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Is there any sound more annoying than the high-pitched whine of a mosquito in your ear? The only comfort is knowing that the whining one ...
WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated racial inequities in education, a disparity that Congress needs to help rectify, the ...
A federal appeals court has allowed the transfer of a Confederate monument from Lakeland’s Munn Park to another public park.
The liquor license has been suspended of a bar near the University of Central Florida’s campus where parties apparently spread COVID-19.
Rare longleaf pine trees destroyed by Hurricane Michael in a state park near Bristol will soon be replaced with seedlings paid for and p ...
Lawrence Keefe, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, according to ...
In some cultures, when a boy reaches the age of 13, his entire community comes together to acknowledge his coming of age in a ceremony t ...
Florida has broken the 100,00 threshold for COVID-19 cases, reflecting a spike in new cases since the beginning of June as Gov. Ron DeSa ...
Clifford Williams, a Jacksonville man wrongly imprisoned for 43 years for a murder he did not commit, was granted $2.15 million.
Democratic state senators demanded an apology Monday from Gov. Ron DeSantis for comments attributing the uptick in COVID-19 cases to “ov ...
A retiree organization on Monday reacted with outrage to a report that the Florida Department of Health has changed the way it reports t ...
Residential dorms and face-to-face instruction are cornerstones of campus life, which will look different for college students.
As Gov. Ron DeSantis prepares to make state budget cuts, a letter signed by 35 Florida organizations calls on the governor to protect lo ...
As Florida registered another record-setting 3,822 new COVID-19 cases and 43 deaths Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he won’t interfere wi ...
As Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation Friday commemorating the day slavery ended in the United States, questions have been raised a ...
The Florida Department of Health on Saturday reported 93,797 COVID-19 infections in Florida, up from 89,748 the day before. That’s a spi ...
As millions of workplaces reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, employees from universities and corporations to restaurants and retail s ...
Broward College faculty counselors who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic are urging the college to immediately rehire them, s ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday salvaged an Obama-era program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of young, unauthori ...
A continued and dramatic rise in COVID-19 infections in Florida is raising questions about whether the state’s plans to loosen restricti ...
