Electrical Repair Issues Are Quietly Capping Black Home Values
Photo courtesy of STOCK By Amy Kang Electrical repair issues are negatively affecting the resale value of Black-owned homes in America. If you have old …
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Miramar honors Barbados Prime Minister with Lifetime Achievement Award
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U.S. Supreme Court ends TPS for Haitians, Syrians
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Commissioner Hardemon Announces Advisory Board Opportunities for District 3 Residents
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Young Black men committing suicide at higher rates in the past decade
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America at 250: Forum confronts Trump Fascism, historical erasure, battle over truth
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Hospitality Trends: The changing expectations of modern travelers
Photo courtesy of STOCK By ALISON GREEN Current hospitality trends are being shaped by travelers who value convenience, personalization, flexibility, and seamless technology alongside traditional …
Health and Wellness
Stench from stinky fridge sends 11 to hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ A smelly refrigerator has prompted the decontamination of nearly a dozen people at the University of Kentucky. Multiple news sources report …
Health industry officials cheer Supreme Court ruling
By BEN NEARY CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) _ Health care officials in Wyoming are cheering Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the current structure of the …
Business
Whitehouse proposes extended military foreclosure protection
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) _ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says he has introduced legislation to help protect military service members from losing their homes to foreclosure. The …
Buffett says new oil train rules will affect BNSF railroad
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ New federal standards for shipping crude oil by rail will have a significant impact on Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF railroad and its …
School teams to compete in financial literacy contest
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) _ The Vermont state treasurer’s office will be testing high school teams on their financial literacy. Four-person teams from around the state …
Education
Bill Cosby to advocate for education in rural Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ Bill Cosby will visit Alabama for a two-day event aimed at highlighting schools in one of the poorest areas of the …
Teacher fired over students’ notes to sick prison inmate
ORANGE, N.J. (AP) _ A New Jersey school district has fired a teacher whose third-grade class wrote get-well letters to a sick prison inmate convicted …
University of Vermont trustees considering tuition increase
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ The University of Vermont Board of Trustees plans to discuss a proposed 3.4 percent tuition increase for the 2016 academic year …
Sports
Heat lose big in Game 3, trail Spurs 2-1 in Finals
MIAMI (AP) — Maybe in a video game. Possibly in the pregame layup line. But shoot this way in the NBA Finals, against the two-time …
NBA front office diversity pushed
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders pressed for greater diversity in NBA front offices in a meeting with …
Super Bowl to scrap Roman numerals for a year
NEW YORK (AP) — “Super Bowl 50” just looks better than “Super Bowl L.” “X,” “V” and “I” are nicely symmetrical but, with the unbalanced …