Jacksonville

City Councilman Rory Diamond is proposing a law that would ban anyone from projecting images onto someone else's building — a response to several antisemitic displays in Jacksonville.

The North American black bear escaped an exhibit behind the scenes and attacked a zookeeper until shot by staff, police said.

Jacksonville has been the longtime home of the annual football rivalry game, where more than 75,000 fans were expected to come to the city to attend Saturday's game.

Two Jacksonville Starbucks stores voted to unionize Tuesday, following a Tallahassee Starbucks that was the first to unionize in Florida last week.

Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction to block a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Dueling legislation being considered by the Jacksonville City Council may determine the future of Confederate symbols on public lands.

Two Starbucks stores in Jacksonville will begin voting next week to determine if they will be represented by a union. If the workers are successful, the stores will be the first in Florida to unionize.

The district says it's recruiting teachers out of state, holding local job fairs and providing extra training to get under-qualified applicants up to speed, but progress is slow.

The Wounded Warrior Project, based in Jacksonville, said the $15 million grant is the largest individual contribution in its history. It will got toward services for veterans who became ill or wounded after 9/11.

Freedom Park commemorates the Cosmo neighborhood, where newly freed Black families settled after the Civil War.

The Florida Theatre presented shows with Saget in July in Jacksonville and Saturday night in Ponte Vedra.

Jacksonville University and the Jacksonville Port Authority are collaborating on a new initiative called Connected aimed at teaching the public how essential the St. Johns River is to both the environment and the local economy.