Broward March of Dimes holds annual walk to save babies
FORT LAUDERDALE —On Saturday, thousands are expected to come together at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Davie to take part in the March of Dimes’ …
Maine panel endorses bill to restore energy efficiency funds
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ A Maine legislative committee has endorsed a bill to correct a clerical error that could result in a loss of $38 …
Massachusetts confirms first case of measles in 2015
BOSTON (AP) _ Health officials have confirmed the first case of measles in Massachusetts this year. The case was found in a visiting student from …
Woman uses ‘GoFundMe’ site to pay for Harvard education
By LINDA MATCHAN The Boston Globe CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ Tonika Morgan has not had an easy life. Now 32, the Toronto woman says she …
Schools work on equality for all
By AMY BIOLCHINI The Holland Sentinel HOLLAND, Mich. — Students of color and of low socioeconomic status don’t do as well as their white peers …
Helena native to be second in command at NASA
HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ Helena native Dava Newman will become the deputy administrator of NASA. The Independent Record newspaper of Helena reports (http://bit.ly/1GsnKin ) that …
EU to require cars to have automatic emergency call systems
BRUSSELS (AP) _ All new vehicles in the European Union will have to be fitted as of 2018 with a system that automatically calls the …
FAU national poll states Hispanics favor Obamacare, candidates who support it
BOCA RATON — Hispanics nationally have a 60 percent favorable opinion of the Affordable Care Act and are finding it increasingly easier to afford healthcare, …
Oregon panel considers bill banning ‘gay conversion therapy’
SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ People who say they used to be gay but are now straight are asking an Oregon Senate panel to say no …
Jay Cutler optimistic at start of minicamp
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) _ Jay Cutler’s uncertainty about the offseason had faded away by the start of Chicago Bears’ three-day, voluntary minicamp at Halas …