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The more we run AC, the more we contribute to the emissions warming the world, and the more we need the AC.Our special s...
04/17/2025

The more we run AC, the more we contribute to the emissions warming the world, and the more we need the AC.

Our special series “The Cold, Hard Facts” is live on wuft.org

Pictured: A woman crosses the street near fallen trees in Bradenton, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, after Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

✍🏻 by Kai Johnsen and Siena Duncan
📸 by Ashleigh Lucas and Siena Duncan

🔗 Click the link in our bio to read “Part Four: The AC Paradox”

Extreme heat is rising along with the state’s prison population, yet three-quarters of Florida’s prison beds are in unai...
04/16/2025

Extreme heat is rising along with the state’s prison population, yet three-quarters of Florida’s prison beds are in unairconditioned dorms.

Our special series “The Cold, Hard Facts” is live on wuft.org

✍🏻 by Bonny Matejowsky and Ronnie Biglow
📸 by Bonny Matejowsky

🔗 Click the link in our bio to read “Part Three: In The Hothouse”

Humans cooled their indoor spaces long before the invention of AC.From Native Chickee huts to invention of the first air...
04/15/2025

Humans cooled their indoor spaces long before the invention of AC.

From Native Chickee huts to invention of the first air conditioner, hot, humid Florida has been pivotal in the history of how humans cooled their indoor spaces.

Our special series “The Cold, Hard Facts” is live on wuft.org

✍🏻 by Austyn Bolig and Nathan Thomas
📸 by Courtesy

🔗 Click the link in our bio to read “Part Two: Air conditioning, a cool history”

Air conditioning has long been a fact of life in Florida, both the hottest and most humid state in the lower 48. As the ...
04/14/2025

Air conditioning has long been a fact of life in Florida, both the hottest and most humid state in the lower 48. As the state continues to break heat records, AC is increasingly a matter of life and death.

Our special series “The Cold, Hard Facts” is live on wuft.org

✍🏻 by Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira and Máté Imre
📸 by Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira and Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp
📊 by Bonny Matejowsky

🔗 Click the link in our bio to reas “Part One: Lifesaver”

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team won the national championship against the Houston Cougars 65-63. Pictured: Flor...
04/08/2025

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team won the national championship against the Houston Cougars 65-63.

Pictured: Florida guard Alijah Martin (15) hypes up the crowd after cutting his piece of the net down as the Florida Gators face the Houston Cougars on Monday, April 7, 2025, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

📸 by Matthew Lewis

This is the first time the Florida men’s basketball team has reached the NCAA national championship since 2007, when leg...
04/07/2025

This is the first time the Florida men’s basketball team has reached the NCAA national championship since 2007, when legends Al Horford, Taurean Green, Corey Brewer and Joakim Noah led the team to victory.

Tonight, the Gators will face Houston, led by current stars Walter Clayton Jr., Alijah Martin, Thomas Haugh, Will Richard and Alex Condon.

The Gators have made an unforgettable run in March Madness, starting with a 95-69 victory over Norfolk State. Florida th...
04/07/2025

The Gators have made an unforgettable run in March Madness, starting with a 95-69 victory over Norfolk State. Florida then defeated reigning national champion UConn 77-75, took down Maryland 87-71, and sealed their spot in the Elite Eight with an 84-79 win over Texas Tech.

Saturday, April 5, Florida took down their SEC rival in the Final Four beating Auburn 79-73 to advance to the NCAA Championship. The Gators will play Houston for the title at 8:50 p.m. ET in San Antonio, Texas.

It will be a stormy Monday afternoon for the Panhandle through North Florida. The line of storms will continue to push e...
03/31/2025

It will be a stormy Monday afternoon for the Panhandle through North Florida. The line of storms will continue to push east, but there will be a few lingering storms even by 6 p.m. around Panama City Beach.

✍️ by Irene Sans
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The Gainesville Downtown Ambassador Program, which launched on Dec. 2, has introduced a lime-green uniformed team of amb...
03/26/2025

The Gainesville Downtown Ambassador Program, which launched on Dec. 2, has introduced a lime-green uniformed team of ambassadors to provide hospitality, safety and outreach in the Downtown Gainesville Service Area and the West University Corridor Service Area.

When fully staffed, the program has 14 ambassadors, according to the city of Gainesville. In the first two months of the program, ambassadors have engaged with 114 people experiencing homelessness and helped 15 people find places to live.

✍🏻&📷 by Martine Joseph
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Cedar Key residents frustrated as post office remains unrepaired six months after storm. The post office building on 2nd...
03/25/2025

Cedar Key residents frustrated as post office remains unrepaired six months after storm.

The post office building on 2nd Street in Cedar Key has remained untouched since August. A temporary post office solution has stretched into a six-month inconvenience. Residents have been relying on a mobile mail truck.

📸 & ✍️ by Mikayla Johnson
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The #1 Florida Gators are back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2017. Todd Golden’s team took down the reigning...
03/24/2025

The #1 Florida Gators are back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2017.

Todd Golden’s team took down the reigning back-to-back national champion #8 UConn Huskies, 77-75. In a game that was plagued by turnovers and missed free throws, the Gators got it done when it mattered most. Golden said, “We made winning play after winning play in the last 6 minutes.”

✍️ By Daniel Haviv
📸 By Matthew Lewis
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Dean McKee has the patience and wisdom of someone who spent 30 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. He opened...
03/06/2025

Dean McKee has the patience and wisdom of someone who spent 30 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. He opened his studio, a decades long dream, in 2020, a year after his exoneration.

Once freed and ready to open a business on the outside, McKee named it Inside Ink. Its logo embraces his past – with three cell bars included – as well as his resiliency.

With every line drawn and ounce of ink etched into skin, McKee helps others take control of their lives, just as he fought to do for his.

“It hasn’t been easy,” he says. “But it’s not a mark of weakness.”

Multimedia project by Bailey Korinek
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In 1987, Sean Cononie started a small newspaper to help those living on the streets and educate the public about their p...
03/06/2025

In 1987, Sean Cononie started a small newspaper to help those living on the streets and educate the public about their plight.

“It’s not that hard to help poor people,” he said.

Now, 50 years later, Cononie remains dedicated to that mission.

A multimedia project by Nicole Borman
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