RICHMOND, Va. — The Food and Drug Administration is conducting an independent review of research on the public health impact of menthol cigarettes – which …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bishop J.O. Patterson Jr., who became the first black mayor of Memphis during a brief interim period, has died. He was …

President Barack Obama has reversed a long-standing policy of the commander-in-chief not sending condolence letters to the relatives of service members who commit suicide.

LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL – Broward County Housing Authority (BCHA) has received nearly $1.2 million in Family Unification vouchers from the Department of Housing and Urban …

(Florida International University) – The Belafonte TACOLCY Community Center won a $5,000 “makeover grant” in a nationwide competition sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee, but did …

When her otherwise high performing daughter, Reesa, got Cs in chemistry and math, Novelette Sharpe took action. She’d heard about Focus Tutoring Academy from another …

EJones@sfltimes.com MONEY FEVER Florida has 27 licensed gambling operations and if Monroe County Commissioner George Neugent has his way, there will be 28. Nugent is …

LAUDERDALE LAKES — The Jamaican high school education system can be equated with some of the best in the world, according to some observers, as …

FORT LAUDERDALE — It was a lunch with a difference when more than 100 community leaders gathered recently at the First Presbyterian Church in Fort …

Miami Gardens — Twenty-seven students living in Miami-Dade County’s District 1 have begun working in an eight-week summer internship program sponsored by the area’s County …