Before the U.S. Senate votes on Betsy DeVos for secretary of education, UF College of Education students and alumni are letting Sen. Marco Rubio, R-F.L., know their distaste for the nominee.
A deputy with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Friday and placed on paid administrative suspension after police said he physically abused a mentally disabled 11-year-old boy.
Surrounded by about 15 employees in his kitchen Saturday night, an anguished Randy Akerson folded his restaurant’s last burrito — a flour tortilla stuffed with beef, beans, cheese, sour cream and lettuce.
After the Women’s March on Washington inspired hundreds of thousands across the country to take to the streets, more than 500 Gainesville area activists gathered at a church Saturday with one thing in mind: What now?
When football fans chowed down on platters of chicken wings and heaps of nachos during Sunday’s Super Bowl, they were at a higher risk of a medical emergency.
With live music and drinks, SweetBerries Eatery and Frozen Custard celebrated its four-year anniversary Friday.
Driving a stolen car filled with drugs, fake money and a gun, a Gainesville man led police on a chase that included crashing into a police car, the Alachua County Sheriff's Office said.
UF professors urged about 100 Gainesville residents Friday to consider ways to combat climate change.
UF student Gabrielle Garcia listened intently Sunday as she learned of the racism that plagues U.S. history.
Today, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, advances to her final confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate. Public outcry against DeVos has exploded in a big way (or, to borrow an expression from our president, “big league” or “bigly” or whatever). A spokesman for Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate received about 1.5 million calls every day last week; a staff member of Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said his office received 80,000 letters pertaining solely to DeVos’ nomination. With a likely 50-50 split for and against her confirmation, Vice President Mike Pence might just make an unprecedented journey to the Senate floor to break the tie for a cabinet nominee.
Enough with the Adolf Hitler, Voldemort and Emperor Palpatine comparisons. We’re going to go a little old school now, like pre-20th century. We’re going to do an old-fashioned literary analysis by comparing our president to a Byronic hero.
Kasey Hill lost his bragging rights on Saturday, but you likely won’t hear him complain.
Kasey Hill rocked the ball back and forth as he stared down Wenyen Gabriel. Hill crossed over and stepped back as he launched a high-arching jumper over the outstretched fingertips of Kentucky’s 6-foot-9 forward.
Defensive backs coach Torrian Gray is leaving UF for the NFL.
As Alex McMurtry mounted the beam, the Alabama crowd erupted.
A search for a masked gunman who robbed a Chevron gas station on West University Avenue ended Friday night after Gainesville Police said officers couldn’t find him.
The UF men’s tennis team will get no love this month.
After a 6-1 victory over DePaul Saturday and 4-0 rout of FIU, the Gators women’s tennis team is looking to add to its body count this weekend.
In 1996, author Linda Ellis published a poem titled “The Dash”.
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