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
Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm poor, most minority
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but together their impact on cardiovascular and respiratory systems …
Schools using surveillance tech to catch students vaping
When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her. Suddenly, the rest of …
Business
Sheila Oliver, 71, was Lt. governor, well-known figure in New Jersey
SHEILA OLIVER: “Brought a unique and invaluable perspective to our public policy discourse and served as an inspiration to millions of women and girls everywhere, …
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’
Matthew DePerno at a Trump rally PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former …
Disney asks a judge to toss lawsuit from board of DeSantis appointees
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Disney asked a Florida judge on Friday to toss out a lawsuit against the company’s efforts to neutralize a takeover of …
Technology
What Twitter’s privacy changes mean for you
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Twitter’s new privacy policy suggests ambitions of becoming more like Facebook …
Google unveils latest tech tricks as computers get smarter
Google CEO Sundar Pichai. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – Google’s computer programs are gaining a better …
Education
FIU President Mark Rosenberg resigns
Miami – Motivated by Board of Trustees pressure, the 13-year tenure of Florida International University president Mark Rosenberg has abruptly ended. Effective January 21, 2022, …
Documentary tracks lives of Black Wisconsin students
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) – Paul Agbashi was 17 when he left his lifelong home in Nigeria to attend UW-Eau Claire. In addition to the …
Auburn Univ. to dedicate marker for first Black student
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn University will honor Harold A. Franklin, the university’s first African American student, with a desegregation marker dedication ceremony. The ceremony will …
Sports
Expectations getting higher as Woods gets older
San Diego (AP) — The expectations seem to get higher even as Tiger Woods gets older. Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around? …
Kawhi Leonard is the AP’s male athlete of 2019
PHOTOS COURTESY OF NBA.COM He was the Fun Guy. The board man who got paid. He overcame injury to reclaim his rightful place as one …
Unfamiliar rivals Florida, Virginia headed to Orange Bowl
The schools met in the College World Series in 2015, the Cavaliers ousting the Gators on the way to the national championship. They’ve played in …
