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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 1993, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the court oath from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Ginsburg's husband Martin holds the Bible and President Bill Clinton watches at left. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

Analysis: The new Supreme Court vacancy could spell a political ‘nightmare’ for both parties

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor Sep 25, 2020

In May 2016, President Obama had nominated the Chief Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals, Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court after the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. It was an election...

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US Census coming to an end; Colleges rely on accurate census information

US Census coming to an end; Colleges rely on accurate census information

Sep 24, 2020

Darvin Nelson, News Editor Featured image by Christin Hume via Unsplash. Have you done the 2020 Census? The deadline for the Census is approaching and college students are at risk of being counted...

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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron addresses the media following the return of a grand jury investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor, in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Of the three Louisville Metro police officers being investigated, one was indicted. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

AP: In Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justice

ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press Sep 24, 2020

"Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor" became a rallying cry this summer, emblazoned on T-shirts worn by celebrities and sports stars while protesters filled the streets demanding police accountability....

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UNF's Solidarity Party

UNF’s Solidarity Party

Nathan Turoff, Student Government Reporter Sep 23, 2020

Nathan Turoff, Student Government Reporter There’s a new Political Party among UNF’s election scene - the Solidarity Party. With the tagline of “Transparency, representation, and results,” the...

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This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the company. Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if the single-dose vaccine can protect against the coronavirus. (Cheryl Gerber/Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson via AP)

AP: Late-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in US

LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Sep 23, 2020

Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the virus. The study starting Wednesday will be one of the world's largest coronavirus...

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Photo courtesy of UNF

UNF names Dr. Karen B. Patterson as Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Zach Yearwood, Managing Editor Sep 22, 2020

UNF has named Dr. Karen B. Patterson as the school’s interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs. In a Tuesday press release, the school said Patterson will, “work closely with faculty...

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Storms brew in surrounding waters; increase in storm activity

Storms brew in surrounding waters; increase in storm activity

Sep 22, 2020

Erik Feliciano, Reporter Featured image by Anandu Vinod via Unsplash. With the increase in storms that we've seen in the past few years, the question rises: Could these storms see an increase of...

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FILE - In this April 29, 2020, file photo, workers move bodies to a refrigerated truck from the Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. During the deadliest days of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, the bodies piled up at the funeral home — and the stench that came with it — at an alarming rate. Cleckley says what happened next made him the scapegoat for an unforeseen crisis — hundreds of COVID-19 deaths a day in New York that overwhelmed funeral homes across the city. Authorities swept in and suspended his license in an episode that made headlines in a city already reeling from other horrors of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

AP: ‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000

CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer Sep 22, 2020

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world's richest nation with its sparkling laboratories, top-flight...

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National Hazing Prevention Week; Students required to take hazing course

National Hazing Prevention Week; Students required to take hazing course

Sep 21, 2020

Erik Feliciano, Reporter Hazing has resulted in the tragic deaths of students in Universities across the nation. This week marks the start of National Hazing Prevention Week, which is meant for people...

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Joe Brenton. Photo courtesy Joanna Norris

Four year anniversary of UNF employee’s murder

Hayley Simonson, Police Reporter Sep 21, 2020

It has been four years since UNF IT engineer, Joe Brenton, was tragically murdered in his own home.  On Sept. 21, 2016,  Joe Brenton, husband and father, was 48 when he was shot and killed through...

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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

AP: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Sep 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She...

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Trump finalizes plans to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling

Trump finalizes plans to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling

Sep 18, 2020

Darvin Nelson, News Editor Featured Image Courtesy of Hans-Jurgen Mager via Unsplash Fossil fuel development has been left alone in the Refuge for decades as it is the most extensive wildlife refuge...

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