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Volunteers paint murals on boarded-up businesses in Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at an "Uptown Revival." The event was meant to gather donations for Kenosha residents and help businesses hurt by violent protests that sparked fires across the city following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)

AP: Ailing Kenosha on edge as Trump visit looms amid tensions

RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press | Aug 31, 2020

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Some residents in Kenosha fear a planned visit by President Donald Trump after unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake may stir more emotions and cause more violence and destruction...

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Free walk-in testing available for UNF students

Free walk-in testing available for UNF students

Darvin Nelson, News Editor | Aug 31, 2020

Starting today, there will be free walk-in COVID-19 testing available for UNF students.  Testing is held in Osprey Landing Building W, in room 100 from Mondays-Thursdays from 9a.m.- 2p.m. Students...

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Jaguars cut ties with former stars and look towards the future for answers

Jaguars cut ties with former stars and look towards the future for answers

John Watson, Sports Editor | Aug 31, 2020

Leonard Fournette is no longer a Jacksonville Jaguar after the team waived his contract early this morning in a shocking move to start the week. This is the second major move made by the Jaguars in...

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Photo by Michael Herrera

What’s up with the UNF Ogier Gardens?

Mariana Mejia, Reporter | Aug 31, 2020

Featured Image by Michael Herrera. In recent weeks, COVID-19 has made a stump for returning students, but there's always thyme for the UNF Ogier Gardens. The Ogier Gardens isn't only meant for gardening....

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FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. His representative says Boseman died Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer

RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer | Aug 29, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul's dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded...

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Get your "Zooming" right: five rules to abide by for video meetings

Get your “Zooming” right: five rules to abide by for video meetings

Aloe Suarez, Reporter | Aug 28, 2020

Schools and workplaces scrambled to develop a plan to go remote back at the start of the pandemic, making Zoom a household name. While most of the country connected via video chat, user interactions...

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D.I.Y. floral curtain lights

D.I.Y. floral curtain lights

Mariana Mejia, Reporter | Aug 28, 2020

By now, you may be feeling a bit homesick and want something that feels just like home. Try buying something cheap and making something of your own from JoAnn or Five Below.  You can learn a D.I.Y....

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump blames ‘deep state’ for not securing COVID-19 vaccine before Election Day

Alex Suarez, Graduate Reporter | Aug 28, 2020

Oxford University and its manufacturing partner AstraZeneca in the United Kingdom, have come up with a vaccine to combat Coronavirus with a projected release date being in October this year if all goes...

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Boaters navigate a flooded road following Hurricane Laura, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 in Delcambre, La. (Brad Bowie/The Advocate via AP)

AP: Laura’s leftovers move east, leaving a disaster in Louisiana

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and mangled buildings along the Gulf Coast, and forecasters warn...

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S.D.S. protests unrest in Kenosha and S.D.S. member's arrest

S.D.S. protests unrest in Kenosha and S.D.S. member’s arrest

Darvin Nelson, News Editor | Aug 27, 2020

Today, at the UNF Fine Arts Building, UNF’s Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.) protested police brutality regarding the events in Kenosha, Wis. and the arrest of a S.D.S. member there. On...

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Album review: "Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was" by Bright Eyes

Album review: “Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was” by Bright Eyes

Carissa Marques, Creative Services Director | Aug 27, 2020

Introduction: Indie-folk legends of the early 2000s, Bright Eyes, released their first album in almost a decade: Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, on August 21, 2020. Older millennials would...

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Today marks the 60th anniversary of Ax Handle Saturday

Today marks the 60th anniversary of Ax Handle Saturday

Hayley Simonson, Police Reporter | Aug 27, 2020

Featured Image courtesy of First Coast News. August 27 is the day that became known as Ax Handle Saturday in Jacksonville. A number of socially distanced demonstrators are expected to come out in commemoration...

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