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
Terminally ill attorney files lawsuit over euthanasia
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ John Jay Hooker has worked for Robert F. Kennedy, run for Tennessee governor and now, while facing terminal cancer, hopes to …
Herbicide used in Vietnam War has lingering effect on vets
By SALLY ASHER Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. (AP) _ The effects of the Vietnam War still are reaching Enid in 2015. During the …
Business
American Indian groups argue over settlement money
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON — American Indian groups are fighting a plan to create a new charitable foundation with more than $380 million in federal …
$2.3B sale of California buildings heads to trial
By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO — A lawsuit that aims to force California officials to sell 11 state properties to private investors for $2.3 billion and …
World Bank: Ebola slashes hard-hit nations’ growth
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH and SARAH DiLORENZO MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Ebola has crippled the economies of the three West African countries hit hardest by the disease, …
Education
4-H Grown: Alumni Asked to Stand Up and Support STEM Education More Sharing Services
(NewsUSA) – For almost a decade, there has been a dramatic shift by educators to increase kids’ interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and …
Univ. of Florida suspends frat over abuse of wounded vets
By JASON DEAREN Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ A University of Florida fraternity has been suspended after allegations that its members insulted and spat …
Negotiators on K-12 education bill agree on per-pupil money
By DAVE KOLPACK BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Senate and House negotiators on Thursday were polishing off amendments to a 105-page, nearly $2 billion bill on …