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A man with a long record of dangerous driving told investigators he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before he sideswiped a bus, killing eight Mexican farmworkers and injuring dozens more.
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About 30 people, including pastors, nuns, and volunteers from the Mexican consulate in Orlando, attended a candlelight vigil in Apopka for the eight Mexican farmworkers who died Tuesday when the bus they were in overturned after it was sideswiped by a pickup truck driver.
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On Thursday, GPD released the bodycam footage of a K9 attack on a homeless woman, following an internal investigation.
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The wait likely will last through the weekend.
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A Trenton man is facing video voyeurism and battery charges after a University of Florida student reported being filmed in an on-campus bathroom Wednesday afternoon.
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On Tuesday night, someone broke the window of Mayor Harvey Ward’s office at City Hall, according to a city press release.
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William Thomas Horan, 21, of Pembroke Pines in South Florida is accused of pinning down a classmate on a bed while groping, choking and kissing her and pulling down her pants. Police said Horan’s accuser had bruises on her neck.
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The Alachua County Commission held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a new fire station in the city of Alachua.
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Three people are filing lawsuits against Ignite Life Center in Gainesville and the Florida Multicultural District Council of the Assemblies of God in Orlando, alleging sexual abuse by a church member and attempts by the church to cover up the assault.
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Florida is asking a federal judge to speed up a final ruling in a high-stakes case about permitting authority for projects that affect wetlands.
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Dozens of community leaders representing Gainesville and Alachua County gathered at Eastwood Meadows on Monday in remembrance of a victim of gun violence.
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Bill Quirk is a 52-year-old Gainesville resident who serves as the range master and lead firearm instructor at Shoot GTR, a local shooting range.