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Women’s soccer season preview: UNFinished Business

Women’s soccer season preview: UNFinished Business

John Watson, Sports Editor Aug 6, 2021

Featured Image: Justin Nedrow UNFinished Business. After a spring 2021 campaign that saw a spectacular regular season followed by a shock defeat in the ASUN semifinals, the UNF women’s soccer team...

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A shopper passes a hiring sign while entering a retail store in Morton Grove, Ill., Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases and a shortage of available workers, the U.S. economy likely enjoyed a burst of job growth last month as it bounces back with surprising vigor from last year’s coronavirus shutdown. The Labor Department’s July jobs report Friday, Aug. 6 is expected to show that the United States added more than 860,000 jobs in July, topping June’s 850,000, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet.   (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

AP: US added 943,000 jobs in July; unemployment rate at 5.4%

PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Aug 6, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring surged in July as American employers added 943,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% as the U.S. economy continues to bounce back with surprising vigor from last year’s...

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In this 2021 photo, David Szymanski (second from right) stands beside Kevin Hyde, UNF Board of Trustees chair (far left); Sydney Kitson, then-Florida State University System Board of Governors chair (second from left); Marshall M. Criser, then-Florida State University System chancellor (far right). (Photo courtesy of UNF)

Szymanski to transition from UNF President to CEO of UNF MedNexus

Darvin Nelson and Carter Mudgett Aug 5, 2021

Today’s Board of Trustees meeting (B.O.T.) concluded with UNF President Szymanski being officially named as the CEO and Executive Director of UNF MedNexus, a medical program created back in 2020. The...

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How the US upset Mexico to win Gold Cup in dramatic fashion

How the US upset Mexico to win Gold Cup in dramatic fashion

Riley Platt, Sports Reporter Aug 5, 2021

Featured image: AP Photo/David Becker When it comes to domination throughout the world, the United States of America is almost always at the top. This isn’t typically the case with soccer, though,...

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UNF Board of Trustees meeting expected to discuss amendment of President Szymanski’s employment agreement

Darvin Nelson and Carter Mudgett Aug 5, 2021

“The University of North Florida’s Board of Trustees is convening a special meeting where an important institutional announcement will be shared,” UNF says. Officials will be discussing the proposed...

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FILE- In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook says the researchers violated its terms of service and were involved in unauthorized data collection from its massive network. The academics, however, say the company is attempting to exert control on research that paints it in a negative light. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

AP: Facebook shuts out NYU academics’ research on political ads

BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press Aug 5, 2021

Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook...

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Jobs in college: Is self-employment a good option?

Jobs in college: Is self-employment a good option?

John Watson, Sports Editor Aug 4, 2021

  Working while also going to college can be quite a pickle. With the workday cutting into study hours and having limited time to yourself, it can be a juggling act balancing work and school. However,...

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Student Body President Selma Besirevic appoints Attorney General John Grosso as Acting Student Body Vice President

Carter Mudgett, News Editor Aug 4, 2021

On the heels of numerous resignations within Student Government, Student Body President Selma Besirevic has appointed Attorney General John Grosso to the position of Acting Student Body Vice President.  The...

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Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks to crowds that attended a sit-in at Capitol Hill after it was announced that the Biden administration will enact a targeted nationwide eviction moratorium outside of Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. For the past five days, lawmakers and activists primarily led by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., have been sitting in on the steps of Capitol Hill to protest the expiration of the eviction moratorium. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

AP: CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3

JOSH BOAK, LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press Aug 4, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium that would last until Oct. 3, as the Biden administration sought to quell intensifying criticism from...

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FILE - This Tuesday, July 28, 2020, file photo shows the icon for the Tinder dating app on a device in New York. The use of dating apps in the last 18 months of the pandemic has surged around the globe. Tinder reported 2020 as its busiest year. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

AP: Dating changed during the pandemic; apps are following suit

UROOBA JAMAL, Associated Press Aug 3, 2021

LONDON (AP) — Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Jennifer Sherlock went out with a few men she met through dating apps. The dates were “weird,” she said, and not just because they were masked, socially...

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UNF student tragically passes away in car accident

Darvin Nelson, Editor-in-Chief Aug 2, 2021

UNF is mourning the loss of fellow Osprey Megan Mooney who passed away after a car accident around U.S. Highway 1 and Gran Bay Parkway around 3 a.m. on Saturday morning, according to First Coast News....

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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2021, file photo, Gianmarco Tamberi, of Italy, embraces fellow gold medalist Mutaz Barshim, of Qatar, after the final of the men's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been front and center, acts of kindness are everywhere. The world’s most competitive athletes have been captured showing gentleness and warmth to one another — celebrating, pep-talking, wiping away each another’s tears of disappointment.  (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

AP: At an extraordinary Olympics, acts of kindness abound

SALLY HO, Associated Press Aug 2, 2021

TOKYO (AP) — A surfer jumping in to translate for the rival who’d just beaten him. High-jumping friends agreeing to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners falling in a tangle...

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