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
It’s ‘critical’ to fix racial inequities in stroke care, new report says
STOCK PHOTO Stroke care is rife with inequities and fixing them will require more research into issues such as structural racism and other ”upstream” social …
Surgeon general cites loneliness posing risks as deadly as smoking
WASHINGTON (AP) – Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of …
Business
How Big Tech created a data ‘treasure trove’ for police
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds …
Florida courts get approval to lift mask, social-distancing rules
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The chief justice of Florida’s Supreme Court says the state’s justice system will soon be allowed to resume in-person court proceedings …
Jobless Floridians push governor to extend jobless benefits
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – For more than a year, Jim Ricer, an out-of-work caterer, has gotten extensions on the mortgage payments for his home in …
Technology
Google self-driving car involved in first injury accident
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Google Inc. revealed Thursday that one of its self-driving car prototypes was involved in an injury …
Technology issues delay ID, driver’s license deliveries
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division is having trouble delivering driver’s licenses and identification cards to an unspecified number of …
Education
STUDENTS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT BETHUNE-COOKMAN’S FUTURE
PHOTO COURTESY OF INSIDE HIGHER ED DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – For the second day this week, students at Bethune-Cookman University left classes and held a …
WPB program engages students with fun
PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH FOOSA (Fun Out of School Activities) is a program for elementary and middle school aged children that …
Black college loses lawsuit to preserve accreditation
PHOTO COURTESY OF PCNAA1.ORG AUGUSTA, Ga. – A historically black college in Georgia has lost a lawsuit seeking to preserve its regional accreditation. A federal …
Sports
Shani Davis: Brilliant career, complicated legacy secure
Shani Davis PHOTO COURTESY OF NBC OLYMPICS By PAUL NEWBERRY GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Shani Davis labored across the line, gulping for air, a …
Jeter: Marlins ‘in a good spot’ as spring training begins in Jupiter
Inside Marlins Park PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By STEVEN WINE MIAMI (AP) — Speaking Tuesday at Marlins Park, Derek Jeter said he was about to …
Super Bowl stadium preparation is on track
Stadium PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER By DAVE CAMPBELL MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Super Bowl 52 will be played comfortably under the translucent U.S. Bank Stadium roof …
