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
Report: Wait lists for vets even longer today than last year
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The number of veterans seeking health care but ending up on waiting lists of one month or more is 50 percent higher …
Petal bans e-cigarette use in public buildings
PETAL, Miss. (AP) _ The Petal Board of Aldermen has voted to make vaping illegal in public buildings. The Hattiesburg American (http://hatne.ws/1SAWu9M) reports that Mayor …
Business
Whitehouse proposes extended military foreclosure protection
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) _ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says he has introduced legislation to help protect military service members from losing their homes to foreclosure. The …
Buffett says new oil train rules will affect BNSF railroad
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ New federal standards for shipping crude oil by rail will have a significant impact on Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF railroad and its …
School teams to compete in financial literacy contest
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) _ The Vermont state treasurer’s office will be testing high school teams on their financial literacy. Four-person teams from around the state …
Education
New Mexico campuses seeing drop in student enrollment
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ College campuses across New Mexico had the sharpest decline in enrollment compared with other states in the past year, a new …
University of Kentucky high-rise dormitories to be vacated
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ Two 23-story dormitory towers on the University of Kentucky campus will be empty for this fall semester as the school decides …
10 young scholars to compete in geography bee finals
By BEN NUCKOLS WASHINGTON (AP) _ Ten kids with unusually strong knowledge of nations, cities, cultures and history are set to compete in the finals …
Sports
Wade says he’s ‘Heatlifer’, agrees 2-year deal
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade is staying with the Heat and his latest deal is designed to give both the player and the only franchise …
FAMU chief reviews suspension of tennis and golf programs
TALLAHASSEE — Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum is reviewing the temporary suspension of the school’s men’s tennis and men’s golf programs, a FAMU statement …
Riley likely to meet LeBron
LAS VEGAS — LeBron James worked out and had a meeting agenda Tuesday. In another summer of NBA Free Agent Frenziness, if James knows where …
