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
Mississippi cities honored for smoke-free ordinances
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Mississippi State Department of Health says the Magnolia state leads the nation when it comes to implementing municipal smoke-free air …
State hospital halts new admissions during renovations
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Osawatomie State Hospital has stopped accepting new admissions while the facility undergoes renovations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1IeAU7X ) that officials …
Business
US testing of lithium batteries alarms aviation officials
By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON (AP) _ International aviation officials are trying to quickly come up with safer packaging for cargo shipments of lithium-ion batteries on …
Comcast must show what’s next after collapse of deal
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Comcast, which reports financial results on Monday, faces some tough questions about what’s next for …
Puerto Rico in economic limbo as legislators reject tax plan
By DANICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla pledged Thursday to negotiate with legislators after they voted down an overhaul …
Education
Teacher fired over students’ notes to sick prison inmate
ORANGE, N.J. (AP) _ A New Jersey school district has fired a teacher whose third-grade class wrote get-well letters to a sick prison inmate convicted …
University of Vermont trustees considering tuition increase
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ The University of Vermont Board of Trustees plans to discuss a proposed 3.4 percent tuition increase for the 2016 academic year …
Kansas officials to urge schools to teach financial literacy
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas legislators and State Board of Education members are launching a campaign to encourage public schools to teach students financial literacy. …
Sports
Marino joins, abandons NFL concussion lawsuit
MIAMI (AP) — Dan Marino says he inadvertently became a plaintiff in a concussion lawsuit against the NFL and is withdrawing immediately.
Mike Pouncey: no regrets
DAVIE — Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey claims to have no regrets about last season’s incidents in a bullying scandal in which an NFL-sanctioned investigator …
Snubbed teen wows in tennis
When Georgia-based up-and-coming tennis star Taylor Townsend tried to play in the 2012 U.S. Open Junior tournament, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) tried to …