Florida has fast-tracked concealed-weapons licenses to 82,000 military members and honorably discharged veterans since terror-related shootings at a pair of military installations in Tennessee two years ago.
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A federal judge won't dismiss an obstruction charge against Noor Salman, the wife of Omar Mateen, who massacred dozens at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub in 2016.
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More than 1000 Venezuelans in Gainesville cast their vote Sunday in an unofficial referendum against President Nicholas Maduro's government.
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Though state legislators earlier this year passed a law that requires elementary schools to set aside 20 minutes each day for "free-play recess," that mandate doesn't say where recess must take place.
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Twenty-two of Florida's 28 state colleges will receive shares of $30 million in state performance funding under a new rule approved Monday by the Board of Education. Six colleges will not receive any state performance funding.
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The State Attorney's Office dismissed charges today against 11 of the 14 protesters arrested at a Sabal Trail construction site in Gilchrist County last November.
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The Florida Supreme Court won't take up a case that challenged the right of school districts to hold third-graders back when they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test.
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Alachua County officials are planning an open house in the fall to get input on what they should do with the Camp McConnell property, which they're buying for $1 million.
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On Find Out Florida at WUFT.org today, explore the answer to this audience question: “Our hospitals advertise how short the waiting times are in their emergency rooms. How long do people actually wait?”
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Members of the two communities made sure that university officials know exactly where they stand.
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