NASA STEM grant to serve underserved
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS: Building a robot, above, coding in The Hangar, below, at the Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS). PHOTOS COURTESY OF MODS Fort …
BlackMen Win, Together host inaugural tailgate
"CREATING A SPACE”: Black Men Win Together group, from left, Ed Ponder, Derrick Jones Sr, Ted Lucas, Derrick Jones Jr., Corey Brown and Anthony Durden. …
Florida volunteers 7,000 sign up for Harris presidential campaign
STATE IN PLAY: Latest poll numbers show that Vice President Kamala Harris has reduced the gap between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates among Florida …
Walmart recalls apple juice sold in 25 states due to elevated arsenic levels
Washington (AP) — Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the U.S. that were found to contain potentially harmful …
Mississippi ex-deputy seeks shorter sentence in racist torture of 2 Black men
Former chief investigator for the Rankin County, Mississippi Sheriff’ s Department seeks a reduction is his approximately 27 years prison sentence. PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORICA …
Obituaries
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Liller A. Young, 96, died August 19. Service 10am Saturday, August 31, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. JC …
Maurice Williams, writer and lead singer of ‘Stay,’ dies at 86
MAURICE WILLIAMS: Maurice Williams (front, center) and the Zodiacs in 1960. The song was his Zodiac group’s only major success. Like many stars from the …
Hettie Jones, award-winning poet, Amiri Baraka former wife
HETTIE JONES: Noted publisher, educator whose marriage was strained by the pressures of being an interracial couple, passes at age 90. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIEPEDIA …
Progressive Christian women are keeping their values, faith
NONTRADITIONAL: Some women of color have been disappointed and upset by evangelical Christian churches, whose leaders often see congregants’ concerns through a patriarchal lens, or …
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago: 1968 and now
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama delight the nation at the DNC Convention. PHOTOS BY KEVIN HICKS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES …