U.S. missionary killed
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Members of a church in Haiti said on Saturday that an American missionary slain in his home last week was well liked …
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Western education bad only for minds that are closed
“Congratulations, it’s a girl,” are welcome words in only a few societies. Even in this day and age, the United Nations reports a disproportionate number …
Character actor Glenn Michael Witcher, 60
Glenn Michael Witcher, a name known in the Miami and Michigan theater world, died May 3, after an illness. He was 60.
Local Nigerians in anguish
MIAMI — Nwadiuto Esiobu found it difficult to hold back her tears. She and other women were attending a meeting at Palm Beach State College …
What we Think: #BringBackOurGirls
There are very good reasons why the abduction of some 300 teenage girls from their school in a remote area of Nigeria has captured international …
Barack and I see our two daughters in the kidnapped Nigerian school girls
Editor’s note: The following is the text of an address given Saturday by the first lady Michelle Obama. The address is usually given by the …
Pregnant women gain new options under health law
WASHINGTON — The health care law has opened up an unusual opportunity for some mothers-to-be to save on medical bills for childbirth.
Mother’s Day has another side for loss survivors
NEW YORK — Kristine McCormick has spent the years after the sudden death of her newborn trying to forget Mother’s Day exists. Cora was five …
Officials promise $11 an hour jobs, training program for marina project
RIVIERA BEACH — Riviera Beach officials are promising $11 an hour pay and a training program that will equip residents to benefit from a $375 …
LA NAACP head quits as Sterling controversy swirls
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP offered the same thing for Clippers owner Donald Sterling and civil rights advocate Leon Jenkins …