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Pope Leo receiving teams and fans from US college basketball before their games in Rome

Pope Leo XIV is set to hold a private audience on Saturday with basketball teams from his alma mater, Villanova, and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame, plus thousands of traveling American fans in town for the season opener.A total of about 7,000 people are expected Saturday in the Paul VI...

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High school football ‘26: Mandarin tops St. Augustine in wild OT finish; playoff picture comes into focus

Talk about a wild finish to the high school football regular season. Mandarin used a touchdown and a two-point run in overtime by Shaunqueze Foster to stun St. Augustine in a 32-31 thriller that ended with a deluge of controversy in the Varsity 4 Game of the Week. The Mustangs (9-1) ended St....

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Decades after their first wins, Roger Howarth and Beth Maitland win at Daytime Emmys

Roger Howarth and Beth Maitland of “The Young and the Restless” swept the supporting acting categories at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmys on Friday night, with both winning decades after their first triumphs.Howarth currently plays Matt Clark on the CBS soap. He first won in 1994 in the younger actor...

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Venetia Elementary rebuild clears another hurdle

Plans to rebuild Venetia Elementary School in Jacksonville are moving forward, but not without some conditions attached.What was decidedThe Joint Planning Committee, bringing together representatives from the City of Jacksonville and Duval County Public Schools, met Friday to continue discussions...

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Clay High student arrested for coming to school in 'commando-style' attire

The Clay County Sheriff's Office says that the student was charged with a misdemeanor for disrupting a school function.

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Northwest Classic: Raines looks for perfect season. Can Ribault play spoiler?

The Northwest Classic brings the curtain down on the high school football regular season on Saturday afternoon. Raines is barreling towards its third consecutive unbeaten regular season, while Ribault is enjoying a turnaround season under head coach Michael Hunter.The Vikings have dominated the...

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Yulee Elementary teacher fired after mom says video caught him spitting on her son

The mom of a Yulee Elementary School student is speaking out weeks after a teacher she says spit on her son was fired from the Nassau County School District.The district confirmed to News4JAX that the teacher, John Earle, was fired at the School Board meeting on Oct. 8 because of the reported...

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Positively JAX: Veteran finds home, hope through Operation Lifeline

When George Jones came back from service, he nearly had nowhere to go. Now, the 10-year Marine Corps veteran has a room of his own, neighbors who look out for him and a future he’s excited to build.Jones is one of the veterans being helped by Operation Lifeline, a Jacksonville-based organization...

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Prosecutors drop felony charge against rapper Rick Ross in domestic violence case

Prosecutors have dropped a felony charge against rapper Rick Ross a month after he was arrested in Miami Beach when a woman he was living with told police he hit her, court records said.The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office filed paperwork Thursday to drop a felony charge of battery by...

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