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MIAMI — OneUnited Bank will host a series of free and open-to-the-public consumer finance summer workshops at various bank branches until Aug. 26.

Barber promotes reading among boys RIVIERA BEACH — Boys don’t come to the Royal Touch Barbershop just to get a haircut; they also come to …

MIAMI GARDENS — Determined that a new school being designed to replace the six-decades-old Miami Norland High will meet the community’s needs, a loose coalition …

DAVIE — Fresh from the recently ended session, members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus took time to reflect on their successes and disappointments during …

Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C., on June 24 commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act by posthumously bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal upon …

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has approved a tentative $40 million settlement with the five men wrongly convicted in the …

KINGSTON — The managing director of the International Monetary Fund on Friday praised Jamaica’s political leadership for making key economic reforms during the first year …

HAVANA — They were forgotten masters of a long-ago sound, their faces deeply lined and their hands spotted with age. Then, suddenly, at an age …

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — They captured the hearts of America, from coast to coast, big towns and small, all the way to the White House. …

Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack's …