Mass cyberoutage grounds flights, disrupts businesses worldwide
Jul 19, 2024
Microsoft Windows system update leads to outages at airports, banks.
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Mass cyberoutage grounds flights, disrupts businesses worldwide
Microsoft Windows system update leads to outages at airports, banks.
Trump VP pick prompts surge in Gainesville library, bookstore activity
Jul 17, 2024
“Hillbilly Elegy” brought back to bookshelf prominence.
Real estate groups voice opposition to Biden rent control proposal
Jul 17, 2024
Biden called for Congress to pass legislation to cap rent increases over next two years.
Alachua County Republican, Democratic leaders decry political violence
Jul 15, 2024
Joint press conference held Sunday.
Trump survives apparent assassination attempt
Shooter, bystander killed at Pennsylvania rally.
UF/IFAS: Sweaty cattle may boost food security in a warming world
Jul 13, 2024
Cows eliminate about 85 percent of their body heat via sweat.
U.S. study finds 2 in 5 adult cancer cases preventable
Jul 12, 2024
American Cancer Society points to smoking, obesity, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity as leading causes.
Annual inflation cools to 3 percent, government reports
Jul 12, 2024
Federal Reserve refuses to lower interest rates.
UF: Researchers identify first local extinction in U.S. due to sea level rise
Hurricanes, high ocean tides lead to Key Largo tree cactus destruction in Florida Keys.
U.S. business hiring slows, according to June report
Jul 8, 2024
U.S. Department of Labor reports new hires down 66,000 in May.
Deadly Hurricane Beryl moves toward Jamaica as Category 4 storm
Jul 3, 2024
Beryl has killed seven people.
Hurricane Beryl to make landfall in the Caribbean
Jul 1, 2024
Hurricane Beryl was downgraded to Category 3 on Monday.
U.S. Homeland Security recruits humans to newly-formed AI Corps
Jun 25, 2024
Former White House official Michael Boyce heads first AI Corps.
U.S. inflation rate stays higher than goal, government reports
Jun 12, 2024
Interest rates to remain around 5.25 to 5.5 percent.
FBI reports decrease in violent crime in first quarter of 2024
Jun 12, 2024
Violent crime reportedly down 15%, homicide rates drop by 26% since first quarter of 2023.
U.S. economy adds more than 270,000 jobs in May
Jun 10, 2024
Federal Reserve refrains from lowering interest rates.
UF bans student for 3 years over illegal plot to ship drugs, toxins to China
May 28, 2024
Student says she didn't know what she was doing was wrong.
CDC reports U.S. drug overdose deaths drop for first time in 5 year
May 20, 2024
Overdose deaths dropped by three percent in 2023.
TikTok sues U.S. over potential ban
May 8, 2024
TikTok calls new law signed by President Joe Biden a violation of First Amendment.
FBI cites increase in number of scams targeting seniors
May 1, 2024
Seniors over 60 were most often targeted by scammers in Florida, Texas and California.
U.S. economic slowdown continues, government reports
Apr 26, 2024
Government spent less, but country exported less in first quarter of 2024.
UF/IFAS: Can climate change accelerate transmission of malaria?
Apr 23, 2024
New research sheds light on impacts of temperatures in mosquito species carrying malaria-causing parasite.
Inflation still worse than federal goal, report shows
Apr 1, 2024
Prices of goods and services increased 2.5 percent since February 2023.
Gallup poll shows notable decrease in church attendance
Mar 28, 2024
Only 30 percent of Americans attended religious services almost every week from 2021-23.