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WEBInstagram makes all teen accounts private, in a highly scrutinized push for child safety. The social media app unveiled a new product for young users of the app that is intended to make the service safer for teenagers. The tools include making all teen accounts private and allowing parents to supervise activity.
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WEB4 days ago · A Florida county is in talks to acquire a storied but aging ocean liner in a proposed deal that could create the largest artificial reef in the world. But the plan hit a snag Tuesday, after local officials in coastal Okaloosa County in the Florida panhandle postponed a vote on the plan to buy and purposefully sink the SS United States. Local News.
RadioLive - WUWF
WEBRadioLive. RadioLive is the first Thursday of each month at the Museum of Commerce in downtown Historic Pensacola. The show is live on-air at 88.1FM and begins promptly at 6 p.m. Seating is first come first serve, and opens when soundcheck is complete. Soundcheck begins at 4 p.m. and typically lasts 30-45 mins.
The Story Behind 'Dear Prudence' - WUWF
WEBDec 23, 2018 · Colin Harrison/Avico. It was 1968 when 19-year-old Prudence Farrow Bruns was traveling to India to take a course on transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Studying in India was a dream Prudence had since she was first introduced to traditional yoga meditation just a few years earlier. But the course was a …
An interactive map shows how storm surge could impact your area
WEBSep 27, 2022 · To help prepare residents for what they can expect, the National Hurricane Center has an interactive map that shows the impact storm surge can have along Florida's coast, as well as along the Eastern seaboard and in the Gulf of Mexico to Texas. The map lets users toggle between a simulation of the various …
Bicentennial Spotlight: How Florida Became a U.S. Territory
WEBJul 1, 2021 · Florida officially became part of the United States in July of 1821. But, the transfer from Spain was decades in the making. “It seems really good in 1783. There’s a lot of promise. The Spanish are optimistic,” says Dr. Brian Rucker, describing the mood at the beginning of Pensacola’s Second Spanish Period, after General Bernardo de ...
Covenant Care, West Florida Hospital Open New Hospice Care …
WEBJun 28, 2019 · It matters, he says, because this is the last home, the last experience the people in their care will have. The Center for Hospice Care at West Florida Hospital is scheduled to open for patients on July 1. At the public unveiling Wind Creek Hospitality presented a $25,000 check, for a total of $50,000 in support of Covenant Care’s My Wish ...
Florida Prepaid offers new incentives for college savings
WEBApr 28, 2022 · Families that enroll in a Prepaid Plan prior to April 30, 2022, will earn a bonus that can be used toward additional college expenses. For each year of college or university Prepaid Plan purchased, Florida Prepaid will put $125 into a Florida 529 Savings Plan, up to $500. “We really value the investment that families are making in their ...
1821: How Slavery Changed From Spain To America - WUWF
WEBJul 20, 2021 · The American plantation system came into being in Florida after Spain ceded the territory to the United States in 1821. Barbero places the first such properties in and around what’s now Tallahassee, by out-of-territory origins. “Plantation owners in South Carolina, in Georgia, and Virginia had long looked at Florida as a possible place to ...
New Max-Well Respite Center to provide more than shelter to
WEBSep 2, 2022 · The Max-Well Respite Center is a 17,000-square-foot facility located at 2200 N. Palafox St. at the corner of Maxwell, thus the name. The City of Pensacola, with support from its homeless task force, used federal funds from the American Rescue Plan to establish the shelter, which has nearly 50 beds and can accommodate up to 120 people.