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University of Florida opens vaccine site at football stadium

Apr. 05, 2021 07:44 AM EDT
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Starting Monday, any adult in Florida is eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. In addition, the state...

This photo provided by Meleah Lyden/Fresh Take Florida shows University of Florida student London "Don" Balcita at Opus Coffee on Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Gainesville, Fla. When the coronavirus pandemic hit Florida a year ago, colleges and universities shut down in the middle of the semester. Students were left to navigate their coursework online. Some, like London “Don" Balcita, say they were lost for a while. (Meleah Lyden/Fresh Take Florida via AP)
Florida students reflect on anniversary of pandemic shutdown

By Meleah Lyden And Alyssa Feliciano Of Fresh Take Florida News Service Mar. 12, 2021 06:47 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 04:18 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Feb. 13 The Miami Herald on marking three years...

Florida sending vaccine to Black towns near Lake Okeechobee

By Terry Spencer Jan. 29, 2021 12:36 PM EST
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The predominantly Black farming communities on the shore of Florida's Lake Okeechobee will get a coronavirus vaccine station after...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 file photo, debris remains on the sidewalks in front of buildings damaged in a Christmas Day explosion in Nashville, Tenn. On Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the explosion was caused by a missile or some kind of directed energy weapon. Surveillance video from a Metro Nashville Police Department camera at the intersection of 2nd Avenue North and Commerce Street captured the explosion and offers proof that the blast came from a parked recreational vehicle. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Dec. 31, 2020 03:31 PM EST

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen in a freezer after being delivered Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
'Historic' moment in Florida as first COVID vaccines given

By Tamara Lush, Chris O'meara And Bobby Caina Calvan Dec. 14, 2020 12:34 PM EST

Louie, a black and silver seahorse, swims in Carol Benge's home aquarium, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 in Chiefland, Fla. In September, Benge noticed that the seahorse was having trouble swimming. She took him to the University of Florida veterinary school where they diagnosed the problem. He was put in a hyperbaric chamber, and with one treatment, Louie was cured. (Carol Benge via AP)
Florida vet school uses novel approach to save seahorse

By Tamara Lush Nov. 30, 2020 04:32 PM EST

FILE - In this June 29, 2020, file photo, two men drink beers at the Mike Hess brewery and tasting room in San Diego. Authorities are closing honky tonks, bars and other drinking establishments in some parts of the U.S. to stem the surge of COVID-19 infections — a move backed by sound science about risk factors that go beyond wearing or not wearing masks. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Closing bars to stop coronavirus spread is backed by science

By Carla K. Johnson Jul. 02, 2020 12:04 AM EDT

In this March 3, 2020 photo released by the University of Maryland via the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Washington, D.C., officials confer under a railroad overpass on L Street NE, about eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol, before garbage trucks and front loaders remove the homeless encampment there. (Susannah Outhier/University of Maryland via AP)
Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems

By Ryan E. Little, Gina Scalpone, Nick Mccool, Theresa Diffendal, Zack Demars, Aneurin Canham-Clyne And Riin Aljas / The Howard Center For Investigative Reporting Jun. 29, 2020 10:19 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2015, file photo, Albert and Alberta, the mascots for Florida, do the gator chomp before the first half of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt in Gainesville, Fla. The University of Florida is ending its 'gator bait' cheer at football games and other sports events because of its racial connotations, the school's president announced Thursday, June 18, 2020, in a letter making several other similar changes on campus. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Univ. of Florida ends 'gator bait' cheer, cites racism

By Curt Anderson Jun. 18, 2020 03:34 PM EDT

In this photo provided by @thicketoftrash, a police officer looks toward the toppled statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Monument Avenue, Wednesday night, June 10, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (@thicketoftrash via AP)
The Latest: New effort to drop 'Plantations' from R.I. name

By The Associated Press Jun. 12, 2020 04:17 AM EDT

Crews return to their ambulances, Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. Emergency room visits have dropped by almost 50% across Florida since the coronavirus pandemic began as hospital officials on Tuesday warned that patients suffering from heart attacks and strokes are delaying or refusing care because they are afraid of going to the hospital. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Florida ER visits plummet, virus scares patients from care

By Kelli Kennedy May. 12, 2020 05:40 PM EDT

In this Oct. 29, 2019 file photo, Florida's attorney general Ashley Moody speaks at a news conference in Tallahassee, Fla. Moody filed 50 investigative subpoenas to identify sellers as part of price-gouging investigation. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
Florida cracks down on price gouging, virus-related fraud

By Dana Cassidy Of Fresh Take Florida News Service Apr. 08, 2020 05:01 PM EDT