Singer Lisset Díaz on forming a band in Cuba: "...it’s not like here, like that you can just gather some friends and start a band. You can’t do that in Cuba. You need permissions. You need someone to tell you – like someone important – to tell you that you are good to go."
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On Thursday, about 200 people representing the Coalition held a demonstration at the University of Florida to demand that the university end its contract with Wendy’s.
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Two days after his rap video was published on YouTube, on May 2, 2016, Rashey "Shay Baby" Garrison was killed in a drive-by shooting. Police said it was over the video, which reached 300,000 views this month.
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For Florida senators who do not have a cap on how many bills they can sponsor, the number of bills they introduce varies widely.
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Skaters compete in the Miami Ultraskate — an annual skateboard race in which riders skate around a 1.5-mile racetrack as many times as they can in 24 hours.
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Voices Rising will have a free holiday concert, at First United Methodist Church on Northeast First Street in Gainesville, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Gainesville's Historical Preservation Board nominated St. Michael’s Episcopal Church to be added to the local register, potentially saving it from being torn down. The Episcopal Diocese of Florida would prefer to raze the structure and develop the land.
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The 'Guitar Art' exhibition runs now through February 8, 2019 at the University Gallery (400 SW 13th Street, Fine Arts Building B).
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The festivities included tours of the band hall and the rest of the 1.6-acre property, as well as speeches by elected officials involved with the renovation process, members of the board of directors and individuals with personal connections to the building's past.
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When he was 12, Angel Padilla’s father, Candelario, woke him up before dawn to pour concrete for his construction company. That hardworking ethic of his Mexican immigrant parents stayed with him into adulthood. Now 22, Angel says his Mexican heritage and culture define him in many ways, and has led him …
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