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Remembering Rosewood
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Yang to speak at UF
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Actor Terry Crews wows students in high-energy talk
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“Because of his schedule, he wasn’t able to sit down and design everything with me. He said basically, ‘My brand is in your hands.’ ”
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UF crowd shouts down white nationalist speaker
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Starting as soon as Thursday afternoon, masks will be required in all indoor spaces in Alachua County except for private residences, by order of the Alachua County Commission, setting up another potential showdown with Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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An inevitable day has arrived in Gainesville: the last day of business for Leonardo's By the Slice, which will close permanently on Wednesday at 9 p.m.
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Smashing Pumpkins frontman in town for 'Thirty Days' project
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Four Central Florida residents have gone to federal court to block a new law that would revoke the Walt Disney Co.’s authority to self-govern its Central Florida Entertainment empire.
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A Deerfield Beach man sent all 62 superintendents in Florida a request to ban the Bible in protest of House Bill 1467. The bill is aimed at increasing scrutiny of school library books and instructional materials.
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All trespassing charges have been dropped against Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and 10 other abortion rights protesters, including the Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book, after they were arrested April 3 in front of Tallahassee City Hall.
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Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to Gainesville 🐊
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Paynes Prairie wild horse attacks huge alligator
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"Today’s decision is a ringing endorsement of the critical importance of faculty free speech and academic freedom to the health of our democracy," said David O'Neil, a lawyer for the professors.
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City plans show WaWa in the works for Gainesville
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The Gainesville Sun is dropping Dilbert after Scott Adams made discriminatory comments during a recent YouTube video he posted to his channel.
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So far, the state has paid nearly $112,000 to the law firms to represent DeSantis and other Florida officials in a class action lawsuit. This is on top of the nearly $1.6 million paid for the flights.
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UF builds third bat house, will eventually replace older one
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💉In one hour after appointment reservations opened the evening of March 30 for UF students, 3,000 people signed up.
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The Buchholz Bobcats ( @BuchholzFB ), led by UF commit QB @c_whit115 , routed the Trinity Catholic Celtics in a preseason game in Ocala on Friday night. 📸: Alan Youngblood / Special to the Ocala Star-Banner
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An undercount of hundreds of thousands of Florida residents in the 2020 census could short-change the state from getting federal funding and may have cost it an additional congressional seat, according to a survey the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
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Petty gets tribute panel on 34th Street mural
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Nike Factory Store coming to Gainesville
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Cow-milking champ hails from UF
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The accrediting authority for colleges and universities in the South is asking UF to explain why it denied three of its professors' requests to serve as paid experts in a voting rights lawsuit against the state
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Twins born joined at the heart survive separation at UF Health Shands
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Petty 101: 1-credit UF course to focus on rocker's biography
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Not your typical patient! 🐊 The University of Florida veterinary school helped Brooke, a 376-pound alligator from the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park who had been seen rolling his head intermittently. 📸: Sarah Carey / UF 👀 more:
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Arizona the dog is back, safe and sound
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td;lr version of #SpencerAtUF
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Summary of event: Crowd chanted over Spencer. Spencer argued for 30+mins about being allowed to talk, called 25 mins early. #SpencerAtUF
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UF gameday experience grows longer, louder
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17 arrested or ejected from UF game
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UF denies white nationalist Richard Spencer a campus platform
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Calories in, out: That's just a start for UF nutrition team
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Swamp Head to release Tom Petty beer Among the Wildflowers
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Gainesville aims to be 'new American city'
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UF rises to 8th in US News & World Report rankings
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Chanters: "Go home Spencer" Spencer: "Are you going to keep this up all night?" Chanters: *cheers* #SpencerAtUF
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Santa Fe College service dog becomes first canine 'graduate'
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At press conference, Spencer says @UF students' discomfort with his talk is more reason for him to come to Gainesville. #SpencerAtUF
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UF cracks nation’s top 10 public universities
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Florida's Erin Jackson won the gold medal Sunday morning in the 500-meter speedskate at the Beijing Olympics. Jackson's time was 37.04. Jackson is the first American woman to win the event in 28 years, since Bonnie Blair won in 1994.
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LIVE UPDATES: Check out our live updates and photos from outside the Trump campaign rally in Ocala where thousands of supporters have been lining for hours. #trumprally #trumpocala
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Florida now offers online voter registration
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UF housing director charged of $180k in credit card fraud
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Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, ending a contentious campaign as he defeats incumbent President Donald Trump
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After punch at Richard Spencer protest, an unlikely friendship
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#VoteAlachua . History was made Tuesday when two African-American women were elected to Gainesville-area judicial seats.
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UF reaches No. 7 among top public schools
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Family members and hundreds of fans welcome 'Tom Petty Park'
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The Gator has landed! Billy Napier and his family got their first taste of The Swamp today, and Florida #Gators fans gave them a warm and raucous welcome. 📸Brad McClenny/The Gainesville Sun Updates from Napier's first day: #floridagators #gogators
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Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson is expected to miss the Gasparilla Bowl against Central Florida on Dec. 23 in Tampa, sources told Saturday.
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The UF urology department normally schedules about 40 vasectomy procedures and consults a month. When Roe v. Wade was overturned, 26 vasectomies were scheduled that week alone.
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National news is nice, for big stuff. But when you want to know about your mayor, your city government, the new restaurants in your neighborhood, or what the people around you are doing, check out your local newspaper.
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The committee will review the specific academic freedom standard cited but can extend its focus if evidence of other compliance concerns comes up, the letter stated.
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More than 2,500 turn out to counter white-nationalist message
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Leonardo's extends lease with UF until 2020
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Spencer group's $10K check for UF event bounced, records show
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UF's COVID-19 positive dental student treated patients
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Q: Why are you on that stage? Spencer: We have a tremendous amount of support. Crowd: Boos Spencer: This is so pathetic. #SpencerAtUF
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Snoop Dogg, Daya rock crowd at Gator Growl
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Buchholz math team wins national competition
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UF researchers design low-cost DIY ventilator
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Florida keeps pulling off upsets! The #Gators held No. 11 #UGA scoreless in the last 4:30 and finished off the comeback win. Kelly Rae Finley's squad was coming off a blowout win over the No. 7 Tennessee #LadyVols on Thursday. 📸: Joshua L. Jones / Athens Banner-Herald
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GPD officers go viral with good looks
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Hundreds join Women's March in Gainesville
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The Florida Gators get a No. 7 seed, will play Virginia Tech in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament first round.
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Tom Petty: Rebel and friend
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Just like he did in the 800-meter free, Florida Gator Bobby Finke came from behind on the final length of the 1500 free to win his second gold medal in Tokyo.
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WATCH LIVE: President Trump speaks to an Ocala crowd at his campaign rally.
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Gator fans honor Mr. Two-Bits by wearing special shirt
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Gator legend, Mr. Two-Bits, dies at 97
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Latest on Spencer: Talk ends, mostly drowned out
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It is two weeks into UF's spring semester. Parties are on, masks are off, and 6 feet of space is unheard of inside Gainesville's bars and clubs.
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Florida approves Tom Petty historical marker for Duckpond
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Less than 20 hours before Hurricane Ian made landfall, one Gainesville man set out on a 400-mile mission and drove directly into the path of the storm to save his grandmother. "Operation Rescue Mimi" had begun.
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