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People visit an international terminal at John F. Kennedy airport, Friday, March 13, 2020, in New York. A ban on travelers from most European countries begins at midnight Friday, and travelers returning from there will be screened. The ban is the latest calamity for a global travel industry already reeling from falling bookings and canceled reservations as people try to avoid contracting and spreading the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEWS | NATIONAL

Spain to follow Italy into lockdown, US expands travel ban

By Joseph Wilson | Mar. 14, 2020

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — France ordered the closing of just about everything the rest of the world loves about it — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the cafes, restaurants and cinema — and Spain drew up plans Saturday to lock down its 46 million citizens as governments took increasingly desperate measures to put more space between people and contain the coronavirus.

METRO

Alachua County confirms third case of COVID-19

By Alex De Luca | Mar. 13, 2020

The patient is a non-Florida resident visiting from Europe

Scott Stricklin announced the hire of Tony Amato Monday.

NEWS

Stricklin speaks for first time since COVID-19 chaos derailed sports world

By Joseph Salvador | Mar. 13, 2020

It was a somber scene Friday afternoon when UF athletic director Scott Stricklin arrived at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, where he held an impromptu press conference.

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2018 file photo, Andrew Gillum the Democrat candidate for governor speaks at a news conference in Tallahassee, Fla. Gillum is named in a police report Friday, March 13, 2020 saying he was “inebriated" and initially unresponsive in a hotel room where authorities found baggies of suspected crystal methamphetamine. Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who ran for governor in 2018, is not charged with any crime. The Miami Beach police report says that Gillum was allowed to leave the hotel for home after he was checked out medically. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

METRO

Police: Gov. candidate in room where crystal meth was found

By Curt Anderson | Mar. 13, 2020

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum is named in a police report Friday saying he was "inebriated" and initially unresponsive in a hotel room where authorities found baggies of suspected crystal methamphetamine.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

NEWS | NATIONAL

Trump declares virus emergency; Pelosi announces aid deal

By Andrew Taylor | Mar. 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in order to free up more money and resources. But he denied any responsibility for delays in making testing available for the new virus, whose spread has roiled markets and disrupted the lives of everyday Americans.

Pictured is the Santa Fe College clock tower.

NEWS | SFC

Santa Fe College goes fully online, Florida public schools close and other coronavirus updates

By Hannah Phillips , Chasity Maynard , Alyssa Feliciano and Valentina Botero | Mar. 13, 2020

Santa Fe College announced today that its classes will be online starting Monday. Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered schools to be canceled for two weeks.

Nomfumo Manaba, a 23-year-old UF journalism and political science junior, video calls into her class at Library West.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

UF cancels on-campus classes, events

By Hannah Phillips , Kaelyn Cassidy , Chasity Maynard , Alyssa Feliciano and Meghan McGlone | Mar. 13, 2020

Classes will be online until at least March 30

METRO

Alachua County has its second case of COVID-19

By Grethel Aguila and Sarah Mandile | Mar. 12, 2020

The 24-year-old female recently traveled to Europe

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Trinity Thomas: So much more than a Florida gymnastics icon

By Noah Ram | Mar. 12, 2020

With a big breath, Trinity Thomas stepped onto the floor for her routine against Penn State.

Customers are turned away from a ticket booth in Times Square, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he will announce new restrictions on gatherings to halt the spread of the new coronavirus in the coming days. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NEWS | NATIONAL

Coronavirus brings entertainment world to a standstill

By Jake Coyle | Mar. 12, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and scuttling concert tours until it's safe to welcome crowds back.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF offers emergency funding for students

By Hannah Phillips | Mar. 12, 2020

Students must provide evidence of “extenuating circumstances” to qualify for the aid

NEWS

NCAA: all spring and winter championships canceled

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 12, 2020

There will be no champions crowned across Division I athletics for months to come.

In this March 7, 2020 photo provided by Brazil's presidential press office, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, stands with President Donald Trump, second from left, Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Brazil's Communications Director Fabio Wajngarten, behind Trump partially covered, during a dinner in Florida. Wajngarten tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after the trip, according to Bolsonaro's communications office on Thursday, March 12, 2020. (Alan Santos/Brazil's Presidential Press Office via AP)

METRO | POLITICS

Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump

By David Biller | Mar. 12, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first time that someone known to have the virus was in close proximity to the president. Trump does not plan to be tested or go into self-quarantine, the White House said.

Andrew Jensen, the Overall Director of Dance Marathon 2019, rocks out during the Savants of Soul’s performance Saturday night in the O’Connell Center. Dance Marathon lasted for 26.2 hours and raised $3,230,025.23 for children at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital and Children’s Miracle Network.

NEWS | CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Andrew Yang’s visit is postponed for now; Dance Marathon is canceled

By Hannah Phillips and Kaelyn Cassidy | Mar. 12, 2020

Yang was going to be paid $50,000 to come to UF

NEWS

SEC Tournament canceled, all regular season play put on hold

By Kyle Wood | Mar. 12, 2020

The SEC is suspending regular season play and championship games in all sports across the SEC’s 14 member schools.

An employee disinfects the glass cover of a butcher counter to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in a food store in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)

NEWS | NATIONAL

Tests show new virus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days

By Marilynn Marchione | Mar. 11, 2020

The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, tests by U.S. government and other scientists have found.

NEWS

Florida’s hot bats outshine FSU in Sunshine Showdown victory

By Payton Titus | Mar. 11, 2020

While the rest of campus was abuzz with coronavirus cancellations, Florida and Florida State met for their highly anticipated rivalry game, business as usual.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF coronavirus: classes required to move online; Shands hospital has first coronavirus case

By Hannah Phillips , Kaelyn Cassidy , Alyssa Feliciano and Meghan McGlone | Mar. 11, 2020

UF Shands confirmed that it is treating a patient from Georgia. Meanwhile, UF is cancelling on-campus classes and moving to an online format by Monday, emails sent to faculty show.

Peter Sturgeon, 26, stands outside his food truck, Soup to Nuts, as he prepares for an event at First Magnitude Brewery.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Food trucks to serve acai bowls, chicken near Lake Alice

By Charlene Medders | Mar. 11, 2020

There will be a different food truck once a week

Florida Polytechnic University, located in Lakeland, will not merge with UF.

METRO

Merger plan dies in Florida House of Representatives

By Elisabell Velazquez | Mar. 11, 2020

The bill proposed Florida Polytechnic University and New College of Florida merge with UF