On average, 900 county residents registered for the special needs program.

Alachua County provides shelter for special needs residents during weather emergencies

By Maya Naim | June 5, 2020

People in the shelter will be screened for COVID-19

Annie Farmer, left, and Courtney Wild, right, accusers of Jeffery Epstein, stand outside the courthouse in New York, Monday, July 15, 2019. Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls.

Women urge jail until trial for Epstein as judge weighs bail

By Larry Neumeister | July 15, 2019

The Sukhoi SSJ100 aircraft of Aeroflot airlines is covered in fire retardant foam after an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Scores of people died when the Aeroflot airliner burst into flames while making the emergency landing at the airport Sunday evening, officials said.

Investigators probe cause of Moscow jet crash that killed 41

By Jim Heintz | May 6, 2019

North Carolina university issues alert on apparent shooting

By The Associated Press | Apr. 30, 2019

Officials investigating after eleven injured in Ohio State attack

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State voter registration deadline extended, judge orders

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Thousands gather in Orlando for vigil

By Sara Marino | June 15, 2016

ORLANDO — About 5,000 people stood packed together in smothering humidity at Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Monday.

The organizer of a vigil for the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, Mitch Foster, 30, embraces Carlos Perez, 26, at Lake Eola Park on Sunday. “I needed to be surrounded by people who I knew were hurting as well, and that cared and that needed help, because I needed help,” Perez said.

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Orlando community bonds amid tragedy

By Giuseppe Sabella | June 13, 2016

ORLANDO — On Sunday, everyone was family.

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Florida Motorcyclist Deaths on the Rise

By Sara Marino | June 6, 2016

In 2013, Anthony Waters nearly died while doing what he loves.

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FDA introduces new nutrition facts label

By Monica Andrade | May 23, 2016

The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday a new Nutrition Facts label, which many manufacturers need to adopt by July 26, 2018.

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Federal government provides guidance on school bathrooms

By Monica Andrade | May 18, 2016

Transgender students in public schools must now be allowed to use whichever bathroom aligns with their chosen gender identity, or internal sense of gender.

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Candidates for first Republican debate face off tonight

By Ramon Peña | Aug. 5, 2015

After a moment of uncertainty, the first Republican Party debate of the election season today in Ohio promises to have an interesting showing, with hosts, times and finally debaters set.