After months of complaints and investigation, several Gainesville Police Department officers were found inappropriately searching gentlemans’ club performers, including grabbing their underwear while on their body.
UF submitted a report Tuesday to its accreditation body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, affirming there was no external influence on its decisions to allow or deny professors to testify as expert witnesses.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter to UF President Kent Fuchs Thursday expressing their deep concern about the recent challenges to academic freedom at the university. The House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which is part of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will be investigating the extent UF has undermined the integrity of academic freedom, according to the letter.
The external investigation found that he had retaliated against an employee
The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, Russian news media on Monday quoted the pilot as saying.
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the man shot and killed on Southwest Williston Road on Friday.
Gainesville Police and University Police announced Thursday one of the four attacks reported since Aug. 30 was unrelated to the rest.
As an investigation continues into the cause of a solar panel fire that closed Best Buy for about two hours last week, local businesses with solar panel systems are emphasizing that solar is safe.
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Gainesville Police identified a suspect Wednesday in a recent robbery and are still looking for a man involved in a local burglary last week.
After a yearlong narcotics investigation, the Gainesville-Alachua County Drug Task Force carried out four search warrants Wednesday evening in East Gainesville.
Gainesville Police raided a local Internet cafe Tuesday after an investigation showed it could have been operating in violation of a recently passed Florida law.
A Gainesville man who’s been on the run since he killed a local man was caught Sunday morning in Hampton, Va., by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force.
At the request of Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has started an investigation into the car crashes that claimed 10 lives on Interstate 75.
The University Police Department issued a notice Thursday warning residents to remain on guard despite the arrest of Michael Alan Frye, a suspect who officials believe may be connected to five rapes that have occurred since July in Marion County and Gainesville.
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