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
Indiana approves 1st needle-exchange program under new law
By RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Indiana’s health commissioner has approved a one-year needle-exchange program for a rural county at the center of the state’s …
Not just Denver: VA problems in Florida, Louisiana, Nevada
DENVER (AP) _ The $1 billion cost overrun at the Denver veterans hospital is the VA’s worst construction problem, but the department also had difficulties …
Business
Macy’s to pay $650,000 in shopper-profiling probe
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) –Macy’s has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle allegations of racial profiling at its flagship store …
State of black businesses forum about partnerships
PLANTATION — The power of partnerships and collaborations is the common thread of the fifth South Florida State of the Black Business Forum & Networking …
Business Spotlight 08/14/2014
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Education
Wesleyan says 12 treated after taking drug ‘Molly’ on campus
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan University’s president says 10 students and two visitors to the school received medical treatment after taking a version of the party drug …
New Mexico Senate approves Hanna Skandera as education boss
By VIK JOLLY SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Senate on Monday confirmed Hanna Skandera as education secretary _ four years after she took the …
Gastrointestinal bug sickens 100-plus at university
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Officials say more than 100 students at an eastern Pennsylvania university were stricken last week with what appears to be a gastrointestinal …