Starbucks baristas stop writing “Race Together” on cups
PHOTO COURTESY OF MASSLIVE.COM By CANDICE CHOI and TOM KRISHER Starbucks baristas will no longer write “Race Together” on customers’ cups starting Sunday, …
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Mo’ne Davis throws into history at 13
Fairytales, in the form of a 70 mile per hour fastball, do come true. Just ask American teenager and athlete Mo’ne Davis. The Disney Channel …
Golfing to save lives: Fundraiser aims to build children’s crisis center for troubled kids
PHOTO COURTESY OF DEERINGESTATE.ORG For some South Floridians, access to quality health care seems unaffordable. But South Miami-Dade County residents have what some consider to …
Samuel Dorismond and Brittany Starling shine at University of Miami Invitational
PHOTO COURTESY OF FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY The Florida Memorial University Track and Field Team had a strong showing at the Hurricane Invitational held Saturday …
Overtown filmmaker displays his video at White House Film Festival
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARTHA WHISBY WELLS MIAMI — A rising young filmmaker in South Florida who is making strides in the industry has a …
Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock announces resignation
By DONNA CASSATA WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois, dogged by irregularities in his campaign finance and congressional spending accounts, suddenly announced on Tuesday that …
Calm prevails in Ferguson after shooting of police officers
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER FERGUSON, Mo. — Protesters called for calm but vowed to keep pushing for change in Ferguson a day after the shooting of two …
Courage and villainy collided 50 years ago
PHOTO COURTESY OF peter Pettus / Libraryofcongress.gov On March 7, 1965, courage and villainy collided on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, when John …
