Obituaries
ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Lee Gloria Murray, 80, died May 15. Service 10am Saturday, June 1, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. Shelby …
The Rev. William Lawson, Texas civil rights leader who worked with MLK, dies at 95
REV. WILLIAM "BILL" LAWSON: Known as "Houston’s Pastor," he set up the local office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization that …
FPL meteorologists preparing for active hurricane season
FORECASTING CRUCIAL: Especially as experts predict a well above-average 2024 season beginning June 1. PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWSROOM.FPL.COM Growing up in Indiana and then living …
S. Floridians urged: Get ready for unprecedented storm era
AMID RECORD HEAT: National Weather Service head meteorologist in Miami cautions that flooding can be an even greater threat than hurricane winds. PHOTO COURTESY OF …
South Africa’s election could bring the groundbreaking political shift
Cape Town, South Africa (AP) — South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country will take its most significant political step since the …
Dr. Hepburn sworn in as new Broward County Schools superintendent
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Dr. Howard Hepburn was officially sworn in as the new Superintendent for Broward County Public Schools. During a swearing-in ceremony on …
Black Americans are underrepresented in nation’s residential care communities
STOCK PHOTO Norma Upshaw was living alone south of Nashville when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Her closest family lived 40 …
Hostility to diversity programs is latest effort to foil efforts at forging a less imperfect union
An ancient Chinese curse is said to go like this: “May you live in interesting times.” Whether a pox is afflicting all our houses or …
Justices Sam Alito, Clarence Thomas reveal partisan MAGA allegiance
United States Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have quite a bit of explaining to do. Both justices have been in the news …
Deadline for businesses to share in massive credit card company settlement looms
New York (AP) — A deadline is looming for millions of businesses who may be entitled to a payout in a $5.5 billion antitrust settlement …