywhere.
Read More »The Point, Jan. 30, 2020: ‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night?’ Volunteers Try To Get Accurate Count Of Area’s Homeless
Here's how the homeless count works.
Read More »North Central Florida Volunteers Conduct 2020 Point-In-Time Homelessness Count
Each person experiencing homelessness gets handed a drawstring bag with items that have been donated to the Continuum of Care (COC) with snacks, toothpaste, soaps, and socks.
Read More »Florida House, Senate Differ On Teacher Pay Hikes
There's a $150 million difference between the two.
Read More »Jan. 29, 2020: Morning News In 90
A nine-year-old boy from Ocala is charged with attempted first degree murder after stabbing his five-year-old sister. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Gainesville Animal Rescue Volunteers Express The Heartache Inherent In Their Work
“When you see them flourish and you see that light come back into their eyes, that's what keeps you able to do this,” Finelli said. “If you don't see that, and you don't find great homes for them, this will just really kill you.”
Read More »The Point, Jan. 29, 2020: With Greyhound Racing Banned, One Florida Trainer Is Losing His Paycheck And Pride
One trainer faces the end of what has become his livelihood.
Read More »How Much Has The Living Wage Ordinance Affected Gainesville City Workers?
The hourly wage increase from $13.25 to $13.75 is the third phase of the city’s plan to eventually raise city employees’ minimum wage to $15, according to the city’s current budget.
Read More »U.S. Appeals Court Judges Challenge Lawyers For DeSantis In Amendment 4 Case
The courtroom showdown was part of a federal legal challenge over limits that Florida’s Republican lawmakers and governor have imposed on restoring the voting rights of ex-felons.
Read More »McIntosh Woman Aims To Start Community Garden In Food Desert, With Hopes Of Children Getting Involved
April Casey's passion for gardening and desire to have easier access to fresh fruits and vegetables pointed to one answer: starting a community garden.
Read More »The Point, Jan. 28, 2020: Talk Of Allowing Sports Gambling In Florida Resurfaces
House and Senate leaders are discussing the idea this session.
Read More »At The Finish Line
Florida voters overwhelmingly voted to end greyhound racing with Amendment 13, which not only banned the sport, but made it constitutionally illegal. Arthur “Art” Marcoux, a greyhound trainer at Sanford Orland Kennel Club, has never known a life without greyhounds. They’ve been his paycheck for more than three decades – and so much more. They’re his pride.
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