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More than 1000 Venezuelans in Gainesville cast their vote Sunday in an unofficial referendum against President Nicholas Maduro's government.

The body of the 13th Florida panther to be struck and killed by a vehicle in southwest Florida this year was found Tuesday.

The all-year-round program works to provide supplies to teachers in Alachua County with the help of a mobile unit. The annual school drive started July 10 and is running until July 22.

Snooty, the longest living manatee in captivity, died Sunday, a day after a huge party to celebrate his 69th birthday, according to the South Florida Museum.

The state of Florida said Tuesday that it had suspended commercial driving privileges for a truck driver three months before he was arrested for driving a tractor-trailer so hot and so crammed with immigrants that 10 people died.

The annual Florida/Georgia game will begin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Jacksonville. Snoop Dogg will perform for a crowd of Gator fans and Bulldog fans at the Jacksonville Landing this weekend.

Florida is one of four states where texting while driving is a secondary offense, meaning that law enforcement cannot pull over motorists for texting at the wheel, but one Florida representative is pushing to make it a greater offense.

Book lovers can sort through a generous sampling of more than 500,000 titles beginning this weekend when Friends of the Library kicks off its book sale. The event launches at 9.am. Saturday and runs until Wednesday at the Friends of the Library warehouse, 430-B N. Main Street.

Tropical Depression Emily is moving out over the Atlantic early Tuesday, a day after slogging across the Florida peninsula, where it brought drenching rain and power outages to the southern portion of the state.

Florida retailers are readying for back-to-school shoppers this weekend for the state's annual sales-tax “holiday.” The holiday, providing tax exemptions on certain items, will run from Friday to Sunday.