UF Flip Flops, Will Consider Allowing White Nationalist Speaker On Campus
With the threat of a federal lawsuit looming, University of Florida officials say they will consider allowing white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus.
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With the threat of a federal lawsuit looming, University of Florida officials say they will consider allowing white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus.
College football is opening a strong first week with a premiere matchup between the Big Ten and SEC.
The University of Florida is denying a request by a group headed by white supremacist Richard Spencer to rent space on the campus for a September event.
The University of Florida is coordinating with local and state law-enforcement officials in anticipation of the potential appearance in Gainesville of a white nationalist leader affiliated with this weekend's deadly confrontation in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Once again, Carol City's football team has to face the bittersweet reality of one of its coaches heading to the college ranks.
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A University of Florida linebacker, who is from South Florida, is credited with helping to rescue a 19-year-old woman allegedly raped behind a bar near campus in Gainesville.
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The former chair of the University of Florida's religion department has been sentenced to five years of probation for secretly recording a teenage girl.
In a victory for the University of Florida, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a dispute about whether guns should be allowed in university housing.
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Sen. Joe Negron announced Monday he will take a four-day "listening tour" of state universities.
Two rival Florida universities worked together to pull off an elaborate April Fool's Day prank.
The University of Florida's College of Medicine has received a million dollar grant for brain tumor research.
The House is expected to vote Wednesday to allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to keep carrying guns while strolling on college and university campuses.
A number of Florida organizations are getting money for cancer research and tobacco-related diseases.
A dip in temperature may be giving hunters an early edge in a state-sanctioned hunt for elusive Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades.
This weekend, wildlife officials are bringing back the Python Challenge -- a nearly one-month event allowing for the removal of Burmese pythons, a non-native species, from the Florida Everglades.
Consumer confidence in Florida dropped slightly amid concerns of personal finances.
Florida has put itself in position to make a case for a spot in the College Football Playoff despite some unimpressive performances over the last three weeks.
There is a new tool in the war against citrus greening - genetically modified citrus trees- say researchers at the University of Florida.
According to new data from the drought monitor, 64% of Broward County is in severe drought – up 42% from last week. On the other hand, 38% of Miami-Dade County is under extreme drought – up 31% from last week.
The audio of neighbors calling for help in Sarasota has been released, as friends and family members of the victims remember them with love.
The USPS clerk is charged with over 400 counts of fraudulent use or possession of personal information, with police believing there are more suspects in his crime.
The Florida Senate voted unanimously to approve the proposal, which will put the site near St. Augustine as the top choice over Opa-Locka and Eatonville.
The EPA said it will end credits for the start/stop feature, which shuts off gas engines when cars are idle to save fuel.
According to new data from the drought monitor, 64% of Broward County is in severe drought – up 42% from last week. On the other hand, 38% of Miami-Dade County is under extreme drought – up 31% from last week.
The audio of neighbors calling for help in Sarasota has been released, as friends and family members of the victims remember them with love.
The USPS clerk is charged with over 400 counts of fraudulent use or possession of personal information, with police believing there are more suspects in his crime.
The Florida Senate voted unanimously to approve the proposal, which will put the site near St. Augustine as the top choice over Opa-Locka and Eatonville.
The EPA said it will end credits for the start/stop feature, which shuts off gas engines when cars are idle to save fuel.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Attorneys say detainees at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed.
A U.S. destroyer and a supply ship collided Wednesday during a replenishment at sea.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelan migrants who were deported to a Salvadoran prison last year and then released into other countries.
Top Trump administration officials had decided to terminate Abigail Slater as the Justice Department's antitrust chief just before she announced her departure on social media.
Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown of federal immigration officers set to occur over the course of next week.
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
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In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Bad Bunny delivered a historic performance at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
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