Thousands of high school students and protestors ascended on the state capitol Wednesday to show their support for stricter gun laws following last week’s mass shooting that left 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Updated, Feb. 21, 2018: This legislation likely will not become law during the 2018 session, as a Senate committee rejected the Senate version of the bill. Original story, Feb. 7, 2018: Free-speech zones would be banned and state universities and colleges could be sued for up to $100,000 in …
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William Fears, charged with accessory to attempted murder after a shooting incident after Richard Spencer's Oct. 19 appearance at the University of Florida, will soon be extradited to Texas.
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White nationalist Richard Spencer's speech Thursday at the University of Florida prompted a state of emergency, carried a $600,000 tab and drew more than 2,500 demonstrators. But law enforcement summarized the contentious event, which devolved into an antagonistic affair, as “a mostly peaceful day.”
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Activists and students protest near the Phillips Center at the University of Florida on Thursday as white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks on campus.
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Protesters with the group "No Nazis At UF " are demanding that university officials change the banned items list for Richard Spencer’s event Thursday.
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The National Policy Institute has taken matters into its own hands after several local businesses attempted to reduce attendance to Richard Spencer’s speech Thursday.
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Gainesville's mayor and an organizer of the city's upcoming Pride Week said they are making special preparations for the Oct. 19 speaking appearance at the University of Florida from white nationalist Richard Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute.
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Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida talks about the upcoming Richard Spencer event and the value of allowing such a discussion to take place on the UF campus.
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After 33 years on death row and three rescheduled execution dates, Michael Ray Lambrix, also known as Cary Lambrix, was executed Thursday at the Florida State Prison near Starke.
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