Wade in Our Waters celebrates Virginia Key Beach 81st anniversary
Photo courtesy of dunnhistory.com The Black community and residents of Key Biscayne will gather this month to celebrate the 81st birthday of Virginia Key Beach, …
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Twelve HBCUs to benefit from $12 million endowment to boost academic, research programs
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Florida first state to respond to federal Call to Action on Academic and Operational Excellence
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MDSO, FDOT launch initiative to reduce reckless, aggressive driving
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Black students disproportionately falsely accused of cheating using AI for assignments
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Democrats unite to support socialist U.S. Senate candidate Nixon to defeat Moody in November
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A Mini-Stroke Is a Warning You Should Never Ignore
Photo courtesy of Medical News Today By Knowridge A mini-stroke can last only a few minutes, but it can be an important warning about what …
Health and Wellness
Probe: Bogus enrollees kept getting ‘Obamacare’
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) _ Phony applicants that investigators signed up last year under President Barack Obama’s health care law got automatically re-enrolled for …
A friend in need
As we proceed through life, the lessons keep coming and hopefully we are receptive to them. One of my most current lessons is both poignant …
Business
Bills on breastfeeding, booze sales move through Legislature
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Talk of the state budget has dominated the 2015 legislative session in New Hampshire, with other high-profile items …
Proposal seeks to dim NYC skyline at night to save energy
By DEEPTI HAJELA NEW YORK (AP) _ Bright lights, big city? Not so much, if a New York City council member gets his way. He’s …
Chinese billionaire gives France vacation to 6,400 workers
NICE, France (AP) _ The billionaire chief executive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens has given 6,400 of his best salespeople a vacation that started in …
Education
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 …
Lawmaker says school sports proposal benefits home-schoolers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The state lawmaker who authored a measure that would allow private, home-schooled and online charter students to participate in public school …
Lawmakers begin looking at school funding
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) _ State lawmakers and educators have started the process of refiguring the way schools are funded in Wyoming. The so-called “recalibration’’ process …
Sports
CONCACAF hexagonal to start in November 2016
MIAMI — The start of the final round of World Cup qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean will be moved up by …
Dolphins’ hiring of Tannenbaum questioned
By Associated Press MIAMI — A foundation that promotes the hiring of minorities in the NFL wants a clarification from the league regarding the Miami …
Steroids trial delayed for A-Rod’s cousin
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has delayed for two months the trial of a cousin of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez on charges …
