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
Much ado about something
After finishing and overnight shift, I made a stop by a client’s home on my way home for what it thought would be a quick …
Dearborn considers whether to ban smoking in public parks
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) _ The city of Dearborn is considering whether to ban smoking in all of its public parks because of health concerns. The …
Business
Bills on breastfeeding, booze sales move through Legislature
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Talk of the state budget has dominated the 2015 legislative session in New Hampshire, with other high-profile items …
Chinese billionaire gives France vacation to 6,400 workers
NICE, France (AP) _ The billionaire chief executive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens has given 6,400 of his best salespeople a vacation that started in …
Oreo maker Mondelez to cut up to 600 jobs at Chicago bakery
CHICAGO (AP) _ Mondelez International plans to cut several hundred jobs at a Chicago bakery that makes Chips Ahoy and Oreo cookies and other snack …
Education
Tucson school district may outsource substitute teachers
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ The school board hasn’t voted but Tucson Unified School District substitute teachers already know they can’t get rehired next year unless …
Texas lawmakers vote to end high school steroids testing
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas lawmakers voted Friday to dismantle the state’s high school steroids testing program after eight …
National Spelling Bee ends in tie for 2nd year in a row
By BEN NUCKOLS OXON HILL, Md. (AP) _ They couldn’t be rattled. They couldn’t be denied. Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar had worked too hard …
Sports
Bethune-Cookman beats North Carolina A&T 78-56
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brandon Stewart scored 21 points to help Bethune-Cookman beat North Carolina A&T 78-56 on Monday night to snap its six-game home losing …
Mets’ Dillon Gee says trade talk didn’t disrupt offseason
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Dillon Gee says trade talk didn’t disrupt his offseason. The Mets start spring training with six potential starting pitchers. Ace Matt …
A-Rod reaches out to Headley, signed to replace him at third
TAMPA, Fla. — Chase Headley says Alex Rodriguez has “reached out and introduced himself.” Headley was signed to a $52 million, four-year contract by the Yankees, …
