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
Delaware governors signs marijuana decriminalization bill
By RANDALL CHASE DOVER, Del. (AP) _ Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana in Delaware. Markell signed the …
Oregon Senate committee clears birth control proposal
SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ A proposal permitting pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control is advancing through the Legislature. The bill allows women to skip their …
Business
GM Canada to cut assembly workforce by 1,000 jobs this year
OSHAWA, Ontario (AP) _ General Motors Canada says it will cut about 1,000 positions from its Oshawa manufacturing operations this year. GM Canada said Thursday …
Partners HealthCare notifies 3,300 patients of email breach
BOSTON (AP) _ Boston-based nonprofit health care system Partners HealthCare is notifying about 3,300 patients about a security breach. Partners says in November it learned …
Kroger expands in central Indiana to create 3,400-plus jobs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Kroger will build 11 new stores and expand or remodel 22 others in a $464.6 million central Indiana expansion that will create …
Education
Surprise Police arrest teen for fake bomb threats
PHOENIX (AP) _ Surprise Police have arrested a local teen for calling and emailing a fake bomb threat and home invasion in February. Police say …
About 15 percent of third graders fail reading test
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ About 15 percent of Oklahoma third graders could be held back after earning unsatisfactory marks on a state-mandated reading test. State …
University of Evansville campus to become smoke-free
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) _ The University of Evansville campus will become smoke-free starting Aug. 1. The Evansville Courier and Press reports (http://bit.ly/1ECb0W1 ) that the …
Sports
Ghana ready for World Cup rematch against US
MIAMI — In its final exhibition before facing the United States in the World Cup, Ghana practiced celebrating. Captain Asamoah Gyan scored a breakaway goal …
Brazil ready to finally get World Cup underway
SAO PAULO — It’s almost time. The day Brazilians have been anxiously waiting for has finally arrived. Brazil plays Croatia on Thursday to get the …
Heat lose big in Game 3, trail Spurs 2-1 in Finals
MIAMI (AP) — Maybe in a video game. Possibly in the pregame layup line. But shoot this way in the NBA Finals, against the two-time …