All posts on August, 2013

MIAMI — The Miami-Dade Branch of the NAACP reported that enough people have signed up for a trip to the 50th anniversary observances of the …

DEERFIELD BEACH — After crime watcher George Zimmerman shot and killed Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, Terry Scott decided he would …

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department deliberately violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers with its contentious stop-and-frisk policy …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to scheming to …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Eric Holder announced a major shift Monday in federal sentencing policies, targeting long mandatory terms that he said have flooded …

PHOENIX (AP) – Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones is moving on after tweeting that a fan in San Francisco threw a banana onto the …

DAVIE – Brian Hartline slipped behind the secondary to catch a long pass in practice Sunday and when a cluster of young spectators whooped he …

CORAL GABLES – For Miami Hurricanes football freshman Ray Lewis III, there is no escaping his father’s shadow. The kid doesn’t mind that reality, either.

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Broward County School Board has approved revisions to the opening and closing school times for the 2013/14 school year.

MIAMI — Walmart is hiring more than 300 associates to work at the new supercenter slated to open this fall in Goulds. A temporary hiring …