Paynes Prairie is usually only filled with bison, wild horses and white-tailed deer, but Saturday night, clear skies and social media brought in a record-breaking crowd, and its following traffic, to the annual stargazing event.
Guns on campus could be a reality as soon as June if a recently introduced bill passes the Florida House and Senate.
The controversial dismissal of several Citizens Co-op employees last year led to an almost yearlong labor dispute, but a much-anticipated settlement is now on the horizon.
Business suits and scrubs mingled with the occasional parka as rain threatened to put a damper on a standing-room-only groundbreaking ceremony at UF Health on Friday afternoon.
A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday night after he reportedly fought three police officers while trying to avoid arrest.
A new incubator is rising in Gainesville with hopes of recruiting students interested in making a difference in the world.
With one puff of an electronic cigarette, smokers could be sucking a carcinogen into their lungs.
Daisey Gainey is nervous about failing the GED.
Last week Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, announced that he will be addressing a joint meeting of Congress in early March to discuss actions to be taken against Iran’s nuclear program should the diplomatic approach prove fruitless. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, invited the prime minister to make these proposals to Congress with little excitement from the White House. Josh Earnest, the Obama administration’s press secretary, said that Obama will not be meeting with Netanyahu when he visits in March because they want to steer clear of him during Netanyahu’s election campaign. Earnest went on to explain that they want to avoid “the appearance of any kind of interference with a democratic election.”
Every year after the State of the Union speech, the president of the United States goes on a cross-country tour to make a case for his agenda.
Around this time last year, a loophole was forced open that allows students to keep guns in locked cars. Many found it problematic, some saw it as a decent compromise between an all-out ban and a free-for-all. But for a few on the ideological fringe, it wasn’t nearly enough of a relaxation.
Imagine this: You’re a professional football player who just had the season of your life. You outperformed every other player in your position in the National Football League, and the fans have rewarded you by voting to send you off to the NFL Pro Bowl, where the league’s top talent form two teams and play each other.
After a 4-0 debut against Elon on Saturday, the No. 2 UF women’s tennis team continued to hold ground on the second day of the ITA Kick Off Weekend.
Winless in their last four games, the Florida women’s basketball team received some much-needed rest last week for the program to decompress and recover from the strain of the Southeastern Conference schedule.
Coach Mike Holloway and his No. 1 Gators men’s and women’s track teams left Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday with plenty to smile about.
Heading into the weekend with just two dual meets remaining in the season, the Florida swimming and diving teams looked to make a strong push to qualify their athletes for the NCAA Championship.
After a tough loss to Ole Miss on Day 1 of the ITA Kick Off Weekend, Florida was determined to bring home a win Sunday morning in the tournament’s consolation match.
Florida started Southeastern Conference play with a three-game win streak, but now the Gators own a season-worst three-game losing streak after falling to Ole Miss on the road.
Quvenzhané is 11 years old. She was nominated for her Best Actress Oscar for a role she played when she was 5.
Florida’s 2015 recruiting class landed its ninth verbal commitment on Sunday morning.
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