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Pressure was mounting Sunday on the American rapper Kanye West to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer, after criticism from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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The quirky stadium with the tilted roof and unique catwalks underwent major repairs after Hurricane Milton swept through downtown St. Petersburg on Oct. 9, 2024, and caused extensive damage.

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Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, emphasized Easter’s message of hope as a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection after being crucified.

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If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants upon which nearly everyone could agree.

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Mixed reviews didn’t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie.

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A longstanding Easter Sunday tradition in Jacksonville Beach had picture-perfect weather Sunday morning. The sun gleamed on hundreds of churchgoers for the 75th annual Jacksonville Beach Sunrise Service.

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A Jacksonville family is turning heartbreak into hope as they honor the life of Kenance “Tiger” Bronson, a father, mentor, and beloved community member. Bronson, 38, was shot and killed in November in the city’s Brentwood neighborhood.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 02/04/2026

Highs in Jacksonville will be close to record-tying as temperatures soar into the upper 80s. The record is 91 from 2017. Gainesville’s record for today is also 91 from 2025.

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The models continue to show increasing moisture along with an increasing chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms through early next week. The areas west of the River, near Highway 301 to I-75, will see a few showers and possibly an isolated storm Thursday and Friday.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 02/04/2026

Hours before Artemis II launched, people started filing onto the beach at Canaveral National Seashore. Everyone positioned toward Cape Canaveral - the place where history would soon be made.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 02/04/2026

A 64-year-old St. Johns County man who faces DUI charges in connection with a golf cart crash that left his wife dead will not face any felony charges, according to his attorney.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 01/04/2026

For years, DJ Davis has treated the drive to Jacksonville like part of the ritual. He lives in Titusville — about an hour and a half from EverBank Stadium. That’s part of why the news hit Davis differently when NFL owners approved Orlando as the Jaguars’ temporary home for the 2027 season.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 01/04/2026

Among the 13 arrests that were made at a recent “Senior Skip Day” event at Jacksonville Beach, one of them involved an 18-year-old whose littering of a Sprite bottle led to the discovery of an illegally possessed “Draco-style pistol” in his backpack.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 31/03/2026

If enacted, Georgia's measure would make it the third state to single out immigrants believed to be in the U.S. illegally for the collection of genetic material that wouldn't be taken from others. Florida passed a similar law in 2023.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 31/03/2026

Tiger Woods’ refusal to take a urine test following his recent rollover crash can be prosecuted under a change to Florida law last year, and prosecutors can build a DUI case against him even without lab results by utilizing deputy testimony, and body camera and dashcam video.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 31/03/2026

A Hillsborough County circuit judge has denied requests from four defendants accused in the killing of Charles Jones, the Jacksonville rapper known as “Julio Foolio,” to be tried separately, keeping the case on track for a joint trial, according to a court order filed on Thursday.

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 23/03/2026

The family of a young boy who was shot and killed Sunday during a dispute at a Westside apartment complex said he was the “happiest baby” and his death has left them in shock and in “deep sadness.”

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News4JAX WJXT-4 @news4jax.com · 13/03/2026

Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, who is accused of shooting and wounding five co-workers at a southeast Georgia base last summer, is seeking to plead guilty to attempted murder and other charges in a military court, Army prosecutors said Thursday.

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The accumulated rainfall for today will be light, around 0.25 to 0.75 of an inch. Rainfall models continue to project additional totals of 0.50 to 0.75 inches through Monday.

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The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, leading to a launch attempt as early as April 1. It will mark humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than 50 years.

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Nearly 40% of families in Jacksonville qualify for most affordable housing programs, according to city data — a reality local housing leaders say highlights just how widespread the affordability crisis has become.

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Republican and Democratic senators vented their frustrations Wednesday with the lack of progress in funding the Department of Homeland Security, which is resulting in more Americans enduring long lines at airports around the country.

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ICYMI: A Florida man has filed a lawsuit against the Bradford County Fair Association and Bradford County, claiming they unlawfully banned the open carry of firearms at the county fair.

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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan criticized a new Jacksonville City Council special investigative committee targeting the city-owned utility JEA, calling it a “politically charged” overreach.

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Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, the second-best scoring effort in NBA history, to carry the Miami Heat to a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.

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Nearly one month after it was announced that Jacksonville rapper ‘Lil Poppa’ had died, Eastside residents gathered at City Hall on Tuesday to ask officials if March 18 could be designated as “Lil Poppa Day.”

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The 20-year-old man who faces charges of murder and attempted murder after an argument at a St. Johns County construction site turned violent has pleaded not guilty, according to court documents.

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Three employees with Jacksonville Fire and Rescue accused of engaging in a “prank war” have had their future court dates canceled and are being referred to a misdemeanor pre-trial intervention program, according to court records reviewed by News4JAX.

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Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to an April 7 runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia after no candidate won a majority in Tuesday’s special election.

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ICYMI: St. Augustine City Commission members said Wednesday that investing an additional $850,000 in the city’s Nights of Lights event appears to have paid off, with the funding going a long way toward managing growing crowds and keeping visitors safe.

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After a state lawmaker brought up eliminating HOAs last year, the Florida House has approved a bill to overhaul the way homeowners’ associations operate.

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“Every year is different,” Lynette Howell Taylor said in a recent interview alongside film Academy CEO Bill Kramer. “Every season is different. Every set of movies is different. And so, the show is always different every year.”

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Meta said Tuesday it is acquiring Moltbook, a social network built exclusively for artificial intelligence agents to make posts and interact with each other.

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The fourth-ranked Florida Gators head into the Southeastern Conference men’s basketball tournament knowing exactly what they want. The defending national champions also know how quickly everything can slip away.

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From record highs to increasing rain chances. We will be close to record values today with warmer afternoon highs expected on Wednesday. Record highs will be possible tomorrow. Click the link in the comments to watch.

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City Council President Kevin Carrico has confirmed to News4JAX that the city’s Inspector General is looking into “serious allegations” against JEA, adding a new layer to weeks of public sparring between the utility and City Hall.

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Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter.

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A U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law, though it’s not yet clear whether the sub took sufficient measures to rescue nearly three dozen survivors, legal experts said.

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As the Extreme Drought expands across our area, it’s a welcome treat to track a few showers and thunderstorms. Click the link in the comments to watch.

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After Florida’s latest license plate law sparked confusion last year, a new proposal just passed the state House that aims to fix it.

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Planning on heading to The Players Championship on Saturday and don’t have a ticket yet? Time to hit the resale market.

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On Thursday, thousands of online shoppers across the country reported outages on Amazon, and as of 5 p.m., Downdetector showed that the app was still causing some problems for at least 12,000 users.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is holding a press conference in Tampa, Florida on Thursday afternoon. Click the link in our comment section to watch live.

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Sheriff’s deputies began investigating the child molestation allegations against Andrew Paul Johnson in July 2025. One of his victims told investigators that the abuse started around April 2024.

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Florida’s attorney general said Wednesday that a state-level criminal investigation into former Cuban leader Raul Castro’s role in the 1996 shootdown of four planes operated by anti-communist exiles will be reopened.

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After a state lawmaker brought up eliminating HOAs last year, a new Florida bill would allow residents to do exactly that.

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Hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded across the Middle East amid the U.S. and Israel’s joint war against Iran. And between swaths of flight cancellations and airspace closures, many are still scrambling for next steps.

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A 45-year-old man who was previously arrested for child molestation is now facing new charges after police connected him to an armed robbery attempt that left a 32-year-old man dead, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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