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Two months after Jacksonville City Council President Sam Newby won support for a $25,000 grant awarded to a bridal shop, he hired the owner of the business to be his executive assistant while she also continues to run the Gown and Garter store. -
Laura Graham surprises local businesses with a temporary art installation using a mix of chicken wire, bamboo and seasonal flowers
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William Conway Broyles is accused of killing his wife and two grown children. Police found him lying in the driveway waiting for them after he called 911.
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From early July through the end of October, Duval County was the site for 1,575 deaths involving COVID-19.
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Florida had a reported 74,868 abortions in 2020, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Most were among people living in heavily populated counties.
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Democrats easily outnumber Republicans at the polls. Of the ballots cast in the at-large City Council race to replace the late Tommy Hazouri, 51% are from Democratic voters and 36% from Republicans.
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Legislation from Republican Sen. Travis Hutson would allow businesses to sue if local ordinances cause at least 15% losses of revenue or profits. The idea is drawing heavy fire from local governments but support from business groups.
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The dilapidated blue building at 888 Franklin St. is well-known among nearby residents, housing advocates, law enforcement and the city by its former name: Franklin Arms.
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The medical system says many patents don't need expensive ER visits. The hybrid health facility also is designed to cut patient medical costs.
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The AAA auto club forecasts that gasoline prices may fall 20 to 25 cents over the next couple weeks, the result of lower prices for crude oil and concerns about the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Who will hold the balance of power? Florida’s redistricting process gets messy and partisan.
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A bill in the Florida Senate would shield religious services from being shut down because of state emergency orders. It wouldn’t preclude religious leaders from acting on their own to conduct services virtually.
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A federal judge said a new state law aimed at preventing vaccine mandates forces state-run agencies to decide what law to follow — state or federal.
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A strong cold front will sweep through the Sunshine State by midweek, bringing the coldest temperatures of the season with it.
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A federal judge has quickly rejected Florida’s request to block a Biden administration requirement that workers at hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providers be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday announced a Joint Incident Management Team to respond to the “unusual mortality event” along the state’s Atlantic coast, including in the Indian River Lagoon.
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Disney’s announcement came after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved vaccinations of children ages 5 to 11.
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State lawmakers have passed a measure that ultimately seeks to remove the state’s private-sector workers from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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The operations are expensive, risky, and use a scarce resource — donated lungs — that might otherwise go to patients with cystic fibrosis or other diseases.
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While Florida ports have been working since before the pandemic to attract more cargo routes, experts say this latest push may not provide a quick fix to supply chain bottlenecks.
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Experts have found a man charged with the attack at a Boulder, Colo., supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial for now, attorneys said during a court hearing.
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By analyzing white lead paint in Dutch paintings from the 1600s, including works by Rembrandt and Rubens, scientists were able to devise a new line of evidence for dating and authenticating paintings.
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Prosecutors charged the 15-old-year accused of killing four students and injuring others at a Michigan High School as an adult. Thousands of children are tried or incarcerated as adults each year.
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After a Chinese tennis star accused a former Chinese official of assault and temporarily vanished from view, the Women's Tennis Association halted tournaments there. Now the men's group is under fire.
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Across the country, cities are paying people to leave flood-prone homes, then tearing down the houses to keep the space open. But fixing one problem can create another for the people left behind.
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By 2022, the vast majority of employers had plans to start returning remote workers to the offices. Omicron changed that, and it may also make vaccine mandates more likely and more popular.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Biden administration's ongoing response to the Omicron variant.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Gretchen Sisson, a sociologist at UCSF, who has studied whether the option to put a child up for adoption alleviates the need for a woman to get an abortion.
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Polilogue, a weekly podcast that analyzes every Sunday morning political talk show, just hit its 250th episode. It's produced by a husband and wife who have a young child at home and one on the way.
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In one of the poorest rural regions of the country's poorest state, a Black entreprenuer is helping Black owned businesses open and thrive even during the pandemic.
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