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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: 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 »The Point, Jan. 5, 2023: Chaos reigns in the House during Speaker vote
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • News4Jax: Congresswoman Kat Cammack riles up Democrats during chaotic House speaker vote. “Republican frontrunner Kevin McCarthy has been unable to secure the 218 votes he needs to become speaker as a group …
Read More »The Point, Jan. 4, 2023: DeSantis sworn in for second term as governor
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Remembering Rosewood: Descendants mark racial violence that razed Florida town 100 years ago. “Next week, during the centennial anniversary of the violence, descendants and impacted communities will commemorate the Rosewood …
Read More »Remembering Rosewood: Descendants mark racial violence that razed Florida town 100 years ago
ROSEWOOD, Fla. – Lizzie Robinson Jenkins’s living room walls are covered in neat rows and columns of early 1900s history. Tables are littered with artifacts from her aunt, including frayed handkerchiefs and a metal coin purse — family heirlooms almost lost to hate. The 84-year-old’s expression changed as she remembered …
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 »UF professors say high-profile lawsuit now ‘moot’
TALLAHASSEE — Saying the case is “moot,” University of Florida professors are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that challenged a controversial conflict-of-interest policy that gave school administrators discretion over allowing faculty members to serve as expert witnesses in litigation. The university adopted a revised policy in October …
Read More »The Point: Your 2022 news year in review
Take a walk back through all of the Florida storylines we covered for you this year.
Read More »Photo story: Sculpting his surroundings
UF student Clay Dixon works to make a difference in the Gainesville music scene, as well as in other people’s lives.
Read More »The Point, Dec. 29, 2022: What is ‘algorithmic justice’ and why does it matter? A UF researcher explains
Tina Tallon has made it a focus of her work in the University of Florida’s School of Music.
Read More »Q&A: UF researcher describes bias in artificial intelligence and pushes for ‘algorithmic justice’
Artificial intelligence powers tools in use every day – Siri, Amazon Alexa, unlocking iPhones with facial recognition. But these tools serve some people better than others.
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