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MIAMI — An American who hijacked a jetliner to Cuba decades ago is appealing the 20-year prison sentence he received after pleading guilty to U.S. …

By JOSÉ E. PÉREZ Special to South Florida Times MIAMI — They were a skeptical bunch at first, apprehensive about what would happen to their …

HOLLYWOOD — Street art is popping up everywhere in downtown Hollywood and it’s there because of the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency. The latest installment in …

MIAMI — Theft and fraud are among the charges faced by Hilda Hall-Denis, president and executive director of the Business Technology Development Corp. after she …

Photo Credit: DAVIDiPhoto Inc. The Caribbean Marketplace reopened Friday evening with hundreds showing support of a market that had been closed for more than a …

MIAMI – Twenty-five young African leaders from sub-Saharan nations have been receiving training locally in a six-week public management institute, which highlights environmental issues.

MIAMI GARDENS — Florida Memorial University on Monday marked the end of construction on one building and almost simultaneously started a new one. The university …

Friendship and service were recently celebrated in grand style by the Miami-Biscayne Bay Chapter of The Links Inc., as several service-oriented women were inducted into …

RIVIERA BEACH — Support poured in via Facebook for State Rep. Bobby Powell Jr. from family and constituents Monday, after the politician’s father was arrested …

FORT LAUDERDALE — Food Network personality and cookbook author Sunny Anderson will lead the two-day South Florida Book Festival at the African-American Research Library and …