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By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — Roger Clarke, a Jamaican government minister whose affable personality often bridged the Caribbean island’s deep political divide, …

RIVIERA BEACH — In a town that’s fighting an image that it is has excessive crime and violence, shots fired and injuries in three locations …

Judges, lawyers and others thanked and praised Eugene Pettis – the first black president of the Florida Bar Association – completing an accomplished 2013-14 at …

PLANTATION — Set-aside programs for minorities and small businesses may become threatened as the number of minority residents catches up with that of whites, prompting …

Staff Report Florida’s first black lieutenant governor Jennifer Carroll is lashing out at her former boss in a new 174-page book. In the paperback, When …

FORT LAUDERDALE — Local cultural and arts nonprofits can apply for awards of up to $25,000 from Broward County. But, to be competitive, they should …

CUBA Beyonce trip legal HAVANA —The U.S. Treasury Department’s inspector general has determined Jay-Z and Beyonce’s fifth anniversary trip to Cuba last year was legal …

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA — Yet another revolutionary tradition has been broken in Cuba: A lawmaker voted “no” in parliament. And it wasn’t …

By BEVAN SPRINGER Special to South Florida Times GEORGETOWN, Grand Cayman — A patient suffering from heart failure now has a new lease on life …

By JESSE WASHINGTON Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. — The choir sang, the preachers shouted and the casket stayed closed. The body was taken to the …