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
2 men injured in small plane crash in central Florida
Associated Press ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ Authorities say two men were injured when a small plane crashed in central Florida. The Daytona Beach News-Journal …
Old birds flock together
By DR. PIERRE B. BLAND From time to time things happen which amaze and delight me as none other. It is true the most amazing …
Business
Brazil’s unemployment rates rises
SAO PAULO (AP) _ Brazil’s government says unemployment continues rising in Latin America’s largest country. The country’s IBGE statistics bureau said Thursday that the jobless …
Loan deal signed to build solar energy facility in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) _ The U.S. government’s development finance institution has signed an agreement with a solar energy company to support a 20-megawatt photovoltaic facility …
California court says ‘sweepstakes’ games are illegal
By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Computerized “sweepstakes” games offered at special Internet cafes are the equivalent of slot machines that are illegal under …
Education
The Latest: House clears college tuition waiver bill
SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ The latest on the activities of the Oregon Legislature as lawmakers press closer to adjourning the 2015 legislative session: 4 p.m. …
Teachers still sought in home economics field
By ERIN DUFFY Omaha World-Herald OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Forty years ago, when Cheryl Tschetter started teaching at what was then McMillan Junior High, boys …
UMass takes new steps to comply with sanctions against Iran
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst says it will continue to admit Iranian nationals but is taking new measures to comply with U.S. sanctions against …
Sports
With 4 picks in draft, Celtics have to cast wide net
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) _ With four picks in next month’s NBA draft, the Boston Celtics can’t just focus on …
SEC to ‘substantially’ increase fines for rushing fields
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DESTIN, Fla. (AP) _ The Southeastern Conference has been fining its schools for rushing fields and storming courts since …
USOC board member: Boston bid no sure thing
By EDDIE PELLS and JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writers Boston’s troubled bid for the 2024 Olympics took another ding Monday, when a key U.S. Olympic …
