BOOKER TO GIVE COMMENCEMENT AT HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY
RANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is set to give the commencement address at a historically black university in the critical early …
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SUPREME COURT TROUBLED BY JURY SELECTION BIAS IN MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON (AP) – Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor’s pattern of excluding African American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement Wednesday that a …
FLORIDA CITY DISMANTLES, RELOCATES CONFEDERATE STATUE
PHOTO COURTESY OF WUSF.USF.EDU LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – A statue of a Confederate soldier is being removed from a Florida park. The statue had stood …
Newspapers largely shun Apple’s news subscription service
By TALI ARBEL PHOTO COURTESY OF HOTHARDWARE NEW YORK (AP) – Many newspaper publishers — after suffering for a decade from job losses, shrinking ad …
‘This Woman’s Work’ honored women leaders, youth talent
PHOTO COURTESY OF URGENT, INC. Urgent, Inc’s annual “This Woman’s Work” event at the Overtown Performing Arts Center was a celebration of women leaders and …
Amani receives Miami Trailblazer Award
MIAMI, Fla. – Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and city commissioners presented their Trailblazer Award to Jamarah Amani, community midwife and organizer, whose work is dedicated …
Nearing $2 million goal, Runner Center in Jupiter seeks support
Staff Report In addition to serving children, Edna Runner, JUPITER, Fla. – Donors, community friends, guests and local government officials joined Board of Directors, volunteers, …
Nonprofit ‘propels’ first-gen collegians
BOCA RATON, Fla. – At one time, Guesnaisha Altena, 18, and Cynthia Leconte, 18, of Boca Raton High School, didn’t know each other, but had …
Ferguson protesters have mysteriously died
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PINTEREST, YOUTUBE.COM, GIGIONTHAT! AND TWITTER.COM FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of …
Miami Beach declared war on short-term rentals
By KYRA GURNEY and TAYLOR DOLVEN, Miami Herald MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) In apartment 9A of a twostory 1920s Miami Beach building, a sunburned couple …