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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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
State says West Nile virus found in mosquito in Meade County
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger is cautioning residents to start protecting themselves against mosquitoes, after West Nile virus was found …
Heat wave subsides in Pakistan as death toll reaches 860
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) _ A Pakistani health official says the devastating heat wave that struck the country last weekend is slowly subsiding but that the …
Business
GM Canada to cut assembly workforce by 1,000 jobs this year
OSHAWA, Ontario (AP) _ General Motors Canada says it will cut about 1,000 positions from its Oshawa manufacturing operations this year. GM Canada said Thursday …
Partners HealthCare notifies 3,300 patients of email breach
BOSTON (AP) _ Boston-based nonprofit health care system Partners HealthCare is notifying about 3,300 patients about a security breach. Partners says in November it learned …
Kroger expands in central Indiana to create 3,400-plus jobs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Kroger will build 11 new stores and expand or remodel 22 others in a $464.6 million central Indiana expansion that will create …
Education
Black professor regrets comments critical of white students
By PHILIP MARCELO BOSTON (AP) _ An incoming Boston University professor who called “white college males” a “problem population” and was publicly criticized by the …
Syracuse U. fraternity suspended during investigation
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ A Syracuse University fraternity has been ordered to suspend activities while authorities investigate an alleged assault. According to court records, 22-year-old …
GlaxoSmithKline, UNC form company aiming to find AIDS cure
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) _ GlaxoSmithKline and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are teaming up to form a company which will look …
Sports
Senators to NFL: Change Redskins’ racist name
WASHINGTON (AP) – Half the U.S. Senate urged NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday to change the Washington Redskins’ name, saying it is a racist …
Heat wins 2nd game with late spurt, series in Miami
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana thought it had taken control Tuesday night. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade stole it right back. The four-time MVP and perennial …
Sterling accused of harming NBA
NEW YORK — The NBA charged Donald Sterling on Monday with damaging the league and its teams with his racist comments, setting up a June …