Jocelyn Flores

About 74 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the 2016 general election, according to a WUFT News analysis of the election results from each of Florida’s 67 county supervisors of elections. In 2012, it was 72 percent, according to the Florida Department of State.

The streets of Miami turned into crowds of celebration after Fidel Castro's death was announced Friday night.

“Tonight I know who I’m lighting a candle for,” Hutchinson said, “but I also hope that part of my flame and yours will be a rededication to change in our world. To make it safer for people who are hurt.”

The Cade Museum of Creativity and Invention in Gainesville is set to bring its Maker Molecular program to a close in December.

This story is part of our guide, Florida Votes 2016, leading up to the Nov. 8 election. Check your voter registration status here.

"It's done," said Peggy Macdonald, the museum's director.

George R. King, 64, was hosting a party with trucks mudding in his backyard Sunday when several fights broke out between the more than 50 people attending.

The first meeting Monday at the Alachua County Headquarters Library was attended by maybe 80 people and centered around its first book, "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Christopher Gonzalez-Cruz forced a 19-year-old woman into sexual intercourse, according to Gainesville police.