UF report: Unprovoked shark bites plummeted in 2024
Feb 11, 2025
Unprovoked shark attacks were down 22 from 2023.
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UF report: Unprovoked shark bites plummeted in 2024
Unprovoked shark attacks were down 22 from 2023.
U.S. estimates world population grew less than 1% in 2024
Dec 31, 2024
Global population increased more than 71 million in 2024.
United Nations ratifies UF-created framework to protect people on cash apps
Nov 28, 2024
Framework includes 120 detailed recommendations and controls.
Markets crater after Friday’s jobs report
Aug 5, 2024
Four straight months of U.S. unemployment rates rising leads to Asian market crashes.
Mass cyberoutage grounds flights, disrupts businesses worldwide
Jul 19, 2024
Microsoft Windows system update leads to outages at airports, banks.
UF/IFAS: Sweaty cattle may boost food security in a warming world
Jul 13, 2024
Cows eliminate about 85 percent of their body heat via sweat.
Deadly Hurricane Beryl moves toward Jamaica as Category 4 storm
Jul 3, 2024
Beryl has killed seven people.
Hurricane Beryl to make landfall in the Caribbean
Jul 1, 2024
Hurricane Beryl was downgraded to Category 3 on Monday.
UF bans student for 3 years over illegal plot to ship drugs, toxins to China
May 28, 2024
Student says she didn't know what she was doing was wrong.
TikTok sues U.S. over potential ban
May 8, 2024
TikTok calls new law signed by President Joe Biden a violation of First Amendment.
UF/IFAS: Can climate change accelerate transmission of malaria?
Apr 23, 2024
New research sheds light on impacts of temperatures in mosquito species carrying malaria-causing parasite.
Meta users experience hours-long outage on Super Tuesday
Mar 5, 2024
More than 600,000 Facebook users reported outage to Downdectector.
First commercial vehicle lands on lunar surface
Feb 23, 2024
First time U.S. has landed vehicle on moon in over 50 years.
Worldwide military spending reaches all-time high, says think tank
Feb 15, 2024
Military spending has increased to more than $2 trillion worldwide over last year.
UF report: Shark attacks, fatalities see uptick in 2023
Feb 5, 2024
Florida has more shark bites than any other state at 16.
Top U.S. officials meet with Mexican government to discuss migrant surge
Dec 28, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested 10,000 people per day during December.
UF-led group develops new tools to track illicit nuclear materials
Dec 16, 2023
Federal government gave $26 million to the work.
Diplomats at UN summit agree to transition away from fossil fuels
Dec 13, 2023
Representatives from nearly 200 countries plan to transition to net zero emissions by 2050.
Reports suggest antisemitic crimes spiking since Israel-Hamas war
Oct 26, 2023
Antisemitic incidents rise nearly 400 percent since war started.
State Department issues “worldwide caution” for Americans abroad
Oct 20, 2023
Report comes as war rages between Israel and terrorist organization Hamas.
FBI says terror threats increasing in U.S. since Israel-Hamas war
Oct 17, 2023
Most threats have been labeled as not credible.
Gainesville Jewish community worries for friends, family in Israel
Oct 12, 2023
Local leaders say almost all Jews have Israeli or Palestinian family in harm’s way.
