Palm Beach County School district cuts back on free meals for all students.
STOCK Photo By David L. Snelling WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Due to reductions in a federal program which helps school districts offer free meals …
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Retirees spending more time exploring technology than leisure time
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PBC Elections invites residents to Elections Experience Tour
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HISTORIC OVERTOWN HOSTS BLOCK PARTY AND HERITAGE MARKET FOR JUNETEENTH WEEKEND
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How much does your life matter?
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Donalds inching closer to becoming first-ever Black Florida governor
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Juneteenth: The Week of Repair
As communities across the nation prepare to observe the Week of Repair, it is a time to reflect, remember, and advocate for justice. This special …
Health and Wellness
Paid Sick Days – Advocates launch Michigan ballot drive for paid sick days
LANSING, Mich. (AP) _ Advocates are launching a 2016 ballot drive to require that Michigan workers be able to earn paid sick days. The petition …
Study: Silent cancer in moms a rare result in prenatal tests
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ For pregnant women, abnormal results from certain prenatal tests may signal that something is wrong _ …
Business
Chemical spill kills hundreds of fish in Aiea ditch
HONOLULU (AP) _ The state is investigating a chemical spill that killed hundreds of fish in a drainage ditch along the Pearl Harbor bike path …
New bill would allow New Jersey drivers to pump gas
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Drivers in New Jersey could soon pump their own gas under a bill being introduced in the Assembly. Under current law …
Wyoming Lottery declines to release individual pay
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) _ The Wyoming Lottery Corp. has declined a newspaper’s request to release salary and benefit figures for individual employees, including its chief …
Education
Teachers to work during sit-in protest of education funding
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) _ Tacoma teachers are protesting the state legislature’s lack of progress on pay and class sizes by putting their after-school work on …
UNC system drops 46 degree programs, consolidates 10 others
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) _ The University of North Carolina system has decided to discontinue 46 academic degree programs and consolidate 10 others. The News …
Webster University students in London in financial limbo
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) _ Several Webster University students studying abroad in London unexpectedly lost their federal financial aid this past school year due to …
Sports
Brady rallies Patriots to 28-24 Super Bowl win over Seahawks
By BARRY WILNER GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ten years removed from his last Super Bowl win, Tom Brady wasn’t letting this one slip away. Sure, the brilliant …
Doug Baldwin headlines group of unheralded receivers
By ROB MAADDI PHOENIX (AP) — Doug Baldwin led the Seattle Seahawks in catches and yards receiving. He ranked 42nd in the NFL in both …
Peyton Manning still considering his future with Broncos
PHOENIX — Peyton Manning is still mulling his future in the NFL. At a breakfast Friday to receive the Bart Starr Award, the five-time MVP …
