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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Two months after UF discouraged use of TikTok, students remain on the social media platform. “On Jan. 12, the University of Florida sent out an email to all university students …
Read More »The Point, March 7, 2023: UF Health reports increase in gender-affirming care to state
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • The Alligator: UF Health complies with state audit, reports increase in gender-affirming care patients. “UF reported a steady increase of patients diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who received gender-affirming care at UF …
Read More »The Point, March 3, 2023: Lessons from a traffic stop bystander in Lawtey
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Lawtey police threatened to arrest a traffic stop bystander. What we can learn from the incident. “Lawtey Police Capt. Nathan Blom backed the officers’ response. He said (Jessica) Kreitzer could …
Read More »Retired cop never forgot unsolved case, helped convict rapist decades later
Nick VanderWal was a retired cop in Florida who couldn’t let go of his unsolved cases even decades later – especially a 1992 rape by an armed burglar who tied up his victim and placed duct tape over her eyes during an attack so awful that judges later called it …
Read More »Protesters sang and prayed outside Florida State Prison as Donald Dillbeck was executed
Schoolchildren, teachers, anti-death penalty advocates and attorneys gathered across the street from the Florida State Prison in Raiford Thursday protesting the execution of David Dillbeck, a convicted murderer.
Read More »The Point, Feb. 1, 2023: Gainesville continues to tackle traffic ‘crisis’
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: City of Gainesville holds corridor walks as it declares a traffic ‘crisis’. “According to a document that outlines the city’s project limits, about 86% of the crashes resulted in an …
Read More »Lawmakers propose making it easier to impose death penalty in Florida
After a jury couldn’t agree on the death penalty in Florida’s deadliest school shooting, Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are proposing to make it easier to send condemned convicts to death row. The changes – which would allow a jury to recommend the death penalty even when only eight of 12 …
Read More »The Point, Jan. 24, 2023: WUFT Special Report: Behind the bet
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News Special Report: Behind the bet: Stories of illegal sports betting on the University of Florida’s campus. “For this three-part series, Alexis Ashby of WUFT News talked with betters, bookies and …
Read More »The Point, Oct. 12, 2022: Former West End Golf Club property will remain recreational space
The Alachua County Commission made the decision Tuesday night after hearing four hours of the developer's proposal and public input.
Read More »Aramis Ayala is challenging Ashley Moody in an uphill bid to become Florida’s attorney general
Former Orlando-area State Attorney Aramis Ayala is attempting to unseat Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody.
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