NAACP sues Trump over eliminating DEI among colleges and universities
Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA By David L. Snelling Miami – The NAACP has filed a federal lawsuit against the …
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Miami-Dade tax Collects opens third DMV to reduce long lines, complaints
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Salvation Army struggling to fill food shelves after federal funding cuts
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Florida lawmakers prohibit state parks developments under new bill
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FBI warns of mail settlement phone scams targeting South Florida
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Hegseth pulled airstrike info from secure military channel for Signal posts
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Cardinal Ambongo: Emerging papal candidate
Rome – There is a story that during British rule of India, colonial officials became concerned about poisonous cobras in the city of Delhi and …
Health and Wellness
Doctors’ unease puts medical marijuana patients in a bind
By KYLE POTTER ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Patients hoping to access medical marijuana may struggle to register for the medicine as doctors and hospitals …
Northern Ireland leader blames heart attack on bad lifestyle
NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) _ Northern Ireland’s leader says he suffered a heart attack this week because he lives on junk food, gets too little …
Business
US stocks mixed after 2 days of gains; Europe, Asia higher
By BERNARD CONDON and DANICA KIRKA NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks flitted between small gains and losses in early trading Wednesday as investors weighed news of a …
Tuition free college proposed
By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed making community college free “for everybody who is willing to work …
Desert Storm Navy vet gives back to community
By Leanda Robinson Special to South Florida Times Miguel Pilgram, managing director for the Pilgram Group, is honoring Broward County veterans at the grand opening …
Education
NC lawmakers may change how schools are given A-to F-grades
By EMERY P. DALESIO RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Legislators on Tuesday increased the push to change education laws with proposals giving learning growth more credit …
Corinthian Colleges closes all 28 remaining campuses
By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Corinthian Colleges canceled classes Monday and shut down all of its remaining 28 ground campuses, displacing …
Texas A&M Galveston professor fails entire class
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ In a fiery email, a Texas A&M Galveston professor told an entire class that they would be getting failing grades and …
Sports
Word from the streets: Marlins Madness
The deal is done, and perhaps it was inevitable. City and county officials have committed hundreds of millions of public dollars to build a stadium …
The Marlins get their ballpark at our expense
Here’s an idea. Let’s say you and I buy a car together. I’ve found a great one online for $1,000. My thought is, you pay …
Moss takes charge at Marlins meeting
MIAMI – Viewers of Monday’s Miami-Dade County Commission meeting, in which a $644.5 million Marlins stadium was approved, had an opportunity to watch Chairman Dennis …