Periodically, this story makes the rounds through headlines: Someone with an invisible illness has been publicly shamed for using accessible parking or other aids.
The saga between Gainesville resident Devante’ Zachery, also known as “Tay Bang,” and the UF football team continues with a pair of Gainesville police reports from July 25 and 22.
Seven-year-old Gabriela wore her new backpack and a Jeff Greene sticker on her shirt as she ran around the picnic tables at Depot Park with her 6-year-old brother Justin.
Improvements from former Gator Caeleb Dressel and current and future Gators marked a lively end to the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine, California.
Carmelo Anthony has finalized his buyout with the Atlanta Hawks, making him a free agent again. His intentions now are to sign with the Houston Rockets.
Four people braved the Gainesville heat Sunday to raise awareness for forgotten rabbits in rescues across Florida.
When the panel left and the chairs were folded, a 3-year-old girl danced about the room in her sandals and pink dress.
Of the hundreds of meets, matches and games that UF athletics participated in over the 2017-18 season, only five made the final cut as nominees for the Gators’ best game of the campaign.
With the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for justice of the Supreme Court earlier this month, people are speculating that Roe v. Wade might be overturned.
Jacob Atem doesn’t know when his birthday is. As someone who was born in a place with no hospital in South Sudan, he said every day is his birthday.
Gainesville residents will be able to board a driverless RTS bus as early as Aug. 20. Until then, a team of UF researchers wants your opinion on it. One might approach you at a crowded bus stop to get it.
Former UF professor emeritus and renowned expert of the monarch butterfly Lincoln Brower died July 17 at the age of 86.
In 2016, the Florida Board of Governors passed legislation requiring public universities to form centralized compliance offices and ethics training programs for all employees.
An eastern indigo snake named Floyd was introduced to his native habitat for the first time on a sunny afternoon in Bristol, Florida.
Gainesville Police arrested four women Sunday night for attempting to steal more than $1,000 worth of clothing from Burlington Coat Factory.Angela Hill, 45, Latoya Smith, 39, Larneshia Perry, 26, and Kenyausha Tobler, 28, reportedly walked into the store at around 7:40 p.m.
Gainesville Police arrested a 19-year-old UF student early Saturday for allegedly running out on an expensive bar tab.
A deafening applause erupted after Jeremiah Tattersall said UF’s permanent preeminence demands permanent employees.
National politics in the U.S. tend to drive people to different ends of the political spectrum. We can’t help but be drawn into the cyclone of outrage. It draws in everyone with a connection to TV or Twitter with a siren song — the talking heads on cable news essentially say, “Don’t worry. Don’t re-examine your position on immigration. Your instincts are right. Instead, get mad at these other guys.” What you may realize is that your associates and loved ones have radically different views. Stick to your position, but know that making a political point isn’t worth a ruined friendship.
Pop star Demi Lovato’s drug overdose has triggered an ongoing debate over whether addiction is a choice or a disease.
On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. It recently passed its 28th anniversary, which means it’s been almost three decades of the official reshaping of society’s accommodation, perception and admission of disabled people.
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