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
At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia’s Sapelo Island
Sapelo Island PHOTO COURTESY OF SAPELONERR.ORG Savannah, Ga. (AP) — Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock …
Voters with disabilities are feeling ignored by presidential candidates
STOCK PHOTO A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled. Add …
Business
Automakers hit significant storm as buyers reject lofty prices
STOCK PHOTO Detroit (AP) — Investors are punishing automakers’ stocks this week after second-quarter earnings reports exposed industrywide issues of slowing sales and high prices, …
Georgia slave descendants fight zoning changes that threaten their homes
Darien, Ga. (AP) — Residents of one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants submitted signatures Tuesday, hoping to force a referendum …
TikTok has launched tons of trends. How long will its influence last?
STOCK PHOTO New York (AP) — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin. …
Technology
How messaging technology is helping fuel global protests
When a friend shared a Facebook post with Michelle Burris inviting her to protest in downtown Washington, D.C., last Saturday, she knew she had to …
Hackers’ new target: Video conferencing with Zoom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. …
Education
Broward schools get metal detectors
Torey Alston, a member of the Broward County School Board pictured during his tenure as a Broward County commissioner, supports the added security. PHOTO COURTESY …
Celebrating HBCUs
MIAMI, Fla. – The Historic Society and Hip Rock Star recently wrapped up the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Conference (HBCUCon), an annual celebration of …
Program providing Path to College for needy students
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A nonprofit college readiness program is helping to send low-income students to top-tier colleges and universities. Palm Beach County based …
Sports
Dolphins work on maintaining standards, even with big leads
HEROES: In the team’s historic performance in defeating the Denver Broncos 70-20, included quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, receiver Tyreek Hill rookie running back De`Von Achane and …
Dolphins hold off Patriots 24-17
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Tua Tagovailoa has heard a lot during his NFL career about his shortcomings. Beating the New England Patriots continues not to …
Extra work, system familiarity helping Dolphins’ Hill to excel
TYREEK HILL: The team’s performance in Sunday`s 36-34 opener over the Los Angeles Chargers suggests the extra work is paying off. Next up: another road …
