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Staff Report Fifty years ago, 21 great Miamians, including newspaper magnate James L. Knight and media pioneer Mitchell Wolfson, brought together thousands of dollars to …

By MARILYN HALSTEAD CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – While Aur Beck was working on a solar project in the Caribbean last year, he was asked by …

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Marathon dancers have raised nearly $2.6 million for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports (http://icp-c.com/2kEAcvI …

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL AP Personal Finance Writer Tax season is here, and while you have until April 18 to file your return, you may …

By Daphne Taylor Special to South Florida Times The late Herman C. McCray, Jr. would be proud of his boys. All of them are successful …

BY Blake Nicholson Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Cleanup of a North Dakota encampment where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline stayed for …

By ED WHITE Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday said increasing diversity on college campuses is a …

By Martin CrutsInggr AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – Consumers boosted spending in December at the fastest pace in three months, giving the economy some momentum …

SEATTLE – Amazon’s Alexa is now able to order up a latte. Starbucks says it’s partnering with Amazon’s voice platform to offer what it calls …

CHICAGO – A nonprofit wealth- building organization says about 65 percent of African American, Latino and Asian households in Chicago would be thrown into poverty …