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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, actor Chadwick Boseman poses for a portrait in New York to promote his film, "Black Panther." The acclaimed actor is being posthumously honored as the namesake of Howard’s newly re-established Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. Boseman, who graduated in 2000 with a BFA in directing, died in August 2020 at age 43 of colon cancer, after an illness that was largely kept secret. He rose to prominence playing a succession of Black icons in biographical films: Jackie Robinson, singer James Brown and Thurgood Marshall. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

AP: Howard names College of Fine Arts for Chadwick Boseman

ASHRAF KHALIL, Associated Press May 27, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — While studying at Howard University, young Chadwick Boseman helped lead a student protest against plans to merge his beloved College of Fine Arts into the College of Arts and Sciences. He...

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2021, file photo, a person wearing face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks near a sign advertising a rapid COVID-19 testing site in Philadelphia. U.S. healthy officials say that most fully vaccinated Americans can skip testing for COVID-19, even if they were exposed to someone infected.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

AP: COVID testing’s value shrinks as vaccines beat back virus

MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press May 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials’ new, more relaxed recommendations on masks have all but eclipsed another major change in guidance from the government: Fully vaccinated Americans can largely...

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Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month; UNF ASIA speaks on the rise of Asian-American hate crimes

Darvin Nelson, Editor-in-Chief May 25, 2021

The month of May celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage. UNF’s Asian Students in Alliance (ASIA) believes that this year’s AAPI month has been successful and a true reflection...

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Artist Dennis Owes, 31, from Ghana gives the last touch to his portrait of George Floyd during a rally on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Brooklyn borough of New York. George Floyd, whose May 25, 2020 death in Minneapolis was captured on video, plead for air as he was pinned under the knee of former officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder and manslaughter in April 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

AP: Families urge legal changes to prevent more police killings

MOHAMED IBRAHIM, Associated Press May 25, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Parents and siblings of Black men killed by police urged people during a discussion in the city where George Floyd was killed a year ago to join them in pursuing legal changes they...

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All release dates for the upcoming action-packed Marvel movies

All release dates for the upcoming action-packed Marvel movies

Michael Tracey, Reporter May 24, 2021

There is something special about the shared experience in the theater during the opening night of a new Marvel Cinematic Universe film. As I’m writing this article, there are precisely 687 days since...

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This August 2020 photo provided by Peyton Crest shows her with her dog at home in Minnetonka, Minn. The 18-year-old ays she developed anorexia before the pandemic but has relapsed twice since it began. ‘’It was my junior year, I was about to apply for college,’’ Crest says. Suddenly deprived of friends and classmates, her support system, she’d spend all day alone in her room and became preoccupied with thoughts of food and anorexic behavior. (Courtesy Peyton Crest via AP)

AP: Pandemic has fueled eating disorder surge in teens, adults

LINDSEY TANNER, Associated Press May 24, 2021

Many hospital beds are full. Waiting lists for outpatient treatment are bulging. And teens and adults seeking help for eating disorders are often finding it takes months to get an appointment. The pandemic...

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In this Monday, May 17, 2021, photo,  Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly tours a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students aged 12 through 15 set up in a gym at Topeka High School in Topeka, Kan. The Democratic governor is under increasing pressure to end an extra $300 a week in benefits for unemployed workers, with critics of the aid arguing that businesses are having problems hiring enough workers because of it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

AP: US jobless claims fall again as some states end federal aid

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press May 21, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week — the latest encouraging sign for the rebounding U.S. economy — just as Republican-led states are moving to cut off a federal...

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Mental health awareness: Psychiatric service dogs & emotional support dogs

Shelby Senesac, News Editor May 20, 2021

Psychiatric service dogs and emotional support dogs can greatly benefit those who struggle with their mental health or those with mental disabilities. Could one of these be right for you? Dogs are known...

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NOAA satellite image for larger view of Hurricane Katrina taken Aug. 28, 2005, as the storm’s outer bands lashed the Gulf Coast of the United States a day before making landfall. (NOAA).

Meteorologists predict above-average hurricane season for 2021

Darvin Nelson, Editor-in-Chief May 20, 2021

For most in Florida, preparing for hurricane season is an annual tradition. In order to get ahead of the future heavy showers, Spinnaker attended The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)...

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AP Photo via Damian Dovarganes, File

President Biden signs bill addressing hate crimes against Asian Americans with overwhelming bipartisan support

Carter Mudgett, Government Reporter May 20, 2021

Today, President Joe Biden signed a bill with fantastic bipartisan support that addresses the significant increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill titled...

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Police tape marks a line outside Rigby Middle School following a shooting there earlier Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Rigby, Idaho. Authorities said that two students and a custodian were injured, and a female student has been taken into custody. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring)

AP: Teacher disarmed school shooter, hugged her until help came

May 20, 2021

RIGBY, Idaho (AP) — When a student opened fire at an Idaho middle school, teacher Krista Gneiting directed children to safety, rushed to help a wounded victim and then calmly disarmed the sixth-grade...

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The Magic Kingdom Park and Monorail / Photo by Nathan Turoff

Disney and Universal update their mask guidelines

Nathan Turoff, Features Editor May 19, 2021

Last week the CDC announced updated mask guidelines, including the anticipated recommendation that vaccinated people do not need to wear a mask outside. Following this announcement, the two most iconic...

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