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
Get Tire Savvy to Help Your Family Stay Safe on the Road
StatePoint Today’s cars come with some impressive features. But no matter what up-to-date tech your car boasts, it’s your tires that connect it to the …
A first: All respond to gene therapy in a blood cancer study
Stained cells showing multiple myeloma. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) – Doctors are reporting unprecedented success from …
Business
NY state grants $500,000 to improve work skills for poor
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) _ New York state is giving a group of low-income residents of western New York a chance to land a job. Gov. …
Wheat harvest starts weeks early, as market softens
By TOM LUTEY The Billings Gazette FORSYTH, Mont. (AP) _ It was Wednesday on the first full week of July when Phil Steinberger came down …
Jackpots roll over for 3 big weekend drawings in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The Louisiana Lottery Corp. says nobody won jackpots in three major lotteries. It says that means Wednesday’s estimated jackpots rise …
Education
Mississippi colleges get money for academic enrichment
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Eight Mississippi colleges and universities will share in $2.25 million to provide better academic opportunities for students and to improve retention …
New checklist aims to help parents engage with schools
By GLYNN A. HILL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) _ Seeking to engage parents more in their children’s education, the Obama administration on Friday released a …
University students learn small-scale farming practices
By TYLER SILVY The Greeley Tribune GREELEY, Colo. (AP) _ “It,” for Leslie Trejo and a handful of University of Northern Colorado undergraduates, …
Sports
Key anniversaries at the US Open
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer A look at some of the anniversaries at the US Open this year: 100 years ago (1915): A four-time …
Jaguars’ Gerhart healthy again, feeling comfortable
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ An illegal tackle changed Toby Gerhart’s season, maybe even his career. The former Stanford standout, …
Cowboys sign top pick Byron Jones for 4 years, $8.6 million
IRVING, Texas (AP) _ The Dallas Cowboys have signed first-round draft pick Byron Jones to an $8.6 million, four-year deal. With the signing of Jones …
