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
H.O.T. Challenge: 30 years supporting Black hospitality professionals
Staff Report MIAMI, Fla. – For more than 30 years, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) has organized the Hospitality Open Tournament, better …
Cancer treatment: The future
(StatePoint) – For many patients, initial cancer treatments are not enough, and residual cancer cells that survive these treatments can cause relapse. But new research …
Business
Businesswoman blazes trail in construction industry
Riviera Beach, Fla. – A new stateof-the-art fire station will be one of the first new buildings constructed in the city of Riviera Beach in …
Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington
Hartford, Conn. (AP) — The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting announced Tuesday they have agreed to a $73 million …
Black History Month 2022 TV is provocative, creative
Los Angeles (AP) – How U.S. history is told and taught is being challenged and potentially constricted on several fronts, but television’s approach to Black …
Technology
Dodge Chargers recalled; door slam can make air bags inflate
DETROIT (AP) _ Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 322,000 sedans worldwide because side air bags can inflate if doors are slammed too hard. The …
NY village makes ransom payments to keep computers running
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York auditors say an upstate village made ransom payments of $300 and $500 last year to keep …
Education
President Robinson, meet Dr. Common
PHOTO COURTESY OF FAMU Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida A&M President Larry Robinson, Ph.D. presents an honorary doctor of Fine Arts Degree to hip-hop artist, actor, …
FAMU Law student accepted to EPA Law Clerk Honors Program
Staff Report ORLANDO, Fla – Florida A&M University (FAMU) student Bria Calvin has been accepted into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Enforcement Training …
Morehouse College to admit transgender men starting in 2020
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOREHOUSE COLLEGE The country’s only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year, marking a major shift for the …
Sports
FAMU downs DII Fort Valley St. 41-7 for Simmons’ first win
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FAMUAN TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida A&M beat Division II Fort Valley State 41-7 on Saturday in the season opener for …
Little Haiti is getting a new soccer park
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CITY OF MIAMI Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Keon Hardemon (above) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Little Haiti Soccer …
Serena Williams easily wins 1st US Open match in 2 years
PHOTOS COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams was disappointed she didn’t get to say goodbye to her daughter before heading to Flushing …
