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
Decorations, lights and many tears: Christmas in the ICU
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – A Christmas tree stands outside the intensive care room where a man stricken by COVID19 lies unconscious, a machine breathing for …
Trees go fast as families seek Christmas cheer amid pandemic
ROLLING PRAIRIE, Ind. (AP) – Christmas tree growers say business is booming, leaving trees in short supply, as families seek out safe ways to celebrate …
Business
Regulators contest Staples combination with Office Depot
NEW YORK — The Federal Trade Commission is challenging the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot, and the office supply companies say they plan …
Florida, Seminole Tribe reach $3 billion gambling deal
TALLAHASSEE – (AP) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that he and the Seminole Tribe have reached a sweeping new gambling deal that would …
Emanuel AME to donate $1.5M to church shooting victims
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The South Carolina church where nine parishioners were shot and killed in what police called a racially motivated attack earlier this year …
Technology
Belgian king leads remembrance of 1st use of gas in war
BRUSSELS (AP) _ Belgian King Philippe led Wednesday’s centennial remembrance in Flanders Fields marking the first use of chemical weapons in warfare. The monarch went …
Worcester Tech students to raffle restored Mustang
By BOB KIEVRA Telegram & Gazette WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) _ From the rotted trunk floor to the broken turn signals, the 1967 Ford Mustang arrived …
Education
Broward College expert offers cyber bullying prevention tips
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Unlike bullying that occurs while a child is at school, cyber bullying has no physical boundaries and is capable of reaching children …
Former Cabinet Member Shalala Suffers Stroke
Donna Shalala, a former Cabinet secretary during the Bill Clinton presidency, and former president of the Univrsity of Miami is hospitalized in New York after …
White principal wins school discrimination case
NATCHEZ, Miss. — A federal jury has awarded more than $370,000 in damages to a white school principal who alleged black administrators racially targeted …
Sports
LeBron signs 2-year contract with Cavaliers
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) _ The Cavaliers can exhale for another year. They’ve got LeBron James’ signature on a contract. The …
Marlins’ Dee Gordon might avoid DL despite dislocated thumb
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) _ Marlins All-Star second baseman Dee Gordon may be able to avoid the disabled list despite dislocating …
Johnny Cueto throws tantrum as Reds lose to Marlins 8-1
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) _ The Cincinnati Reds made a mess of their final game before the All-Star break, and not …
