Big Risks and Benefits of Diabetes Drug Metformin
Photo courtesy of Shutterstock By Knowridge Metformin is widely used to lower blood sugar in type 2 diabetes, and research suggests it may also offer …
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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion fine for privacy breaches
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Florida children drownings reach alarming rate despite prevention efforts
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Miami Gardens to host Family Fall Festival Oct. 31
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North Miami Mayor Desulme ineligible to run for qualifying fee violation, judge says
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Jolly, Donalds make last-minute pitches for Florida gubernatorial race
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Reid says Nixon, Democrats gaining ground for midterm elections
U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon and journalist, political commentator and television host Joy Reid at The Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale (Photo courtesy of FACEBOOK). …
Health and Wellness
Financing plan for Medicaid expansion receives final passage
By MELINDA DESLATTE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ If Louisiana’s next governor wants to expand the state Medicaid program to tap into billions of available …
Hong Kong quarantines 18 over MERS fears
BEIJING (AP) _ Hong Kong authorities have quarantined 18 fellow passengers of a South Korean man who arrived in the city infected with Middle East …
Business
IBM helps you donate computer power to fight Ebola
By BRANDON BAILEY OAKLAND, Calif.— IBM has engineered a way for everyone to join the fight against Ebola — by donating processing time on their personal computers, …
US productivity grew at 2.3 percent rate in 3Q
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. workers’ productivity increased in the July-September quarter at a slightly faster pace than previously estimated while labor costs declined …
American Indian groups argue over settlement money
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON — American Indian groups are fighting a plan to create a new charitable foundation with more than $380 million in federal …
Education
Bryant vetoes bill he calls weak on ditching Common Core
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday vetoed a bill that some lawmakers said would move Mississippi away …
14 students receive international travel scholarship at USD
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) _ Fourteen students at the University of South Dakota are the first to receive scholarships to study abroad through a new international …
How to Get an A-Plus in Student Identity Theft Prevention
(NewsUSA) – There are many things parents teach their kids before sending them off to college. Protecting their personal information and being aware of identity …