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FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo Fran Drago shows her sticker after she voted in the Florida presidential primary in Cape Coral, Fla. Scrambling to address voting concerns amid a pandemic, election officials from Nevada to Florida are scaling back or eliminating opportunities for people to cast ballots in person. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

AP: As mail voting pushed, some fear loss of in-person option

CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press Apr 20, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Scrambling to address voting concerns during a pandemic, election officials across the country are eliminating polling places or scaling back opportunities for people to cast ballots in...

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UNF College of Education and Human Services announces 2020 Glady's Prior Award recipients

UNF College of Education and Human Services announces 2020 Glady’s Prior Award recipients

Brett Nweeia, Videographer Apr 17, 2020

On Wednesday, April 15, The 2020 Gladys prior awards were hosted by The University of North Florida College of Education and Human Services. “The Gladys Prior Awards allow us to show our sincere appreciation...

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What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Associated Press Apr 17, 2020

President Donald Trump is pressing to restart the U.S. economy, which has been ravaged by the pandemic in a short few weeks. He has given U.S. governors a road map for recovering from the acute economic...

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Jax beaches reopen Friday at 5 p.m.

Jax beaches reopen Friday at 5 p.m.

Courtney Green, News Editor Apr 16, 2020

Mayor Lenny Curry has announced that beaches will reopen Friday, April 17 at 5 p.m. and will operate on special hours going forward. Beaches will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., and then again from...

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Duval County school teacher speaks on dealing with Covid-19

Duval County school teacher speaks on dealing with Covid-19

Brett Nweeia, Videographer Apr 16, 2020

With the spread of coronavirus, many people have lost the ability to do their jobs regularly. Some people are doing  everything they can in order to keep their jobs and work remotely. Teachers are one...

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"I voted" stickers.

COVID-19 and the 2020 Elections Cycle

Emily Echevarria, Government Reporter Apr 16, 2020

It’s easy to forget, in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and shelter-in-place orders, that elections are still taking place across the country. In many states, there have been concerns over transmissions...

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FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shake hands on stage before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Warren has endorsed Joe Biden, becoming the last of the former vice president’s major Democratic presidential rivals to formally back him.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

AP: Warren becomes latest ex-presidential rival to back Biden

WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Apr 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday, the latest of the former vice president's onetime White House rivals to back him as the Democratic Party moves to project unity against...

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Person holding up books

How to return your rental books in the midst of COVID-19

Breanna Cataldo, General Assignment Reporter Apr 15, 2020

Amongst all of the other questions pondering students' minds during COVID-19, how to return their books is one of them. The UNF Bookstore recently released information that could help ease this issue.  The...

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A helper of the German Red Cross DRK in protective suit, left, takes a smear from a patient outside a car, right, during the official opening of a drive-through (drive-in) COVID-19 testing center at the fair ground in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The appointment-only drive-through testing center is starting today with working. Medical staff reache into a car to take a nasopharyngeal swab from a patient. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, PAUL WISEMAN and JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press Apr 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and the reopening of stores in Europe...

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President David Szymanski.

President Szymanski updates BOT on COVID-19 response

Emily Echevarria, Student Government Reporter Apr 14, 2020

As the UNF Board of Trustees convened over Zoom on Tuesday, April 14, University President David Szymanski presented an update on how UNF is handling the pandemic through continuity of education and financial...

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The College of Health is located inside J. Brooks Brown Hall.

UNF nursing students engage in philanthropy despite inability to work in hospitals

Sarah Glenn Apr 14, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread, medical professionals are working nonstop. A group of nursing students at the University of North Florida are working together to assist health care workers in the area. While...

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A woman wearing a face mask walks near a shop featuring a washing hands slogan Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and some other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

How to end virus lockdowns? Technology, tests, coordination

LORI HINNANT, FRANK JORDANS and CHRIS BLAKE, Associated Press Apr 14, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking speed pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight restrictions on...

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