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Tuesday’s midterm election, which focused on state and countywide races, also included four local races for mayor, council or commission seats in which African American …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ Two members of Congress are challenging a new amendment that sets rules for drawing congressional districts in Florida, less than 24 …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Incoming legislative leaders are considering a special session later this month or in December to override some of Gov. Charlie Crist's …

Robert Mocarski, a Fort Lauderdale police officer, is under criminal investigation over allegations by a woman that he pressured her to have sex with him, …

Florida's freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson was ousted by a veteran GOP politician after the Democrat earned notoriety for harsh rhetoric that included accusing …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ For all the talk about tea parties and fresh faces, only two of Florida's eight new U.S. House members can be …

Special to South Florida Times The first time I heard of  Ntozake Shange’s play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is …

South Florida will sizzle this November when the ninth annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival, the largest Caribbean food festival in the United States, gets underway …

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) _ A southwest Arkansas woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of forging a bankruptcy judge's signature in order to finance …

MONROE, Mich. (AP) _ A 28-year-old mother of two from southern Michigan whose bleak prospects prompted a handwritten note from President Barack Obama promising "things …