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
Feds: new studies back water decisions after chemical spill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Federal officials say studies reinforce advisement that people could use tap water shortly after a chemical spill in West Virginia last …
CVS Health launches health, beauty makeover for drugstores
By TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer CVS drugstores that quit tobacco sales last year are now getting health and beauty makeovers to attract customers who …
Business
Google lavishes chairman with $109 million pay package
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Google paid its billionaire Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt nearly $109 million last year while the company’s stock slumped. Most of the …
Starbucks extracts more money with pricier drinks, food
By CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Starbucks is extracting more money from customers with offerings like a “Flat White” espresso …
Full Document View Amazon’s Web Services boosts 1Q revenue
By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Amazon’s profitable cloud-computing services business is growing by leaps and bounds. That growth helped the …
Education
Middle school students find inspiration at school forest
By PHILLIP BOCK HTR Media TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) _ Groups of young writers from area schools returned to the forest last month to find …
8 hospitalized following school bus crash
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) _ Authorities say a school bus crash in the Florida Panhandle sent five students, two adults and a baby to the …
New standardized tests bring technical challenges, concern
By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Call this the year of the test. Or, at least the year of standardized test mania. …
Sports
Heat poised to move to east finals
MIAMI — The Miami Heat was poised Wednesday to stave off a spirited challenge from the injuries-plagued Chicago Bulls and cruise into the Eastern Conference …
Larkin decides to enter NBA draft
CORAL GABLES – Shane Larkin was told he was too short to be an elite college guard, a theory he debunked with ease. So now …
College superstars now in the pros had to deal with bullies
NEW YORK — Before they were college basketball stars and the future of the WNBA, Brittney Griner, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne had something …