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Ethan Irvin, a 19-year-old UF mathematics sophomore, juggles on Turlington Plaza on Feb. 12. Irvin said he's been juggling for more than two years and loves doing it. "It's a good stress reliever,” he said.

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UF student takes juggling to new heights

By Tristan Wood | Feb. 20

He performs on Turlington Plaza and teaches other students the craft

March For Our Lives Gainesville pins up pieces of paper with information about people who died in various mass shootings, such as their name, age and what they were like as told by loved ones.

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Parkland shooting: the people and politics two years later

By Hannah Phillips | Feb. 13

It’s been two years since the school shooting that claimed 17 lives and sparked the rapidfire youth movement, March for Our Lives. As the 2020 presidential election draws near, Brandon Abzug and other student activists are propelling gun reform to the forefront of the conversation through lobbying, vigils and voting.

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UF physics professors debunk broom social media trend

By Sarah Mandile | Feb. 11

The trend claimed that gravitational forces on Mondays allow brooms to be balanced

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UF student’s grandparents stranded on coronavirus quarantined cruise ship

By Stephany Matat | Feb. 9

The Diamond Princess is on a 14-day quarantine lockdown

In this image from video, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts arrives for the vote in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

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Not Guilty: Split Senate acquits Trump of impeachment

By Lisa Mascaro | Feb. 5

WASHINGTON (AP) —

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., tears her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Pelosi shreds Trump's speech. Right there on the podium.

By Laurie Kellman | Feb. 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — And then she tore up the speech.

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, as Vice President Mike Pence ad House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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AP Fact Check: Trump's exaggerated 'great American comeback'

By Josh Boak | Feb. 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — The "great American comeback" President Donald Trump claimed in his State of the Union speech drew on falsehoods about U.S. energy supremacy, health care and the economy as well as distortions about his predecessor's record.

Workers arrive outside of the Hard Rock Stadium before the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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South Florida businesses feeling benefit of Super Bowl

By Tim Reynolds | Feb. 2

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dena Lowell typically employs about 12 full-time people to work in her restaurant and catering company.

A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation.

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UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China

By Maria Cheng | Jan. 30

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week.

A sinkhole is surrounded by police tape after it appeared when a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba, at Public Beach on West Bay, Grand Cayman, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The quake also hit the Cayman Islands, leaving cracked roads and what appeared to be sewage spilling from cracked mains. There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or more severe damage. (Taneos Ramsay/Cayman Compass via AP)

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Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries

By Michael Weissenstein | Jan. 29

HAVANA (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico to Florida and beyond, but there were no reports of casualties or heavy damage.

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

By AJ Bafer | Jan. 21

The couple married in South Africa

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UF investigation uncovers two female staff accused of sexually harassing male professor

By Hope Dean | Jan. 17, 2020

Two deans didn’t report Mark Hart’s situation for years

Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, center, addresses the House at the start of session on Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

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Florida Legislature sets sights on education, health care

By Caina Calvan | Jan. 14, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers signaled that they would likely tackle education spending and health care costs but might seek to avoid a battle over forcing employers to verify the immigration status of workers, as the 2020 legislative session began Tuesday.

Rescue workers inspect the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane with more than 170 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare

By Lolita C. Baldor | Jan. 10, 2020

LOLITA C. BALDOR and ZEKE MILLER

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Doctoral student demands response to UF sexual assault cases on website

By Hope Dean | Jan. 10, 2020

Records show some cases weren't handled correctly by faculty

A voter reads his ballot at the Hamilton County Board of Elections as early voting begins statewide, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Cincinnati.

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Proposed bill amendment would require matching addresses on Florida voter IDs and registrations

By Samantha Chery | Jan. 7, 2020

If passed, it could be a law by July 1

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UF student chosen for the Marshall Scholarship, will pursue Master’s degrees in United Kingdom

By Emma McAvoy | Jan. 6, 2020

He is the second in the university's history to be selected.

Robert Sammel, 49, waves an American fl ag Saturday afternoon during the No War with Iran protest along Northwest 16th Boulevard. About 50 people attended the event, and organizers said it was held to spread awareness for the danger of military escalation in Iran following an airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

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Gainesville, UF react to death of top Iranian general in strike

By Hannah Phillips | Jan. 5, 2020

The strike prompted anti-war protests

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, file photo, Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, attends an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, in Tehran, Iran. Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

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US kills Iran's most powerful general in Baghdad strike

By The Associated Press | Jan. 2, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States killed Iran's top general and the architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport Friday, an attack that threatens to dramatically ratchet up tensions in the region.