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Teacher of the year honors Dillard High School instructor Catherine Giles was named Teacher of the Year last week by the Kids in Need Foundation. …

FAKE SCOTT A judge ordered Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi to end their stonewalling in a public records lawsuit. A number of …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — A young Jamaican gay rights activist who brought an unprecedented legal challenge to the Caribbean island’s anti-sodomy …

By Brian Melley Associated Press LOS ANGELES — They were killed in Wisconsin, New York and California. Some were shot on the street. One was …

Saggy pants ban may go away Two Ocala officials want to repeal the city’s so-called “saggy pants ban,” an ordinance that prohibits anyone on city …

MIAMI GARDENS — Award-winning journalist and social activist Jeff Johnson will put the spotlight on technology during the South Florida Youth Summit #HACKTOTHEFUTURE Town Hall …

WEST PALM BEACH — (AP) A sixth person has been sent to prison for his role in a Florida-based $7 million loan fraud scheme that …

By JEFF HARRINGTON Tampa Bay Times CLEWISTON, Fla. (AP) — Beyond the relentless fields of sugar cane stalks, past the sign heralding Clewiston as “America’s …

LIBERTY CITY — Local activists have been asking whether a tragedy similar to what happened in Ferguson, Missouri –18-year-old Michael Brown’s death and the subsequent …

By CAROL PORTER Special to South Florida Times FORT LAUDERDALE — The messages emanating from Florida’s Democratic party are that voters should unite behind candidates …