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Juneteenth shares spotlight with voices raising awareness of sickle cell disease

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By Rick Mayer Verified, Matthew Peddie Verified
| WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL) Verified
World Sickle Cell Day lands on Juneteenth each year, a calendar coincidence for a genetic blood disorder that mostly affects people of African ancestry. More specifically, however, sickle cell disease is shaped by evolution in malaria-endemic regions of the world. And perhaps as triumphantly, it is entering an era of potential cures involving bone marrow transplants and newly FDA-approved gene therapies. The problem, as always, is cost and accessibility.
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The meaning of Juneteenth celebrations across the Tampa Bay area

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By Matthew Peddie Verified, Gracyn Doctor Verified, Amelie Horace
| WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL) Verified
Friday is Juneteenth. It marks the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. It became a federal holiday in 2021. On “Florida Matters Live & Local,” we talk with people from across Tampa Bay’s Black community about the legacy of celebration — and what freedom means to them. We start with Florida’s emancipation story and how it fits into the broader history of emancipation.
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How an AI facial recognition tool led to a Florida man's wrongful arrest

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By Meleah Lyden Verified, Matthew Peddie Verified
| WUWF-FM Verified
A federal lawsuit is bringing to light how an artificial intelligence error led to an innocent Florida man being put in jail. Robert Dillon was at his Fort Myers home in 2024 when police showed up to arrest him after a database flagged him as a 93% match for a crime he did not commit. He was accused of attempting to lure a child at a fast food restaurant in Jacksonville Beach — 300 miles away from him. Charges have since been dropped, and the record has been wiped, but the trauma remains.
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