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President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up in Philadelphia on Saturday.

Watch Live: In Evening Speech, Biden To Urge Americans To 'Turn The Page'

On the day electors around the country vote to reaffirm his victory, President-elect Joe Biden will call for unity and healing, according to excerpts of the speech.

Flowers and candles are placed around crosses at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The front pages of Uvalde's local paper capture darkness and the lives lost

The independent paper published the faces of the victims on Sunday in a powerful homage to the 21 lives lost.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ibis' searches for people missing from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida on Tuesday.

Coast Guard finds 4 more bodies off Florida coast but will call off search

Authorities have found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing. The Coast Guard says it will call off its active search for survivors at sunset Thursday if it doesn't receive any new information.

ENCORE: Curious Gulf Coast Asks What Motivated Early Settlers of South Florida?

What motivated early Floridians to move into the swampy, mosquito-infested area of South Florida? How did the Seminoles and other Native American peoples…

Curious Gulf Coast: How Can SWFL 'Tree Cities' Recover After Irma?

This week, WGCU is answering your questions about development in Southwest Florida in a multi-platform Curious Gulf Coast series. There are a lot of new…

Months-long Red Tide Harms Manatees, Sea Turtles along Gulf Coast

A strong red tide has persisted along the Gulf Coast since September. As of Friday, the event is still considered medium to high intensity in the waters…

Dr. Chrissann Ruehle, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Researcher and Strategist, Management Instructor in FGCU’s Lutgert College of Business, and FGCU Provost Faculty Fellow for AI

How Generative AI is being integrated into higher education at Florida Gulf Coast University

Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November of 2022 there has been a surge in public awareness about, and use of, Artificial Intelligence. And this represents both a leap forward in technological capability, and the possibility for massive disruption in many fields including education. We learn about efforts at Florida Gulf Coast University to stay on top of this new learning curve we’re all facing on some level.

How Generative AI is being integrated into higher education at Florida Gulf Coast University

Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November of 2022 there has been a surge in public awareness about, and use of, Artificial Intelligence. And this represents both a leap forward in technological capability, and the possibility for massive disruption in many fields including education. We learn about efforts at Florida Gulf Coast University to stay on top of this new learning curve we’re all facing on some level.

Hurricane Paulette is approaching Bermuda and expected to begin dumping rain on the territory late Sunday. Tropical Storm Sally is also threatening the Gulf Coast.

Tropical Storm Sally Moves Toward Gulf Coast As Bermuda Braces For Hurricane Paulette

Residents of Bermuda are being urged to protect life and property ahead of Paulette, while on the Gulf Coast, forecasters are warning of potentially life-threatening storm surge from Sally.

New Orleans residents pack sandbags as they prepare to ride out the storm. Some residents are reliving trauma from Hurricane Katrina.

16 Years After Katrina, Gulf Coast Residents Confront Trauma With Hurricane Ida

New Orleans residents who lived through Hurricane Katrina's devastation are now confronting another hurricane of epic scale. Some people are riding out the storm because they can't afford to leave.

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