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OUTRAGE!: Bethune-Cookman to honor Governor Rick Scott
Bethune Cookman University will award Gov. Rick Scott its highest honor when it bestows the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Leadership Award to Florida’s 45th governor …
Spirit of family reunion marks Million Man March anniversary
By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON — Black men and women joyously returned to the National Mall on Saturday for the 20th anniversary of the Million …
Removal of Confederate flag proposed
By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Responding to the outcry against Confederate symbols, the Florida Senate is moving ahead with plans to remove the Confederate …
Judge’s ruling upends Florida’s political maps
By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The political careers of several members of Congress – including a Republican seeking to become the next U.S. House …
South Florida Rattlers remember Sybil Mobley, dean of FAMU’s B-school
When news spread that Sybil C. Mobley, the beloved founding dean of Florida A & M University’s famed business school, had passed away, memories of …
Major $15 million construction project set for West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla — City of West Palm Beach officials have announced a major construction project to shore up miles of huge sewage pipes …
Drug inmates with long rap sheets among those freed early
By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — A push to overhaul criminal sentencing is prompting the early release of thousands of federal drug prisoners, including some whom …
Major $15 million construction project set for West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla — City of West Palm Beach officials have announced a major construction project to shore up miles of huge sewage pipes …
MDC’s Meek Center hosts free food distribution event
MIAMI, Fla. — Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center will host a free food distribution event on Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. The event is presented by …