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Jeffrey Clayton, a music teacher and department head at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, was arrested Wednesday on charges of lewd and lascivious conduct involving a student.
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Countywide, voter turnout was 25.5%, meaning about three in every four voters sat out Duval County’s municipal election. Here are the results of the City Council races. -
Democrat Joyce Morgan, a City Council member, and Republican Jason Fischer, a former state representative, were the top finishers in the election Tuesday.
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Democrat Donna Deegan and Republican Daniel Davis finished first and second in Jacksonville's mayoral election Tuesday, sending them to a runoff in May.
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Operation Safety Net seized six guns, including three assault rifles, after a tip about an armed person at Westside High School in Jacksonville.
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The Massachusetts company intends to open its fourth Northeast Florida store at River City Marketplace, replacing the Regal cinema.
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Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone who is registered can vote, regardless of party affiliation.
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St. Augustine City Manager John Regan submitted his resignation Monday, effective June 2.
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The city issued permits last week that allow construction on the former site of the Florida Times-Union, on the Northbank of the St. Johns River.
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The Clay County Sheriff's Office has bought three drones to assist search and rescue, active shooter incidents, disaster response and crime scene processing.
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Like voters themselves, Democrats favor removal of Confederate monuments, and Republicans would leave the monuments in place.
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A proposal to revamp Florida's alimony laws — one of the most emotionally charged issues tackled by state lawmakers over the past decade — is back on the agenda during the 2023 Florida legislature.
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A recent report detailing problems with Florida’s patchwork mental health system had reached conclusions nearly identical to those of a similar report from more than 20 years ago. The echoes between the findings are unmistakable
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Florida is among 15 other states where lawmakers have filed bills that would ban efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion on college and university campuses.
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A Florida House panel approved a bill (HB 1417) that would lead to state law trumping local regulations governing landlords and tenants.
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The state has a new funding program for nursing schools to retain students and also instructors, who’ve been lured by lucrative nursing jobs elsewhere.
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The state Senate's GOP-controlled Committee on Health Policy approved the measure, while a companion House bill also cleared its first committee hearing.
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Nova Southeastern University was scheduled to host a screening of the locally produced documentary "The Poison Garden," which delves in racial injustice in South Florida. But the event was canceled after NSU staff raised concerns the film could be too politically provocative.
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Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo's ambitious $711 million proposal to alleviate the state’s affordable housing crisis includes financial incentives to developers to build apartments in strip shopping centers and other commercial areas.
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One proposal would create a decade-long seagrass restoration plan after the state saw a dramatic rise in seagrass loss, tied to record manatee deaths.
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The city issued a curfew on Sunday night and plans another starting on Thursday in an effort to curb violence after two fatal shootings took place over the weekend.
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The agency issued a consumer alert urging people to be vigilant for calls using voice clones generated by artificial intelligence. They can be used by criminals hoping to swindle people out of money.
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Two administrators at Denver's East High School were shot by a 17-year-old student Wednesday morning, police said. Police were searching for the suspect, who is considered armed and dangerous.
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The tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat should be put on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said as they prepared to sue the U.S. government over the issue.
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Joseph Harding, who resigned after his December indictment, pled guilty in federal court to wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements on small business loans.
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Infections from drug-resistant bacteria have caused death and illness in 68 patients across the U.S., the CDC says. The strain has been linked to recalled eyedrops like EzriCare Artificial Tears.
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Virginia police say two men used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to tunnel out of a cell wall on Monday. They were arrested 10 miles away the next morning.
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TikTok's top executive will have to defend the app against allegations it shares U.S. users data with the Chinese government at a Thursday hearing, as the government weighs limiting or banning it.
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Little is known about the mosquito species known as Culex lactator. But it belongs to a group of mosquitoes known to carry diseases and researchers are worried about what will happen.
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Across the U.S. on Tuesday, people gathered outside major banks demanding that financial institutions shift away from investing in fossil fuel projects.
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Laura Holmes Haddad lost her hair when she was undergoing chemo. She said she was self-conscious until an X-ray tech offered a new perspective on baldness and what is considered beautiful.
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