FPL Storm Tips: Keep your family and home safe during hurricane season
Hurricane season began on June 1. Below is a list of tips from Florida Power & Light on how to keep yourself and your family …
Commissioners are now “Queen Mothers”
MIAMI GARDENS — Two Miami-Dade County commissioners may now add the title “Queen Mother” to their titles, a sign of respect issued to them by …
Conference seeks to prevent crime
ORLANDO – The 25th National Conference on Preventing Crime in the Black Community last week begged the question: Who were its biggest beneficiaries? Were they …
The Storm Whisperer
“He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.” – Psalm 107:29 “Then he got up and rebuked the winds …
“Father Oprah” ordained as Episcopal priest
MIAMI (AP) — A Miami priest who left the Catholic Church after photos surfaced of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach has been ordained …
Roman Catholic Church in Miami gets a new leader
MIAMI SHORES (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church in Miami is getting a new leader. Bishop Thomas Wenski formally took over the Miami archdiocese on …
Churches team with psychologist couple
Getting psychological help in the black community was once a taboo subject. Obtaining pastoral counseling or seeking the advice of a trusted elder were preferable …
Study: 10 minutes of exercise, hour-long effects
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour. The unfair news for panting newbies: The more …
Former Trinidad PM Manning resigns as party leader
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) —Trinidad and Tobago's former prime minister has resigned as his party's leader following its defeat in parliamentary elections. Patrick Manning says he …
Concerned about Haiti
FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) — The director of the National Hurricane Center says the potential for a new catastrophe in Haiti is his biggest concern for …