Linda Brown, central figure in school segregation case, dies
Linda Brown PHOTO COURTESY OF TALKING POINTS MEMO Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – As a girl in Kansas, Linda Brown’s father tried to enroll …
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Trump plans to oust D. Shulkin as Veterans Affairs Secretary
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA By HOPE YEN and KEN THOMAS Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President Donald Trump is …
Drones delivering contraband to prisons a budding problem
Drones overcome the best prison security. PHOTO COURTESY OF FORENSIC MAGAZINE PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – A package of contraband covered in grass clippings that was …
Week in Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF BT.COM CONGRESSWOMAN FREDERICA S. WILSON APPLAUDS THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION MANDATING GENERATORS AT FLORIDA NURSING HOMES MIAMI, FL –Last year, 14 patients …
Fired Riviera Beach manager haunts city election results
ELECTION RESULTS: Dr. Julie Botel (featured on p. 2A) a former Deputy Schools Superintendent is Pennsylvania and city council chairwoman KaShamba Miller Anderson (above) both …
Haitians sue Trump administration over racist immigration policy
People protest the United States’ immigration policy; alleging racism directed at Haitians. PHOTO COURTESY OF COMMUNITY VOICE By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) – …
Florida governor approves slavery memorial for Capitol
Statues of chained slaves in Tanzania stand as a memorial to the old slave market. PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORY.COM Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s …
Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico pleads for assistance
Puerto Rico remains consumed by devastation. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIG THINK By DANICA COTO Associated Press COROZAL, Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles …
Week in Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA SURVIVOR OF SCHOOL SHOOTING TO USE ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ MIAMI – One of the students who survived last month’s …
Florida schools may get more help to hire resource officers
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida school districts could get more money to hire school resource officers depending on what happens with …