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
New drug to protect babies and toddlers from RSV gets FDA approval
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. officials on Monday approved the first long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that sends tens of …
Second Alzheimer’s drug in pipeline can slow the disease by a few months but with brain swelling, bleeding risks
WASHINGTON (AP) – Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday. Eli Lilly and …
Business
Former Michigan theater to become Blackowned movie studio
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Construction is underway for what owners say is the first Black-owned television and movie studio in Michigan. Standup comedian and director turned …
Kiosks offers tag renewals at some Florida supermarkets
Altamonte Springs, Fla. (AP) – Renewing your motor vehicle registration has gotten a little easier in some Florida counties thanks to kiosks at the local …
Rubio takes big business to task for compassion a year before election
Orlando, Fla. (AP U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking Big Business to task. In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from Florida called corporate America …
Technology
Apple’s iPad sales still shrinking, as other segments gro
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Apple makes most of its money from the iPhone, but the California tech giant also …
SPIN METER: Sketchy claims for high-tech health fraud buster
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) _ Medicare says its computerized fraud prevention system worked like a cybercharm last year, identifying $454 million in problematic payments …
Education
48 arrested at Yale protest over fossil fuel investments
PHOTO COURTESY OF WORLD ATLAS NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Yale University police have arrested 48 people who were protesting the Ivy League school’s investments …
17-year-old Bass finishes PBSC honors diploma in high school
PHOTO COURTESY OF PBSC WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Ahria Bass didn’t just get a head start on her college education while in high school, …
National fraternities, sororities sue Harvard over controversial single-sex rule
PHOTO COURTESY OF HARVARD.ORG CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Several national fraternities and sororities sued Harvard University Monday over a 2016 rule that discourages students from joining …
Sports
Sweep, sleep: Cavs oust Raptors, wait for East finals foe
LeBron James PHOTO COURTESY OF KING JAMES GOSPEL CLEVELAND (AP) — Their doubters are dropping off as quickly as the competition. Only one team has …
Dolphins acquire DT Akeem Spence from Lions for draft pick
Akeem Spence PHOTO COURTESY OF MLIVE.COM MIAMI (AP) – Defensive tackle Akeem Spence has been acquired by the Miami Dolphins from the Detroit Lions for …
Florida’s Callaway fails drug test
Antonio Callaway PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLIGATOR ARMY GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Former Florida receiver Antonio Callaway failed a drug test at the NFL combine, a …
