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
Make prescriptions more affordable by cutting out the costly middlemen
Congress is considering several bipartisan, common-sense reforms for holding PBMs, to account. Legislation could even pass before the end of this year – to the …
For now, ‘Dreamers’ will be shut out of the healthcare marketplace in 19 states
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) — Young adult immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 U.S. states will be temporarily blocked from getting health insurance through the Affordable …
Business
Congress pushes to expand some Social Security benefits
Washington (AP) — The House has passed legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, pushing it one step closer to …
Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy. What does that mean for travelers?
New York (AP) — Spirit Airlines, the largest budget carrier in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. The airline said customers should …
SBA backed financing rose 7% to $56B in fiscal 2024
The Small Business Administration said it backed $56 billion in financing to small businesses and disaster-affected areas during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, up …
Technology
Florida casinos ask courts to stop online sports gambling off tribal lands
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from online …
AI companies to report safety tests to US government
STOCK PHOTO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start implementing a new requirement for the developers of major artificial intelligence systems to disclose their …
Education
Bethune first HBCU to host women historians
DR. CRYSTAL A. DEGREGORY: Director of the Bethune Institute and coordinator of the Southern Association for Women Historians Triennial Conference, which will coincide with founder …
FAMU President Larry Robinson resigns amid controversy
FAMU President Larry Robinson PHOTO COURTESY OF FAMU Tallahassee, Fla. – The capital city was abuzz as the word went out that Florida A&M University …
FMU, South Florida’s historic Black university in transition
Miami Gardens, Fla. – Florida Memorial University President Dr. Jaffus Hardrick resigned over unspecified health issues, the college’s Board of Trustees announced. His resignation was …
Sports
Spring Sports Roundup Play Ball? More Black major leaguers may be on the way
NUMBERS REMAIN HISTORICALLY LOW: But Major League Baseball is working to get a new generation of African American stars such as Lee Allen Jr. into …
Florida A&M moving on from coach Robert McCullum after seven seasons and 133 losses
Robert McCullum PHOTO COURTESY OF HBCUGAMEDAY.COM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University is moving on from basketball coach Robert McCullum after seven seasons. Florida’s …
Hurting Dolphins host Bills to win AFC East and begin playoffs home
SHOWDOWN AT HOME: Dolphins, who are 7-1 at Hard Rock Stadium, will need to overcome a plethora of injuries, including to pass rusher Bradley Chubb, …
