Village of Hope celebrates ten years of helping youth exit foster care
LAKE PARK, Fla. – Once upon a time, when children in foster care reached the age of 18, where they ended up when they exited …
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Zo’s basketball fundraiser brings lawyers to court
Stenciled affirmations are painted on the walls inside of the recreation room at the Overtown Youth Center, but the lyrics of legendary hip hop artist …
‘Driving While Black’ still a problem in the sunshine state
Who would have thought the phrase “Click it or Ticket” would be so ominous to black motorists in Florida? For many, the words are a …
Cubans convicted of major US crimes could face deportation
MIAMI – As Washington normalizes relations with Havana, nearly 30,000 Cuban nationals convicted of crimes in the U.S. may face deportation. The Miami Herald reports …
Most inmates in Bayamon, Puerto Rico voted in Republican primary for Trump
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Thousands of inmates lined up in prisons across Puerto Rico on Friday to cast early ballots in the U.S. territory’s …
Election 2016: Disappointment, betrayal and shame
Everyone knows that I’m a “black Republican,” but most don’t know why I left the Democratic Party. It was my disappointment and shame at what …
Inlet Grove students receives national award
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – High school junior Rakim Williams has always known that rapping would get him somewhere in life. He raps at home, at …
50,000-plus pages of Clinton emails examined
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s work-related emails from her private account are now public, more than 52,000 pages detailing her tenure as secretary of state but …
Hobbs wins bronze medal for book on lynching
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Seventy two years have passed since Willie James Howard was lynched in Live Oak, Florida, decades before her birth; but the …
Cholera quietly still kills dozens a month in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – More than a dozen people reclined on cots inside the clinic in the Haitian capital, a few so sick they were receiving …