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: Cholera kills 30 Burundi refugees in Tanzanian camp
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) _ A cholera outbreak has killed at least 30 people in a Tanzanian refugee camp for Burundians, a World …
Florida hospital commission meeting echoes Scott’s agenda
By KELLI KENNEDY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Gov. Rick Scott’s hospital commission held its first meeting Wednesday, overwhelmed by mounds of data but intent …
Business
State of black businesses forum about partnerships
PLANTATION — The power of partnerships and collaborations is the common thread of the fifth South Florida State of the Black Business Forum & Networking …
Business Spotlight 08/14/2014
Head to Toe Posture & Rehab Center LLC Head to Toe Posture & Rehab Center LLC is a physical rehabilitation center with a personal touch. …
Reader Success! An interview with Judy Davis (Part two of a two-part report)
“I did not recruit leadership; instead, I embraced leadership.” This is what we learned from Judy Davis, membership outreach manager at the Metal Museum in …
Education
Wesleyan says 12 treated after taking drug ‘Molly’ on campus
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan University’s president says 10 students and two visitors to the school received medical treatment after taking a version of the party drug …
New Mexico Senate approves Hanna Skandera as education boss
By VIK JOLLY SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Senate on Monday confirmed Hanna Skandera as education secretary _ four years after she took the …
Gastrointestinal bug sickens 100-plus at university
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Officials say more than 100 students at an eastern Pennsylvania university were stricken last week with what appears to be a gastrointestinal …