Palm Beach County School district cuts back on free meals for all students.
STOCK Photo By David L. Snelling WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Due to reductions in a federal program which helps school districts offer free meals …
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Retirees spending more time exploring technology than leisure time
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PBC Elections invites residents to Elections Experience Tour
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HISTORIC OVERTOWN HOSTS BLOCK PARTY AND HERITAGE MARKET FOR JUNETEENTH WEEKEND
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Donalds inching closer to becoming first-ever Black Florida governor
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Juneteenth: The Week of Repair
As communities across the nation prepare to observe the Week of Repair, it is a time to reflect, remember, and advocate for justice. This special …
Health and Wellness
Updated covid shots are coming
WASHINGTON (AP) – Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for …
Patients need doctors who look like them, to treat them
STOCK PHOTO DETROIT (AP) – Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, …
Business
Businesswoman blazes trail in construction industry
Riviera Beach, Fla. – A new stateof-the-art fire station will be one of the first new buildings constructed in the city of Riviera Beach in …
Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington
Hartford, Conn. (AP) — The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting announced Tuesday they have agreed to a $73 million …
Black History Month 2022 TV is provocative, creative
Los Angeles (AP) – How U.S. history is told and taught is being challenged and potentially constricted on several fronts, but television’s approach to Black …
Technology
Teams digging into history of the earliest people
y JOHN MACCORMACK San Antonio Express-News SALADO, Texas (AP) _ In a grassy meadow where eons ago some of America’s first settlers camped and chipped …
Rural school districts lead Ohio in giving out online exams
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Nearly a quarter of Ohio’s rural school districts administered state standardized tests online last year, the largest rate among any category …
Education
FMU appoints Adrienne Cooper as provost and executive vice
PHOTO COURTESY OF FMU FORMER WILDCAT: Adrienne Cooper formerly was associate provost at BethuneCookman University. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Florida Memorial University’s Board of Trustees …
FAMU law students saluted for pro bono volunteer work
PHOTO COURTESY OF FMU ORLANDO, Fla. – Two Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Law students were recently rec ognized by the Ninth …
Teacher ban on ‘Large Afros’ at school concert criticized
CINCINNATI (AP) – A middle-school music teacher has hit a sour note with a letter warning students against having “Mohawks, Large Afros, or any other …
Sports
North American trio beats Morocco to host 2026 World Cup
By ROB HARRIS and GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press MOSCOW — North America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted Wednesday for …
Dynasty in making? Warriors chase third title in 4 years
Warriors chase third title in 4 years PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA BASIN By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. – HeHHHhStephen Curry and coach …
Woods happy despite another Sunday fade
Woods is frustrated but encouraged. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPORTS FAN By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer DUBLIN, Ohio – Tiger Woods made it interesting again, …
