Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Two explosions went off near the finish line at the Boston Marathon; reports say 3 dead and more than 140 injured in the blasts.

Closing the towers will meet the $637 million in cuts the Federal Aviation Administration is required to make.

The White House's newly released sequester, or governmental budget cuts plan, will affect Alachua County and Florida programs.

The speech will not only be broadcast on TV, but also on the White House website, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Hulu and Ustream.

Eleven million undocumented immigrants could soon be provided a path to gain legal status.

President Barack Obama advocated the LGBT community at his inauguration speech Monday. This was the first time a president has mentioned gay rights in an inaugural address.

A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida.

On what would have been Martin Luther King's 84th birthday, people around the nation are celebrating his life, as well as the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida hosted a variety of events today to mark the occasion at the memorial gardens bearing his name in downtown Gainesville.

Hundreds attended Gainesville's Martin Luther King Jr. parade Monday in honor of the civil rights leader. The crowd marched down University Avenue as King and his followers marched for equality in Washington in 1963.

President Barack Obama's second inauguration took place on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. University of Florida history professor Paul Ortiz reflects on the similarities between two men.