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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 Special Report: Behind the bet: how illegal online books work. “When it comes to legal online books, placing bets and receiving payouts is done on the same platform. There are …
Read More »Advocates stress gun storage practices to prevent unintentional shootings
Editor’s note: This is the final of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Bradley Hulett’s father considers himself a Second Amendment guy. Adam Van Allen …
Read More »The Point, Jan. 11, 2023: WUFT Special Report: Nay’loni Fairley
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News Special Report: Nay’loni Fairley: Jacksonville father recalls losing his ‘Dazzling Doll.’ “‘I just hope it gets better, because we’re all suffering, and it doesn’t get better,’ he said. ‘As the …
Read More »Adam Van Allen: ‘Perfect human’ credited with saving lives after his death
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Susan Van Allen’s pot of macaroni, tomato paste and beef sizzled in …
Read More »Nay’loni Fairley: Jacksonville father recalls losing his ‘Dazzling Doll’
Editor’s note: This is the third of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Nay’loni Fairley had been dancing since she could stand and taking ballet, …
Read More »The Point, Jan. 9, 2023: WUFT Special Report: Unsecured guns lead to unintended deaths
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News Special Report: Unsecured guns and unintended deaths: A preventable epidemic? “Unintentional shootings affect hundreds of U.S. children each year. From foolish teenage games to curious children finding a guardian’s guns, …
Read More »Bradley Hulett: ‘He was the glue of our team’
Editor’s note: This is the second of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Fifteen-year-old Bradley Hulett stood in his home in the Fish Hawk community …
Read More »Unsecured guns and unintended deaths: A preventable epidemic?
Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles this week that explore the consequences of unintended shootings in Florida. Click the links here to access the series intro, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV. Schools were closed in Clay County because of Hurricane Irma on Sept. …
Read More »The Point, Jan. 3, 2023: UF professors ask to dismiss expert witness lawsuit
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • News Service of Florida: UF professors say high-profile lawsuit now ‘moot.’ “University of Florida professors are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that challenged a controversial conflict-of-interest policy that gave …
Read More »The Point, Dec. 15, 2022: Alachua County withdraws from east Gainesville affordable housing project
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Gainesville Sun ($): County votes to withdraw support for affordable housing project in east Gainesville. “The 96-unit development, known as Dogwood Village, was planned for the corner of Southeast Eighth Avenue and …
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