Posts in category National & World

By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT —  Gritty residents and business owners who stuck with Detroit through the economic bad times fear they could be priced out …

By Joe Gibbons For those Floridians who struggle to pay their electric bill every month, the state has a few limited programs to help you out. …

By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s not just black men having difficult relations with police. Black women are having a tough time, too. …

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nominating two women, both attorneys and academics at Washington-area universities, as members of …

Riviera Beach, Fla. — Attorney Edwin Ferguson said he has been interested in educating the community about their rights as they relate to police encounters …

Photo Courtesy of Alan Luby/ For South Florida Times Riviera Beach, Fla. — Many say that boxing promoter Don King is known for being a …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Justice Department opened a civil rights probe Tuesday into the arrest of a student who refused to leave her high school …

By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Saying that his current relationship with Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum is “broken and irreparable,” the chairman of …

S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina school district banned a school resource officer pending an investigation after a video surfaced Monday showing him tossing a …

ALAN LUBY/ FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES West Palm Beach, Fla. — Dr. Ben Carson may be making waves on the campaign trail, but he and …