The Florida Times-Union
All eyes on Nixon
State Rep. Angie Nixon is everywhere, everything all at once. h A few days after her Aug. 18 Democratic primary upset of Lt. Col. Alex Vindman for U.S. Senate, it was hard to miss Nixon. She seemed to hit every news show, national and local, often...
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AI
A mobile learning lab with career simulators allows students to experience skilled trades
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‘WHAT HE DID WAS UNPRECEDENTED’
When Alan Alwakeel was in kindergarten, he saw his physician father watching a video about deep brain stimulation, a type of brain surgery for Parkinson’s disease patients. h He watched, too. h “I was just fascinated by all of the surgery, the brain...
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HEFTY COST OF SKYWAY OPTIONS
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority revealed the estimated cost of various alternatives for the future of the Skyway that show a $294 million price tag for converting the elevated structure so rubber-tired Neighborhood Autonomous Vehicle...
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Fernandez Saldana is found guilty of murder
It took a jury of seven women and five men about four hours to convict Mario Fernandez Saldana of the plot to kill Jared Bridegan, the ex-husband of his wife Shanna Gardner. Fernandez Saldana showed no reaction as the verdict was read. He was charged...
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LOVE, ALWAYS
Dolly Parton, the “Queen of Country” singing and songwriting icon with a personality as bold as her signature blond coif and rhinestone-encrusted outfits, has died. She was 80. Parton’s death was announced by her family on her social media pages and...
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Race pits Dem socialist against GOP incumbent
For years, Florida rapidly grew to be a deep red state at the forefront of culture war battles and conservative reforms to higher education. That, plus its evolution into a Republican powerhouse of major party leaders, is one of many reasons why...
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ROWER RECORDS
Despite a devastating interruption, a Nassau County ocean rower and his British captain have set three world records in their latest expedition — and they haven’t even finished the 2,500-mile trip yet. Paul Lore, 63, who lives in Fernandina Beach, and...
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‘Next 11’ worth watching
List of rising high school football prospects doesn’t stop with Super 11
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Democratic socialist may affect Florida midterms
Florida Democrats and Republicans now are turning to November, reloading campaign themes and war chests to power newly minted nominees following primaries that brought a Jacksonville state lawmaker into national prominence. State Rep. Angie Nixon’s...
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What Jaguars fans will find different in 2026
Fans heading to EverBank Stadium for Jaguars games this season are going to find that it’s not the same place they left in January. The upper decks are completely closed for this season and will be removed entirely next year, when the team plays its...
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Most Trump candidates prevail
Florida’s biggest primary contests turned out mostly as polls and campaign vibes predicted they would on Aug. 18. But there were some exceptions. And there’s plenty to take away from the primary results. Trump still holds sway among Florida...
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Bridegan’s widow takes stand at murder trial
Jared Bridegan’s widow testified, often tearfully, in the first day of Mario Fernandez Saldana’s trial in her husband’s death that the two couples did not get along. Fernandez Saldana was married to Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and their names...
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Attorneys state cases as Bridegan trial opens
The stage was set for attorneys from opposing sides to make their cases for or against Mario Fernandez Saldana during opening statements. A national audience tuned in as local media and Court TV/Law&Crime Network were livestreaming as well as the 4th...
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Military bases delay toxic PFAS cleanup
It’s been almost five years since Brandi and Brad Hyatt found out the well at their home next to an Army base in Washington is contaminated with “forever chemicals.” h They started using bottled water for everything from making coffee to rinsing off...
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Funds to help with senior programs
Duval, Nassau projects win AARP grants for accessibility.
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Rebuilt Met Park Marina now open for business
Lisa Almeida wanted to be one of the first boaters to dock at the newly built Metropolitan Park Marina in downtown Jacksonville when she pulled into one of the slips at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 12 behind the wheel of her 34-foot Monterey sports boat with twin...
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New details ‘jarring’ in 1987 cold case
Casie Ellison and her family waited 38 years saddled with “the not knowing and the speculation and the hurt” of her mother’s unsolved death in 1987. In July a 70-year-old man came forward claiming responsibility after reading a cold case article about...
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UNF campus in middle of $100M transformation
The clamor of construction carried across the University of North Florida courtyard to the spot where state Rep. Wyman Duggan was highlighting the state’s latest round of funding for UNF. “I love the sounds in the background,” he said. “It’s the sound...
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Razing begins for Publix site as incentives in flux
Demolition is knocking down walls of the former First Baptist Church main auditorium where a developer plans to build an apartment tower with a Publix in it, but city incentives for the development remain a work in progress. The incentive package for...
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LAURA STREET TRIO GETS NEW OWNER
The historic Laura Street Trio in downtown Jacksonville has a new owner and potentially a fresh path for redevelopment of the long-vacant buildings that a City Council member compares to the epic sea chase for Moby Dick. h BMG Trio LLC, which is...
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Making laughter part of the best medicine
In his new day job, Scott Kashman supervises Ascension St. Vincent’s four Jacksonville-area hospitals, about 90 other care sites and 5,300 staff. Together, they have the lives of thousands of people in their hands. His side gig — comedy writing and...
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What’s a field trip you remember taking when you were in school?
Anne Hammock I grew up in Brevard County, and sometime in elementary school (maybe fifth grade), my class took a trip to St. Augustine. It was the first time I ever visited the Ancient City, and I distinctly remember being in awe of how old it was....
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Jolly, Graham aim to end GOP dominance
David Jolly stood before an Orlando ballroom of Florida Democrats recently and delivered a message that would have sounded far-fetched a couple of years ago. “I’m telling you, folks, if the election were tonight, we would win this race,” the former...
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Trump endorsement steers GOP faithful
Four prominent Florida Republicans are vying for their party’s nomination for governor, but only one – Byron Donalds – has the endorsement of President Trump. That’s made all the difference. Polls show that GOP voters in the Aug. 18 primary look...
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Iran, Oman move closer to Hormuz agreement
DUBAI – A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters on Aug. 5, in one of the biggest concessions yet to...
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CLOCK’S TICKING
In January 1974, Florida joined most of the nation in going to year-round daylight saving time. Three students were killed walking to school in the dark in the first 12 days. Five more would die in pre-dawn accidents walking to school or waiting for...
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A MAJOR MEDICAL LANDMARK
When Baptist Health doctors told Phil Ramirez that he required major emergency abdominal surgery, the Apple online trainer and sometime actor and musician insisted a special requirement be met. No blood transfusions. Ramirez, 63, is among the growing...
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Making the grade
With the school year starting Aug. 10 in Jacksonville, the man running Duval County Public Schools is emphasizing effort to help the school district’s academic gains outweigh its challenges. “We know our families have choices” on where to enroll their...
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Luxury
At the halfway point of 2026, Northeast Florida racked up some significant luxury home sales, starting with the sale of a 12-acre estate belonging to the heirs of Winn-Dixie’s founders. Sold May 22 for $16.5 million, the Intracoastal Waterway home at...
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Strike near Suez stokes fears of war widening
DUBAI – A drone strike on gas vessels in Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta signaled a potential new front in the U.S.-Iran war, raising the prospect of threats to navigation through the Suez Canal, a last remaining safe export route for Saudi...
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AIR POWER
Even in a Navy town where helicopters are a common sight, the helicopter that crossed the St. Johns River to newly built JEA transmission towers and dropped off construction workers and equipment as if hanging ornaments on an enormous Christmas tree...
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Live Local becomes campaign flash point
Affordability is a top issue promoted by candidates from both parties, but the Florida Legislature’s signature attempt to lower housing costs is under attack in many election contests across the state. The state’s Republican-controlled Legislature,...
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Sharks aid hurricane research
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week kicked off July 26 with a smorgasbord of shows highlighting the prehistoric fish’s predatory prowess. But scientists are finding sharks also make very promising hurricane hunters and sentinels of climate-change calamities...
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ESTATE’S $20M SALE WILL FIGHT CANCER
The July 13 sale of a palatial Ponte Vedra Beach home for $20 million will go a long way towards expanding the scope of brain cancer research. h Located at 1185 Ponte Vedra Blvd., the Spanish Colonial-style villa was built in 1994 by Rick and Susan...
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U.S. strikes shipping chokepoint on Red Sea
DUBAI – U.S. missiles struck targets across Iran, reaching as far as its Caspian coast, on July 24 after President Donald Trump vowed “major military punishment” for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen for extending the war in the Middle East to a...
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DRONES ARE MAJOR JSO ASSET
It isn’t more Jacksonville sheriff ’s officers on the streets, but 36 new aerial drones mean more ways to improve the public’s safety. h That’s just one of the messages the Sheriff ’s Office emphasized in introducing its new “Drone as First Responder”...
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HOUSING SALES CONTINUE TO RISE
Florida’s housing market picked up steam in June as Realtors for the 10th straight month sold more homes than the year before. The median sale price rose to $432,000, a new record high. “It’s not often that you have more closed sales in June than in...
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‘GOD’S GOT THIS’
In 1992, First Coast News anchor Jeannie Blaylock founded a breast cancer awareness and early detection initiative that has saved countless lives. h Thirty-four years later, Buddy Check 12 would save her own. h “I’ve been reminding women to do...
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LGBTQ+ hate crime or not, man sentenced in shooting
A Jacksonville man who shot and partially paralyzed his neighbor in what LGBTQ+ members called a hate crime has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Tyler Getchell, 30, pleaded guilty on May 4 to a reduced charge of attempted manslaughter after...
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HEALTHY ADDITION
Jacksonville’s college market has added a four-year medical school with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine opening its LECOM at Jacksonville University campus July 17. The roughly 75 students in the firstyear class will be followed by 112...
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Discovering their voices, potential
CAP student ‘learn more than how to sing, act or paint’
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Man who attacked escort service women pleads guilty
As bold as Brett Pincomb was about attacking Jacksonville women and telling police about it, he spared the victims and judicial system a trial by pleading guilty to multiple charges and being sentenced to 40 years in prison. Per the negotiated plea,...
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‘FIGHTING FOR A BETTER LIFE’
More than hundred people gathered Wednesday evening, July 15, along Florida 16 in St. Augustine to honor a 28-year-old man who died after authorities say he ran from federal immigration agents and was struck by a semi-truck. The vigil took place at...
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Property tax ballot measure has yet to find its champion
Florida’s property tax ballot measure has so far drawn little organized support, but a mountain of opposition has emerged over the month since lawmakers approved it for the November ballot. Polling has been scant, but a recent survey for Sachs Media...
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Trump changes course on Hormuz fee plan
President Donald Trump on July 14 quickly walked back his proposal to charge a 20% fee on ships that pass through the Strait of Hormuz, saying he will instead look to make “trade and investment deals” with Middle East nations that use the critical...
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Trump says U.S. will seek control over Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said the United States is reinstating a naval blockade on Iran and will seek operational control of the Strait of Hormuz after several days in which he declared the ceasefire over, and the United States and Iran...
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JAA preparing suit against city
Jacksonville Aviation Authority officials are preparing to hire outside attorneys to sue City Hall, according to a draft lawsuit and resolution, setting up a showdown years in the making that stems from City Council President Nick Howland’s repeated...
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Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, in his first U.S. interview, says he’s ready to lead in Cuba
On paper, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, center back, controls the security of Cuba’s leaders. Unofficially, he advises on investment opportunities, negotiations and policy decisions – any area leaders in official roles, such as Cuba’s President...
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New downtown apartments are nearing completion
Downtown Jacksonville’s most ambitious development in decades is accelerating. Gateway Jax CEO Bryan Moll recently said Pearl Square – the nine-block, nearly $1 billion mixed-use project in the downtown Jacksonville – should see its first completed...
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U.S. launches new airstrikes on Iran
The United States said on July 8 that, at President Donald Trump’s direction, it launched a new round of airstrikes on Iran, marking a second consecutive night of attacks and raising fresh doubts about the prospects for a long-term peace deal with...
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Iconic eatery coming to Riverfront Plaza
European Street Cafe, a dining landmark in Jacksonville for more than 35 years, will bring its signature sandwiches, soups, salads and more to downtown’s Riverfront Plaza. The beloved local restaurant from owner Andy Zarka has been selected to operate...
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NEW NORMS
Concerns over rising mortgage rates — causing home sales in Florida to languish — are starting to fade as Realtors reported an uptick in sales in May for the ninth straight month. The reason? A leveling off of rates for new mortgage loans. On June 25,...
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AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
In Baltimore County, Maryland, on Oct. 20, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football practice when an artificial intelligence-enhanced surveillance camera falsely identified the Doritos bag in his pocket...
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OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE
As America turns 250, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln points to what comes next
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CELEBRATING AMERICA
There is no print edition of the paper today, but you can find today’s puzzles, comics, national news and sports here in the eNewspaper.
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Manatee heads back to the wild after milestone rehab
Rescued manatee Alpine recently returned home to the Crystal River, as the first of his kind released after being rehabilitated at the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens’ new manatee critical care facility. The June 23 release was an important...
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Trump reports $1.4B in crypto venture income
President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income tied to his family’s cryptocurrency ventures in 2025, making digital assets the largest driver of his earnings, according to an annual financial disclosure released June 30. The 927-page...
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What DeSantis vetoed, OK’d for NE Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed spending for a Jacksonville fairground restroom and for two Emerald Trail segments in Jacksonville, but he largely left untouched the biggest items added by state lawmakers to the 2026-27 budget. The spending items that stayed...
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Why Europe’s heat wave is more perilous than ours
The season for that feeling your hands might melt into the steering wheel has begun — but be warned, that’s hardly the worst effect that scorching days present. Record weekend temperatures in Florida and reports that Europe is in the grips of the...
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Howland sworn in as City Council president
Nick Howland’s path to City Council president took him from the Chicago suburbs to Duke University to four years in the Navy and then into a career with defense and aerospace companies. The turning point came in 2001 when he was pursuing an MBA at the...
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Home-grown help
About 30 senior leaders from HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville helped 10 hungry St. Augustine families by creating garden lots for them at the St. Johns Food Pantry.
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ eyed for Everglades preserve
Hours after Miami-Dade County announced a proposal to turn Alligator Alcatraz into a permanent environmental preserve, Gov. Ron DeSantis stood on the remote airstrip in the middle of the Everglades Thursday, June 25, to declare the mission of the...
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Sign updates Jacksonville’s Revolutionary War history
Cow Ford, frequently spelled Cowford, is the original historical name for present-day Jacksonville and was more than a narrow point in the St. Johns River where cows could be herded through the water from one side to the other. It was also more than a...
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Florida condo failed for weeks before collapse
On the eve of the five-year anniversary of the Surfside condominium disaster, a new federal report reveals that the condominium collapse did not happen in an instant, but was rather the result of a slow-motion chain reaction that started weeks before...
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Jacksonville tops $100M for septic tank phaseout
Peace Missionary Baptist Church has relied on septic tanks for 38 years at its grounds on Rowe Avenue in the Christobel neighborhood. Pastor Anthony Webster has been hearing for as many years that someday the city would extend sewer service...
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Sidewalks triggering $7M debate
On Art Museum Drive in Jacksonville, the peril begins where the sidewalk ends. The road between Atlantic Boulevard and Beach Boulevard is lined by apartment complexes and organizations that serve people with disabilities. The sidewalks on both sides...
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State’s food banks strain to keep pace with need
This is the second of three stories about how Florida residents are coping with higher food prices. Florida residents are turning out in droves throughout the state for help from food banks and other nonprofits as grocery prices and overall living...
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Negotiations begin after Iran peace memo signed
Sixty days of negotiation on a final U.S.-Iran peace deal have begun, Vice President JD Vance told reporters June 18, after the signing of an interim pact ending the Iran war on all fronts. “The entire team has worked very well on this, and we’ve got...
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Report: Housing crisis is worsening in the U.S.
Housing is fundamental. We all need a roof over our heads. We all need someplace to raise our families, cook our meals, escape from the world. With that in mind this year’s “State of the Nation’s Housing,” a report produced every year by Harvard...
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MORE THAN A T-SHIRT
A big, burly, scary-looking guy walks into a tent at a rock festival. And what does he say? “I want to let you know that this brand saved my life.” This might be an unexpected experience for some apparel brand owners, but for Demons Behind Me, this is...
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