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Cathedral Arts Project
A local nonprofit, Cathedral Arts Project, is using a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to analyze which Duval schools offer arts classes and which don’t … and to find ways to make sure all kids have access to art, dance and music classes in school.
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With temperatures expected to drop to the mid-20s Saturday night, Jacksonville Fire Chief Keith Powers says space heaters could be a risk this weekend.
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Joleen Cummings. a Nassau County mother of three, vanished in 2018. Her body has never been found.
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The concept, which features indoor simulators, would fill the space being vacated by Industry West.
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Thanks to $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, FSCJ will be the latest campus to have a veteran student success center.
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Wayne Bowen of Jacksonville pleaded guilty to charges of using his estranged brother's name, Social Security number and military discharge papers to apply for federally subsidized housing benefits in 2014.
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A hard freeze is expected Saturday night across North Florida and the Panhandle. In addition, lows in the 30s are likely across Central and South Florida. These frigid temperatures will be the result of yet another winter cold front traversing the Sunshine State.
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Thursday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland in 1945.
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Teachers also have concerns about a proposal regulating how districts can teach about racism, as well as another regulating schoolbooks. Meanwhile, Duval School Board members remain silent about any legislation.
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The Museum of Science and History has outgrown its 77,000-square-foot quarters on the Southbank and plans to build a significantly larger building across the river by December 2027.
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Treatments are available only for patients at high risk for developing severe COVID-19. Select pharmacies and health facilities have supplies.
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Democrats on the Senate Health Policy Committee complained that nominee Joseph Ladapo was evading questions about COVID-19. Republican committee members approved his appointment.
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The Commonwealth Fund study found that families in Florida were hit harder than any other state. On average, employees opting for family coverage had to pay $7,674. Those who opted for single coverage averaged the third highest rates in the nation – $1,811.
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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker compared the university's actions to those who capitulate in Hong Kong to the repressive policies of China's government.
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A bill that would carry out Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to end the Florida Standards Assessments received unanimous approval Tuesday in its first Senate committee.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis largely stuck to priorities that he has outlined in recent weeks, such as providing a $1 billion gas tax break to motorists, boosting pay and providing bonuses for teachers, revamping elections laws and being a “law and order state.”
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Thousands of kids in Florida are testing positive for the coronavirus. Doctors say hospitals are seeing about as many patients as they did during the delta surge.
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Florida Education Association president Andrew Spar says a "massive exodus" of teachers is contributing to the shortage.
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Separately, between 800,000 and 1 million tests expired while in storage. Florida is seeking federal permission to use the tests anyway.
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A Florida lawmaker would let districts install cameras to record the entire room. Parents, staff, police and child-welfare authorities would have access.
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New Hampshire Gov. Christopher Sununu says he expects the at-home tests to be available at statewide liquor stores within the next two weeks.
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Carole Baskin, the target of the murder-for-hire plot Joe Exotic was convicted of, said he poses a bigger threat to her now that he has a larger group of supporters because of the Netflix series.
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What Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards knew, when he knew it and what he did are questions in a civil rights investigation into a deadly arrest and whether police brass obstructed justice.
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The FAA says Verizon and AT&T can turn on more 5G cell phone towers as safety concerns over interference with planes eases. But some smaller regional jets still face restrictions.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed in for the first time on answers from the U.S. and NATO to Russia's security proposals. Other signals from the Kremlin are encouraging.
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Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick grew the company fast, but a venture capitalist wanted him out due to scandals. What ensued was a story about the tug-of-war between venture capital and founders in tech.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Congressmen Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and Congressman Mark Green, R-Tenn., about their trip to Ukraine as the country faces the threat of a Russian invasion.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Hanna Hopko, an original leader of Ukraine's EuroMaidan protests in 2014 about whether Ukrainians can stand up to the threat of Russian aggression.
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Using skin tone emojis is a seemingly easy choice that in reality can be fraught. NPR's Asma Khalid talks with writer and researcher Zara Rahman about the complexities behind the selection.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Eric Gales — who was once a guitar prodigy — about reclaiming a career that was stalled by drug addiction and prison time.
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