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More restaurants make in-person dining available as state reopens

More restaurants make in-person dining available as state reopens

Breanna Cataldo, General Assignment Reporter May 20, 2020

On May 15, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida restaurants, along with libraries, museums and retail stores, may serve customers at 50% capacity starting May 18.  Before this announcement,...

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UNF SDS urges students to email financial aid

UNF SDS urges students to email financial aid

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director May 19, 2020

The University’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society are urging students to contact financial aid in regards to students receiving refunds for additional fees due to COVID-19. On May 18, the...

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State University System of Florida prepping guidelines for universities to return in fall

Zach Yearwood, News Editor May 18, 2020

The State University System of Florida announced in a press release Monday that it is preparing a set of guidelines that will allow for public universities in the state to safely reopen for the fall semester. “The...

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Distance Learning

Is distance learning here to stay?

Siddie Friar, Intern Reporter May 18, 2020

When campuses across Florida shut down in mid-March the general feeling for some was that, come summer things would return to ‘normal’ and campus life, in all its forms, would be able to resume.  Unfortunately,...

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Ron Nelson

UNF mourns loss of esteemed adjunct professor

Siddie Friar, Intern Reporter May 18, 2020

Ron Nelson, one of UNF’s beloved earth science professors, passed away during the afternoon of May 11. According to his department, Nelson had a history of medical setbacks over the years but remained...

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Gov. Desantis announces gyms will reopen on Monday

Haneifah Ahmad, Intern Reporter May 17, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As we move into phase one of recovery, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that gyms can reopen on Monday.  Gym goers are to maintain a safe distance from one another as...

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JU announces students will return to campus fall semester

JU announces students will return to campus fall semester

Siddie Friar, Reporter May 15, 2020

In an announcement made Wednesday by JU president, Tim Cost, he stated that JU was “100% committed to you being on this campus come this fall in late August, to take your classes, to live and to learn...

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A Facebook profile picture of UNF Senior Anthony Rojas.

UF Student Files Class Action Against Florida Board of Governors

Siddie Friar, Reporter May 15, 2020

Anthony Rojas has a natural inclination to social justice issues. His parents immigrated to the United States from Colombia before he was born. They saw firsthand many issues with justice and equality...

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FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill, speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from home. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

AP: Basement-bound Biden campaign worries some Democrats

BILL BARROW and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press May 14, 2020

Joe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from...

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks about the so-called Heroes Act, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, providing nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to individuals. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

AP: GOP senators give Democrats’ $3T relief bill a cold shoulder

LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press May 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, a sweeping effort with $1 trillion for states and cities, "hazard pay" for essential workers and...

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California State University Los Angeles

California State University campuses will remain closed for fall semester

Courtney Green, News Editor May 13, 2020

Amid uncertainty over campuses opening for the fall semester, the California State University system has made a decision for its 23 campuses: cancel all in-person instruction and continue remote instruction...

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In this image provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, this March 24, 2020, photo, shows unapproved COVID-19 tests that were seized on March 22, 2020 from the DHL Express Consignment Facility at JFK Airport in the Queens borough of New York. Federal officials say the COVID-19 outbreak has unleashed a wave of fraud. An arm of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, has opened more than 300 cases in recent weeks that include counterfeit products and medicines as well as fake tests for the virus.  (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

AP: Virus unleashes wave of fraud in US amid fear and scarcity

BEN FOX and ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press May 12, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 39-year-old former investment manager in Georgia was already facing federal charges that he robbed hundreds of retirees of their savings through a Ponzi scheme when the rapid spread...

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