Posts in category National & World

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Sistrunk’s Historic North West community is charged with the task of re-branding its image in hopes of revitalizing the downtown corridor …

WASHINGTON — Amid a surge of interest in U.S. investment opportunities in Cuba, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced Friday it is launching a council …

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says that 50 years after the Civil Rights Act opened many opportunities and protections to black Americans, not enough …

By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS — World leaders pledged money and political clout to achieve equality for women by 2030 at a U.N. meeting …

By JULIET LINDERMAN BALTIMORE (AP) – A judge was expected to decide when the first of six Baltimore officers charged in the death of Freddie …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – President Barack Obama on Sunday committed the U.S. to a new blueprint to eliminate poverty and hunger around the world, telling …

  Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — On Saturday, September 19, Sistrunk Boulevard celebrated its “From Past to Present -Collection Day Party,” in hopes of bringing the …

  Although his father was an art collector, hearing his son declare that he’d be majoring in art history was “not an easy sell,” said …

By Catalina Garcia   HAVANA, Cuba — When Mirta Garcia Hernandez heard Pope Francis was coming to Havana, she knew she had to be there. …

By HARUMA UMAR  and   IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ BAUCHI, Nigeria — Nigerian public schools are reopening in Borno state, in the country’s northeast, where the military …