Obama farewell speech emotional and encouraging
By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com President Barack Hussein Obama bid America farewell Tuesday night. The emotional address from the nation’s first black president ranged from …
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Will sparkling new marina survive old Riviera politics?
By DAPHNE TAYLOR Perhaps the greatest legacy of Tony Brown, the former director of Riviera Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), is that the Event Center …
Post-election healing? Class comes up short
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer ATLANTA – The classroom held all the moroseness of a funeral parlor. Just 16 hours had passed since Donald …
Health care: How repeal would happen
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON – The stakes confronting Republicans determined to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law were evident in one recent …
Headlines of 2016 reflected more progress and struggle
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press Of the many events marking the closing year of Barack Obama’s time as the nation’s first black president, none …
Religious makeup of new Congress remains overwhelmingly Christian
By EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER Courtesy of Religion News Network The United States Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s, …
Democratic Black Caucus of Florida hosts Florida Democratic Party Chair interviews and media Q&A
Orlando, FL – Dec. 30, 2016 – On Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida Executive Campaign Committee will host interviews and …
In realist foreign policy, Obama found limits
By BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s foreign policy legacy may be defined as much by what he didn’t do as by …
Case studies 2016: Don’t bring a gun
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – In 2016, criminal cases that played out in New Orleans courtrooms drew national attention while providing lesson …
Florida may let some death row inmates avoid executions
By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The fate of more than half of Florida’s 386 death row inmates has been thrown into limbo …