SoFlo Live
KAREN STEPHENS IN ‘POTUS’: The award-winning South Florida favorite returns Jan. 9 – 26 to the Carnival Studio Theater of Miami’s Arsht Center for the …
New Orleans mourns victims of truck attack with tearful vigil and celebration of life
New Orleans (AP) — New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup …
Health and Wellness
Doctor reveals a groundbreaking scientific way to self-assess happiness level
STOCK PHOTO Perryburg, Ohio — As a physician-scientist and happiness coach, Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana has made it his mission to support the well-being of others, …
New insights on kidney disease in African Americans could lead to therapies
STOCK PHOTO Durham, N.C. – In a finding that could help reduce the racial disparity in kidney disease, Duke Health researchers have detailed how two …
Business
Karikó, Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
STOCKHOLM (AP) Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were …
Biden administration expands funding for railway projects throughout U.S.
Amtrak train arrives at Union Station STOCK PHOTO WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects …
California lawsuit says oil giants deceived public on climate
Crude oil pumps from the ground in California. STOCK PHOTO LOS ANGELES (AP) – The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the …
Technology
Research at Kennedy Space Center to produce sonic booms
Kennedy Space Center PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA EMRE KELLY Florida Today MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) – A NASA aircraft darting over the edge of the Space …
Total solar eclipse 1st in 99 years to sweep width of US
Total solar eclipse. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – This August, the U.S. will experience its …
Education
Nat’l Educational Assessment dictates school choice now
Today, the National Center for Education Statistics released national achievement scores for fourth and eighth-graders. These scores are the first of their kind since the …
Spelman College to get $5.7M to expand science, math faculty
Atlanta (AP) – A foundation that promotes science and math research is giving Atlanta’s Spelman College $5.7 million. The New York-based Simons Foundation announced the …
Students get to fast-track at Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Broward College is creating a pathway to higher-paying employment for students with their fasttrack career skills training in South Florida’s top …
Sports
KOBE: The Eternal Black Mamba
Miami – It’s like the world stopped. Sunday early afternoon, the chatter began. Text messages, Twitter and Facebook posts began questioning whether it was true: …
Chiefs, 49ers arrive in South Florida as Super Bowl returns
PHOTOS COURTESY OF KANSASCITY.COM AND YOUTUBE.COM MIAMI (AP) – Kansas City waited 50 years to get back to a Super Bowl. And then the Chiefs …
‘RAISED IN THE 954’EVENTS CELEBRATING THE BIG GAME
PHOTOS COURTESY OF FORT LAUDERDALE BID FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – In celebration of the big game, Super Bowl LIV, the city of Fort Lauderdale is …
