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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • The Alligator: Gainesville protests overturn of Roe v. Wade. “Protestors left the courthouse to march. They passed the attorney general’s office on their way to the Community Pregnancy Clinic, a crisis pregnancy …
Read More »The Point, June 24, 2022: She gave her life to serve international students. They gave her a new life in return.
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you WUFT News: She gave her life to serve international students. They gave her a new life in return. “Anderson retired this summer after 22 years of working for the University of Florida’s International …
Read More »She gave her life to serve international students. They gave her a new life in return.
Debra Anderson retired this summer after 22 years working for the University of Florida’s International Center. She agreed to a profile on one condition – it couldn’t be about her.
Read More »The Point, June 23, 2022: Publix Will Not Offer The COVID Vaccine For Children Under 5 Years Old
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT: First day of summer brings high temperatures and warnings of heat-related illness. “With soaring temperatures comes high heat that could prove a danger to vulnerable people like young children, the elderly …
Read More »The Point, June 21, 2022: Florida Doctors Say COVID Vaccines For Children Under 5 Could Be Delayed Across The State
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • CBS4: Gov. Ron DeSantis signs HB 1493 regarding Alachua County and twelve other bills. “Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1493, which amends Alachua County’s Home Rule Charter to require election of …
Read More »Pence prevented a fall into chaos, and 3 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing
The moment was dramatic. Rioters had overrun law enforcement in the U.S. Capitol. Just 40 feet from the vice president of the United States and his team – and hearing the din of the rioters – the Secret Service was hurrying to evacuate the group, into a car and out of there. …
Read More »The Point, June 14, 2022: Heat indices could reach 110 in parts of Florida this week
The Panhandle and north central Florida are most likely to see the highest heat indices.
Read More »Jan. 6 panel says Trump fleeced his base and 5 other takeaways from the 2nd hearing
At the first hearing, on Thursday, panel Chairperson Rep. Bennie Thompson said Trump was at the center of the conspiracy that the 2020 election was stolen from him and then "spurred a mob of domestic enemies of the Constitution to march down to the Capitol and subvert American democracy."
Read More »The Point, June 10, 2022: The tale of these two Florida cemeteries illustrates the problem of abandoned Black cemeteries
In Panama City, the histories of each are very different.
Read More »Watch live: The Jan. 6 committee holds hearing
The House select committee on January 6 holds its first hearing on Thursday, in prime time at 8 p.m. EST, promising to weave together a narrative from the findings of its year-long probe with “previously unseen material” about the attack on the Capitol. Some committee members have teased that …
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