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The fall semester at the University of West Florida begins on Monday, with 15,675 students, an enrollment increase of 1%, and the most academically talented freshman class in UWF the history.
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Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) will open its fourteenth season with the critically acclaimed musical "Come From Away."
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The three-day immunity hearing for former Okaloosa County Deputy Eddie Duran ended Wednesday morning after the last defense witnesses were called to the stand.Judge William Stone will make his ruling after attorneys on both sides submit closing arguments and proposed findings of fact. Those documents are to be submitted by Aug. 14.
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Surfside commissioners approve permanent memorial to honor 98 people killed in '21 building collapse
"For five years, this community has carried the weight of remembering 98 friends and neighbors without a permanent place to do so," Mayor Shlomo Danzinger said in a statement. "This memorial gives us that place. It is tasteful, it is dignified, and it was shaped by the very people who loved them most."
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In the Big Bend area of West Texas, contractors are beginning to set the stage to build the Trump administration's planned border wall and barriers, despite bipartisan opposition.
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Almost 5,000 sailors have spent months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. As another carrier heads to relieve them, a former pilot takes us inside life on the ship.
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Clint Smith's How the Word Is Passed explores how slavery is — and isn't — taught. And Above Ground includes poems to his children about what their ancestors endured and escaped. He spoke with Fresh Air in 2021 and 2023.
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Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer. -
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
