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
With tech, supplement kids’ classroom learning at home
(StatePoint) – When the school bell rings at the end of the day, the learning doesn’t need to stop. Some of the latest and greatest …
US Open Serena’s farewell?
The talk of tennis – and beyond – for most of the past three weeks has been about Serena Williams and her announcement that she …
Business
Macy’s announces multiyear restructuring plan
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s announced a multiyear money-saving restructuring program that it says will shrink its management structure and make the department store more …
Fiat Chrysler: $4.5B plan would add 6,500 Detroit-area jobs
DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday announced a $4.5 billion plan that includes building the first new auto assembly plant in Detroit in almost …
Car insurance rates skyrocket
Car insurance rates are at an all-time high in the U.S., and rates are up another 6.3% in the Miami. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area, …
Technology
Internet Truckstop to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The Internet Truckstop Group is raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/1JMJJom ) that the …
Explosive device injures 6 teens at California house party
MANTECA, Calif. (AP) _ Authorities said six teenagers were injured after someone tossed an explosive device into a backyard party in the Northern California city …
Education
Office Depot donates supplies to school
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Every student at Washington Elementary School in West Palm Beach will receive a backpack filled with school supplies and a …
Broward College nursing graduates’ licensure scores tops in nation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla – Thirty-two students recently graduated from Broward College’s Nursing school. All thirty-two earned 100 percent on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) …
Commissioner’s internship program readies students for next level
MIAMI – Kiara Finlay able to take the first step towards becoming an attorney, judge, and ultimately a U.S. Supreme Court Justice by completing an …
Sports
NCAA ‘reluctantly’ agrees to let North Carolina host events
NCAA sign made of balloons. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NCAA has “reluctantly” agreed to consider North Carolina as a host …
Title or money? The give-and-take of one-and-done in hoops
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – The teenager who plays hoops for a year in college and …
3-time champ Venus Williams reaches 4th round at Miami Open
Venus Williams PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) – Venus Williams made the most of her home-court …
