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From Staff, Wire Reports Members of a Florida bond-financing board unanimously gave permission for a private company to issue $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds to …

By DAVID McFADDEN KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s LGBT community is holding its first gay pride celebration, a weeklong observance that was previously almost unthinkable in …

  TAMPA — Older adults who have stopped driving are almost two times more likely to suffer from depression and nearly five times as likely …

By EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has found a vast gulf between …

Nearly 1,000 children from the Little Haiti area were treated to live entertainment, face painting and free haircuts and health screenings Thursday at Little Haiti …

  Washington, D.C — The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson (1908-73) on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers …

By BILL BARROW MIAMI — Drawing a sharp distinction with Republican rivals in the pivotal election state of Florida, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday called …

MIAMI — On Saturday, hundreds of students, families and local artists are teaming up with Engage Miami and a growing coalition of Miami-based community groups …

  FORT LAUDERDALE — Airport employees crowded a section of Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport on Wednesday afternoon to demand higher wages and better benefits. The …

By GRANT SCHULTE LINCOLN, Neb. — President Barack Obama’s newest push to cut greenhouse gases from U.S. power plants set the stage Monday for a …