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
Teen suicides reach ‘stunning’ peak in Snohomish County
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) _ Health officials say the number of teen suicides since September is more than double what’s been recorded in previous years. Data …
FDA reviewing safety of Essure birth control implant
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal health regulators are reviewing the safety of an implantable contraception device after receiving reports of unusual side effects from patients, including …
Business
Amtrak, CSX sue trucking company involved in NC derailment
By JONATHAN DREW RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Amtrak and railroad operator CSX are suing the trucking company involved in a March train derailment in North …
US testing of lithium batteries alarms aviation officials
By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON (AP) _ International aviation officials are trying to quickly come up with safer packaging for cargo shipments of lithium-ion batteries on …
Comcast must show what’s next after collapse of deal
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Comcast, which reports financial results on Monday, faces some tough questions about what’s next for …
Education
Teacher fired over students’ notes to sick prison inmate
ORANGE, N.J. (AP) _ A New Jersey school district has fired a teacher whose third-grade class wrote get-well letters to a sick prison inmate convicted …
University of Vermont trustees considering tuition increase
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ The University of Vermont Board of Trustees plans to discuss a proposed 3.4 percent tuition increase for the 2016 academic year …
Kansas officials to urge schools to teach financial literacy
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas legislators and State Board of Education members are launching a campaign to encourage public schools to teach students financial literacy. …
Sports
LeBron James, Tim Duncan in rematch
MIAMI — Over the last 10 seasons, only one NBA player has been part of more wins than LeBron James.
Marino joins, abandons NFL concussion lawsuit
MIAMI (AP) — Dan Marino says he inadvertently became a plaintiff in a concussion lawsuit against the NFL and is withdrawing immediately.
Mike Pouncey: no regrets
DAVIE — Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey claims to have no regrets about last season’s incidents in a bullying scandal in which an NFL-sanctioned investigator …