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State PITIFUL POLICIES Lottery Secretary Cynthia F. O’Connell is gushing over the record sales of Florida Lottery games, even though the agency has been put …

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) _ The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says it sent undercover deputies to a minority rights group’s meeting because it had received information …

SANTO DOMINGO — Thousands of Haitians have been lining up this summer at government offices in the Dominican Republic trying to take advantage of a …

By MICHELLE HOLLINGER Special to South Florida Times MIAMI GARDENS — For Marcella Pierce and Sherita Small, a recent crime prevention rally at Bunche Park …

PORT-AU-PRINCE — President Michel Martelly announced he has appointed a new council to oversee Haitian legislative and local elections that are two years overdue, an …

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti raised its minimum wage slightly for the estimated 29,000 workers who sew together T-shirts and other clothing in the country’s apparel factories.

MONROE, Mich. (AP) – A southeast Michigan public school teacher has been removed from the classroom while district officials look into whether a lesson plan …

MIAMI — The return for a seventh season of Free Gospel Sundays has been announced by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of …

NATAL, Brazil – Smiling ear to ear after winning a World Cup match with his first international goal, John Brooks had a story to share. …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Jean-Claude Duvalier, who presided over what was widely acknowledged as a corrupt and brutal regime as the self-proclaimed “president for life” …