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The national uproar over the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager from Miami Gardens, by a neighborhood watch captain is being fueled by three …

Barbara Howard, chairwoman of the Florida Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), issued the following statement on the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. …

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has issued a statement reminding residents that if their household income was less than $49,078 in 2011, they  may be eligible for …

EJones@SFLTimes.com DISGRACEFUL FAILURES After nearly a month of increasing outrage over the apparent cover-up in the murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Gov. Rick Scott …

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI set off on a pilgrimage to the New World on Friday, calling on Mexicans to conquer …

WEST PALM BEACH — The flu season, which began last fall, has been uncharacteristically quiet throughout the country including South Florida.  However, public health officials …

NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights lawyer John Payton, who defended the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy before the U.S. Supreme Court and led …

NEWVILLE, Ala. (AP) —The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogize Tuesday for his mother, Ada Sharpton, during a morning funeral service in the town of …

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Abdullahi Yusuf, who rose from guerrilla warrior to president of Somalia only to watch his administration crumble under a ferocious Islamic …

Based on the Suzanne Collins trilogy and set in a dystopian Panem where 12 districts are punished every year for daring to rebel against the …