THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Review: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’
By Gregory Florez | July 4, 2018Life, uh, finds a way to make dinosaurs uninteresting.
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THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Series Review: Hulu Original ‘The Looming Tower’
By Tranelle Maner | July 4, 2018It was a day that changed America forever, and this show does a great job of coming at it from a new angle.
THE AVENUE
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FOOD
Top five greasy breakfasts to cure your Fourth of July hangover
By Emma McAvoy | July 4, 2018You’ve just rolled out of bed — your hair is a rat’s nest, your eye makeup is all runny, your clothes are inside out. Frankly... you look like death. Perhaps you were partying a little too hard last night? Celebrating our country and our freedom with a little too much of the “drink of the gods?” You feel woozy and in need of nourishment and wonder “What could possibly make this incessant agony disappear?” Well, lucky for you, Gainesville has some of the best breakfast places with greasy, fatty dishes to cure that hangover. Here are the top five best breakfasts in Gainesville to cure your Fourth of July fun.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
I’m starting to like the new-look NBA
By Huang Story Short | July 3, 2018Professional basketball just got a whole lot better.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
UF navigated through 2018 on individual brilliance
By Chris O'Brien | July 3, 2018Despite ending with a 5-2 loss to Arkansas at the College World Series on June 22, the Florida Gators’ 2018 season shouldn’t be overshadowed by the team’s failure to repeat as national champions.
METRO
Demonstrators take to streets across nation over family separation (Photos)
By Chris Day | July 2, 2018Hundreds of thousands of people nationwide turned out to protest family separations on Saturday. Here are some of the best photos from both the D.C. protest as well as Gainesville.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: Man threatens 'Basketball Cop' on Facebook
By Devoun Cetoute | July 2, 2018Gainesville Police arrested a man Saturday accused of threatening to harm GPD officer Robert White, who is also known locally as Basketball Cop.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Man arrested in connection with Alachua shooting
By Devoun Cetoute | July 2, 2018Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service arrested a man Saturday in connection to the January shooting in Alachua that injured five people.
METRO
Online program prepares pro se litigants
By Kelly Hayes | July 2, 2018Navigating the county court system may be difficult without an attorney, but a new program from Alachua County aims to change that.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Potholes plague Gainesville
By Ashley Mirtyl | July 2, 2018With June 21 marking the beginning of summer, residents are running into a lot more than traffic as Gainesville’s streets crumble in the heat.
METRO
Rolling Thunder holds annual poker run
By Dana Cassidy | July 2, 2018At 11:00 a.m. on June 23, 70 motorcycles roared their engines as they exited the parking lot of the Gainesville Harley-Davidson.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Couple charged with drug possession, child neglect
By Jessica Curbelo | July 2, 2018Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested a couple Sunday morning for allegedly smoking crack cocaine while their child was in the car.
METRO
Summer camp helps kids face fears, aids UF researchers
By Angela DiMichele | July 2, 2018Fear Facers is a different kind of summer camp where, instead of playing kickball with normal bases, kids get a home run by squishing into pools of spaghetti, chocolate syrup and fake vomit.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Man charged with attempted armed robbery
By Devoun Cetoute | July 2, 2018Gainesville Police arrested a man accused of attempting to rob a man Sunday night.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF researchers release new study on meteorites, asteroids
By Dana Cassidy | July 2, 2018Newly discovered evidence involving asteroids and meteorites may provide us with a better understanding of where they come from and how they helped shape Earth.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF researchers develop mouthguard prototype to monitor health
By Dana Cassidy | July 2, 2018Researchers at the UF have developed a wireless mouthguard that measures a person’s health components as they exercise.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
How to tell your kids you met your significant other online
By Layla Soboh | July 2, 2018The second decade of this millennium has brought the hyper-digitization of almost every aspect of our lives: transportation, food, driving and photo sharing. Dating is no different. More people are meeting via the internet than ever before. Generation Z will be the generation of online relationships.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Museum to show bat-themed movies through July
By Charles Fenwick | July 2, 2018The Florida Museum of Natural History will be showing a free bat-themed movie every Friday in July.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Remember those with chronic illness this summer
By Sophie Feinberg | July 2, 2018What comes to mind when you think of summer?
OPINION
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COLUMNS
A follow-up about ‘freedom’
By Stephan Chamberlin | July 2, 2018A reader’s comment got me thinking about what it means to have individual freedom. It made me consider why I feel comfortable harshly criticizing the country I love so much. Here’s my reply, point-by-point. The main thrust of it is we can’t afford to think we’re on top of the world. We are a great country, but we got here through constant improvement, not arrogant complacency.
