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
FROM THE EDITOR
By Isheka Harrison “Can you be black and depressed?” When that question was posed by one of my college classmates on Facebook, some people thought …
GREAT HEALTH AT EVERY AGE : A DECADE-BY-DECADE GUIDE TO LIVING YOUR HEALTHIEST LIFE
By SHANNAN YOUNGER Courtesy of makeitbetter.net Getting and staying healthy should always be a priority, but you may not know all you could be doing …
Business
‘Terminator,’ ‘Magic Mike’ fizzle at July 4th box office
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ July 4th went off like a dud at the box office. Anticipated new releases “Magic …
Officials to begin lifting evacuation after train derailment
By STEVE MEGARGEE and JOHNNY CLARK MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Preparations began Friday to allow thousands of eastern Tennessee residents to return to their homes …
Haiti president, business leaders open new container port
By EVENS SANON and DAVID McFADDEN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Haitian President Michel Martelly, business leaders and civic boosters inaugurated an $80 million container port …
Education
Piano-playing senator’s latest tune: New education policy
By LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON — How does a musician-senator fill the time during yet another partisan Senate stalemate? In Sen. Lamar Alexander’s case, he sits …
U. of Alaska Fairbanks rededicates nearly century-old campus
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) _ The University of Alaska Fairbanks will officially celebrate its first century next year and officials marked festivities leading up to it …
Statehouse hearing scheduled for special education bills
BOSTON (AP) _ State lawmakers have scheduled a public hearing to consider nearly two dozen bills aimed at special education policies in Massachusetts. The bills …
Sports
Dolphins kicker Caleb Sturgis sidelined with leg injury
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) _ Miami Dolphins kicker Caleb Sturgis is expected to miss the rest of the team’s spring practices with a leg injury. Sturgis …
Marlins’ Fernandez looks good in extended spring training
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) _ Marlins ace Jose Fernandez took another step Monday in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, throwing …
Kyle Thompson wins Rex Hospital Open for 3rd time
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Kyle Thompson became the first player in Web.com Tour history to win an event three times, taking the Rex Hospital Open …
