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, …
-
Twelve HBCUs to benefit from $12 million endowment to boost academic, research programs
Read more -
Florida first state to respond to federal Call to Action on Academic and Operational Excellence
Read more -
MDSO, FDOT launch initiative to reduce reckless, aggressive driving
Read more -
Black students disproportionately falsely accused of cheating using AI for assignments
Read more -
Democrats unite to support socialist U.S. Senate candidate Nixon to defeat Moody in November
Read more
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
Report highlights dental health access problems
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) _ New Hampshire has significantly improved access to dental care in recent years, but many problems persist, according to a report from …
Michigan utilities work to comply with air pollution rule
By ALISHA GREEN LANSING, Mich. (AP) _ The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release a decision this week about new mercury and toxic air …
Business
Venezuela raises minimum wage 30 pct amid raging inflation
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) _ President Nicolas Maduro raised Venezuela’s minimum wage Friday to help workers being battered by the world’s …
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 …
Education
Bill Cosby to advocate for education in rural Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ Bill Cosby will visit Alabama for a two-day event aimed at highlighting schools in one of the poorest areas of the …
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 …
Sports
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 …
Snubbed teen wows in tennis
When Georgia-based up-and-coming tennis star Taylor Townsend tried to play in the 2012 U.S. Open Junior tournament, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) tried to …