This program supplies training within the principle and practices of computer information methods with emphasis on top-down and object-oriented program design ideas. Computer science experts are usually stereotyped as being loners, however in the modern enterprise world, that’s increasingly rare. Initially, as a new technology is developed, there is a […]
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Getting off to a strong start on their own field has become the norm for the Florida State Seminoles. The squad has posted a 30-9 all-time record when opening a season at home, including an 18-3 mark since 1975. The Seminoles will look to improve upon those numbers when they […]
CLOSE You can work from home without feeling so isolated. Here are some great ways to stay connected with your team. USA TODAY Florida, one of the hardest hit states from the coronavirus, just registered its 10,000th death due to COVID-19. It came after the state recorded 174 new deaths […]
As thousands of children return to classrooms throughout Florida, local school officials, teachers and doctors spent Wednesday picking apart a state mandate requiring schools to resume in-person instruction this month amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We have no business opening schools by a certain deadline, and certainly not by Aug. 31,” […]
Staff at MacFarlane Park Elementary work on safety and distancing procedures ahead of students returning for in-person instruction, in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 17, 2020. (Octavio Jones/The New York Times) MIAMI — Of all the ways to describe the fraught decision to reopen schools during a pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis of […]
A woman whose father died from the coronavirus blamed President Donald Trump and his administration in a fiery speech during the first night of the four-day Democratic National Convention. And, clusters of COVID-19 have led the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to suddenly pivot to online classes a week after welcoming students […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Floridians overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing most felons to vote after completing their sentences, many expected Democrats to benefit most from the participation of up to 1.4 million newly eligible voters in this year’s election. But the coronavirus pandemic, which has hampered registration drives, […]
From North Miami to Kendall to Key Biscayne and down the Florida Keys, Miami-Dade and Monroe county residents on Tuesday will select their voices in Tallahassee by voting for representative in the Florida House. Some races will be decided on Tuesday; others in November. Here are our recommendations for the […]
First, the state’s prospective lawyers had health concerns about taking the Florida Bar exam in the time of coronavirus. Now that the test has been moved on-line, they’re voicing worries about security issues with the software they will have to use to take the remote exam. The high-pressure exam was […]
Bailey, Logan and Odom sounds as if it might be the name of a prestigious law firm — or the kind that runs TV ads urging people to file lawsuits. It’s neither one. Dennis Daniel Bailey, Abbe Sheila Rifkin Logan and George Odom Jr. are all candidates running for one […]
As Florida schools get ready to reopen for in-person instruction five days a week, one teacher is staging a protest in a way that’s captured a lot of attention and resonated with other educators. Whitney Reddick, 33, a teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, wrote a mock obituary for herself, which she […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. – As Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed this summer for schools to reopen, state leaders told school boards they would need Health Department approval if they wanted to keep classrooms closed. Then they instructed health directors not to give it. Following a directive from DeSantis’ administration, county health directors across Florida […]
County health directors in Florida have reportedly been told not to provide a recommendation about whether schools should reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Florida state officials “instructed county directors to focus their advice to school boards on how best to reopen,” but the health directors have been told “not to […]
ACROSS FLORIDA — Thousands of Florida teachers are awaiting word on whether they’ll be heading back to the classroom this month after the Florida Education Association filed a lawsuit asking a judge to let the school districts decide for themselves when school can safely open during the coronavirus pandemic. On […]
Another pharmaceutical giant announced a vaccine deal with the U.S. on Wednesday while Joe Biden and the rest of the Democratic celebs bid adieu to Milwaukee’s political convention before the coronation train ever rolled into town. Johnson & Johnson said it has a $1 billion agreement to supply 100 million […]
The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 662,000 people worldwide. Over 16.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual […]
Leaders in Florida and the coronavirus epicenter of Miami-Dade have failed so badly at managing the response to the highly infectious disease that we’ve become the poster child for COVID-19 abroad. “Miami has more COVID-19 cases than all of Australia, and thousands more are still being diagnosed every day,” reports […]
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 was nearing 150,000 on Tuesday as several states set weekly fatality records and Florida reported a one-day record for deaths. Further confirming the Sunshine State’s troubles with the coronavirus, the Miami Marlins’ season was temporarily suspended after 15 players and two staff members tested […]
Courses at Florida’s college and universities should remain online-only this fall, said the union that represents faculty members across the state, citing fears of the spread of coronavirus. Leaders from the United Faculty of Florida, which represents instructors at all 12 public universities and 14 state colleges, and the Florida […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will no longer hold a large, in-person Republican convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the coronavirus but that he will hold virtual events and still give an acceptance speech. “I told my team it’s time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida, component […]