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METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

UF ‘shots fired’ alert was not an active shooter

By Samia Lagmis | Jan. 21, 2020

Police say better safe than sorry

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

UF student falls from parking garage, in critical condition

By Samia Lagmis | Jan. 21, 2020

He remains in the Shands ICU as of Sunday

NEWS | CAMPUS

Tory Lanez to perform at UF in February

By Chasity Maynard | Jan. 21, 2020

The event will celebrate Black History Month

Zoya Mukherjee, an 18-year-old biology freshman, and Justin Ho, an 18-year-old computer science freshman, hang out near a barricaded manhole in the Plaza of the Americas Tuesday afternoon. Mukherjee said that it smells odd and Justin said that people do not like to sit near it.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF campus manholes past due for repairs

By Hannah Phillips | Jan. 21, 2020

The manholes were built in the ‘60s and have since fallen into disrepair

SPORTS | COLUMNS

No one fanbase should have all that power

By Kyle Wood | Jan. 21, 2020

NBA Twitter is capable of swaying the lasting perception of players’ legacies decades from now.

A group of passengers wearing heavy jackets and long pants board a Regional Transit System bus on Newell Drive on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. At the time, the temperature was already in the mid-50s and predicted to drop later that night.

METRO

Hard freeze warning activated starting midnight

By Stephany Matat | Jan. 21, 2020

This is the first hard freeze warning activated this season

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Gators fall fractions of a second short of another potential signature win

By Brendan Farrell | Jan. 21, 2020

A tenth of a second proved to be the difference between the Gators and LSU on Tuesday.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Johnson’s layup misses buzzer, Gators fall on the road

By Joseph Salvador | Jan. 21, 2020

Forward Keyontae Johnson caught an inbounds pass with 0.5 seconds to go in the game.

Lucky’s Market, a supermarket chain that specializes natural and organic products, celebrated its first year in Gainesville with a festival with food and games Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 through Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

METRO

Lucky’s Market to close Gainesville store

By Alex De Luca | Jan. 21, 2020

There will only be one store left in Florida starting Feb. 12.

NEWS | NATIONAL

UF students react to Tim Tebow’s marriage to Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

By AJ Bafer | Jan. 21, 2020

The couple married in South Africa

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida continues brutal stretch against LSU on Tuesday

By Evan Lepak | Jan. 20, 2020

Florida men's basketball's current three-game stretch -- which started with Auburn on Saturday -- is easily its toughest portion of the schedule this season.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Franks announces transfer to Arkansas

By Kyle Wood | Jan. 20, 2020

He started the first three games of the 2019 season for Florida, leading the team to a 2-0 record before he dislocated his ankle with a fracture in the third quarter against Kentucky. He missed the remainder of the season, and backup quarterback Kyle Trask took over the starting job and led the team to an 11-win season.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

Gators finish Gamecock Opener with eight national top tens

By Christian Ortega | Jan. 20, 2020

Florida found success in South Carolina for the second week in a row. Competing in the Gamecock Opener, it closed the meet with Cameron Miller and the women’s 4x400-relay team posting NCAA-leading times.