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Florida game officials will get an update next week on the state's growing black bear population, a discussion animal-rights supporters contend is a first step toward holding a hunt later this year.

Amid businesses closing and moving along West University, new small businesses, Do-Lish and Mr. Cool Ice Cream Roll, have opened recently, hoping to thrive in areas that city and University of Florida have their sights on.

The parking garage for The Standard, a new student apartment complex under construction on the corner of University Avenue and 13th Street, might have been built too large and might be encroaching on Florida Department of Transportation's right of way, according to an FDOT investigation.

Eight wildfires have broken out in the Ocala National Forest this year. The most recent fire in Ocala National Forest was in the Putnam County area forest, but firefighters had it contained by Monday.

National Flag Football, the largest youth flag football organization in the country, created a new league in Gainesville.

A man fired shots in a San Bernardino elementary school yesterday, killing three people, including himself. That and more in 90 seconds.

Rep. Ted Yohos fourth town hall of the year Monday night was met by a rowdy, sometimes contentious crowd of constituents at Abraham Lincoln Middle School.

The Florida Forest Service reported 107 active wildfires across more than 20,000 acres in Florida as of Monday. Florida State Forester Jim Karels said about 90 percent of the wildfires so far this year have been caused by humans.

This Update was Produced by Abby Murphy

University of Florida doctoral student Anne Elise Creamer is set to run in her fourth Boston Marathon and, through her participation, is raising money for the PACE Center for Girls Alachua, a nonprofit that provides education and counseling for young women and advocates for them.