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FILE - In this June 23, 2020, file photo voting stations are set up in the South Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center for voters to cast their ballot in the Kentucky primary in Louisville, Ky. The November election is coming with a big price tag as America faces the coronavirus pandemic. The demand for mail-in ballots is surging, election workers are in need of training and polling booths might have to be outfitted with protective shields. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Ready or not: Election costs soar in prep for virus voting

ANDREW TAYLOR and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated Press Jul 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The demand for mail-in ballots is surging. Election workers need training. And polling booths might have to be outfitted with protective shields during the COVID-19 pandemic. As...

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UNF Career services comments on scams targeting college students

UNF Career services comments on scams targeting college students

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director Jul 10, 2020

We’ve all seen them: those little signs on the side of the road starting you can make thousands of dollars a week from working from home if you just call the number. For the most part, it’s easy to...

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COVID-19's effects on disabled care

COVID-19’s effects on disabled care

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director Jul 9, 2020

It’s no exaggeration to say that COVID-19 has affected us all. However, the pandemic has brought some unique problems to the disabled community in particular.  In the US, roughly 19% of people fall...

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UNF creates the nation's first MedNexus; $6 Million in funding from Florida state budget

UNF creates the nation’s first MedNexus; $6 Million in funding from Florida state budget

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor Jul 9, 2020

UNF has created the nation’s first MedNexus, a “university-based medical and healthcare nexus.” The University sent out an email announcing the creation, which was approved $6 million in funding...

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DeSantis signs abortion parental consent bill into law

DeSantis signs abortion parental consent bill into law

Haneifah Ahmad, Intern Reporter Jul 8, 2020

A U.N.F. professor says that Governor Ron DeSantis is endangering young women's lives. On June 30, the governor passed a bill into law requiring parental consent for minors to have abortions. Many supporters...

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President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, left, and first lady Melania Trump, attend a "National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools," event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP: Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Jul 8, 2020

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don't reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says...

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Jul 7, 2020

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration...

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UNF names Bob Greenlaw as COVID-19 Taskforce Coordinator

UNF names Bob Greenlaw as COVID-19 Taskforce Coordinator

Courtney Green, Managing Editor Jul 7, 2020

Bob Greenlaw has been appointed as UNF's COVID-19 taskforce coordinator, according to a UNF Marketing email sent on Tuesday, July 7. In the email, Greenlaw is identified as an "experienced emergency...

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FILE - In this  July 5, 2020, file photo, healthcare workers help each other with their personal protective equipment at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The PPE that was in dangerously short supply during the initial weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running out again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients climbs. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

AP: Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again

GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT, Associated Press Jul 7, 2020

The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number...

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Jacksonville gets three new COVID-19 testing sites

Jacksonville gets three new COVID-19 testing sites

Zach Yearwood, News Editor Jul 7, 2020

Three new coronavirus testing sites will open around Jacksonville on Wednesday. The locations are expected to allow the city to test an additional 3,000 people daily while also reducing long lines at...

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Royalty free image from unsplash.com. The recent Black Lives Matter protests have sparked such signs as the one picture above, connecting police brutality to larger social issues. 

Understanding Antifa

Siddie Friar, Reporter Jul 6, 2020

A Brief History of Fascism It was just 100 years ago that Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist party. A party which, to this day, promotes a damaging authoritarian, ultra-nationalism perspective.  Fascism...

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FILE - In this June 26, 2016, file photo, Beyonce performs "Freedom" at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. When Beyonce performed at Coachella in 2018 her high-energy set included the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," known as the Black national anthem. The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has been resurrected as a beacon of hope for all races during nationwide protests. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ hymn ignites hope across nation

JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., Associated Press Jul 6, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has resurrected a beacon of...

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