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
WHO: Rich countries should donate vaccines, forgo boosters
LONDON (AP) – Top officials at the World Health Organization say there’s not enough evidence to show that third doses of coronavirus vaccines are needed …
Heartburn makes summer events challenging
Heartburn is the inappropriate movement of your stomach acid up into your esophagus. Your stomach is a “bag of acid” and needs to be so …
Patients with severe COVID-19 twice as likely to require future hospitalizations for other illnesses
Business
NY governor seeks $2B to fix some of nation’s oldest pipes
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants $2 billion to address some of the nation’s oldest water …
Large-scale companies change paid family leave rules
By JANICE PODSADA Omaha World-Herald OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Chris Kinsella is looking forward to taking advantage of a new benefit offered this year by …
GM to add or keep 7,000 US jobs, make $1B factory investment
BY TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in U.S. factories and add thousands of new white-collar …
Technology
Consumers Energy investing $165M to help boost reliability
IRA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) _ Consumers Energy is investing $165 million to help increase reliability for the Michigan utility’s roughly 1.7 million natural gas customers. …
Official says Ecuador and Mexico talking about DNA bank
By GONZALO SOLANO QUITO, Ecuador (AP) _ A high-ranking Ecuadorean official said Wednesday his government is talking with Mexico about establishing a bank of DNA …
Education
Getting Back to Basics: The Lost Art of Writing Things Down
StatePoint In this digital age, you may go days without using a pen and paper, but there are many reasons to skip the devices and …
University newspaper shut down, students start their own
Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – When the University of Central Florida newspaper was shut down after 48 years, a group of students decided to …
University of Florida assistant professor wins top literary prize
Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – A University of Florida assistant professor of history has received one of the United States’ top literary prizes. The …
Sports
Dragic not expected to play for Slovenia this summer
MIAMI (AP) _ Goran Dragic of the Miami Heat is not expected to play for Slovenia in the EuroBasket tournament in September. Heat President Pat …
FIU signs 7-year marketing deal with Van Wagner
MIAMI — Florida International is the first college to sign a multimedia rights contract with Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment. The seven-year contract was announced …
Miami Dolphins Capsule
MIAMI DOLPHINS (8-8) OPEN CAMP: July 30, Davie, Florida. LAST YEAR: Dolphins finished at or near .500 for third consecutive year under coach Joe Philbin, …
