Bold-lettered signs that read, “Stand up to the NRA”, “No NRA Money” and “Disarm Hate” floated above a crowd of Democratic legislators on the capitol’s fourth-floor rotunda on Tuesday. In a gun violence prevention press conference, freshman legislators unveiled proposed gun legislation for the upcoming session. It was organized in …
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Brenda Whitfield has lived in Newberry all her life. (Joshua Baker/WUFT News) Brenda Whitfield has heard stories of lynchings in Alachua County since being in middle school. The lifelong Newberry resident recalls her great-grandmother’s tales of people being hanged at “Lynch Hammock,” the site of several long ago extrajudicial killings …
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Faith, fellowship and forgiveness: The newest chapter in Newberry's winding journey for truth and reconciliation. From the Newberry Six lynchings in 1916 to the first year of desegregation in the town, Newberry has a lot to reconcile.
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A local church is facing backlash from the LGBTQ community for promoting what some argue is “disguised conversion therapy.”
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FDOT set the estimated cost of the project at $375,000.
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Once the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office receives its budget appropriations from county commissioners each year, should they be able to control how she spends that money?
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In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas, some Florida lawmakers continue to push for increased gun control. Bills by Orlando Democrats Sen. Linda Stewart and Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith seek to outlaw the sales of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in the …
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Gov. Rick Scott commented on President Donald Trump's plans to ban transgender Americans from military service.
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Authorities investigating the wife of Omar Mateen who massacred Pulse Nightclub patrons have seized three computers, cellphones, an IPad and a Facebook account as evidence.
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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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