Miami-Dade Schools offering kids free breakfast and lunch during summer
Photo courtesy of iStock MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Public Schools is doing its part to address food insecurity as the district is offering free breakfast …
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Donalds inching closer to become first-ever Black Florida governor
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Gallon among five to win Miami-Dade Commission seats unopposed
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Miami Gardens to host citywide clean-up effort June 13
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Broward Health Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of New Freestanding Emergency Room in Lighthouse Point
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City of Miramar bans RVs residency following complaints
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High School student athletes must undergo heart screening
Photo courtesy of pngtree.com MIAMI – First time high school student-athletes will be required to to take an ECG heart screening before they can play …
Health and Wellness
Abortion consumes US politics, courts years after leaked Supreme Court draft
Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation’s abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue …
Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back
Washington (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion …
Business
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’
Matthew DePerno at a Trump rally PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former …
Disney asks a judge to toss lawsuit from board of DeSantis appointees
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Disney asked a Florida judge on Friday to toss out a lawsuit against the company’s efforts to neutralize a takeover of …
United Airlines agrees to give union pilots big pay raises
Once the deal is approved, pilots will get immediate wage-rate increases of 13. 8% to 18.7%, depending on the type of plane they fly, followed …
Technology
Officials to break ground on driverless vehicle testing site
Associated Press YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – Developers of what is billed as a world-class testing facility for driverless vehicles are breaking ground. Gov. Rick …
Holiday Travel Made Easy: Is Your Tech Ready?
StatePoint As families prepare for the holiday season, they also prepare to make big family trips, so make sure not to leave home without the …
Education
FLORIDA HOUSE APPROVES BALLOT MEASURE TO LIMIT SCHOOL BOARD TERMS
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – A proposal to limit elected school board members in Florida to eight consecutive years took a step closer Thursday to appearing …
Florida’s unpopular Common Core standards are ‘eradicated’
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – Common Core in Florida is over. The state Department of Education in a statement on Friday said the controversial set of academic …
Lawyers turn out to meet students
Orlando, Fla – The atrium at Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law was buzzing as students networked with attorneys and representatives from a wide …
Sports
Black Women in Sport Foundation honors supporters
Philadelphia, PA – Black Women in Sport Foundation (BWSF) honored its outstanding supporters during the Neighborhood to Neighborhood (N2N) Street Festival: Celebration of Women in …
Different kind of shot: NBA owners enter tequila business
PHOTO COURTESY OF ZIMBIO.COM Call it the transition game: Michael Jordan and three other NBA owners are getting into the liquor business. The Charlotte Hornets …
Patriots’ Brown faces rape accusations by former trainer
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown has been accused of rape by a former trainer. Britney Taylor says Brown sexually …
