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By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA — A young Afro-Cuban performance artist transformed a Havana cultural center into the stage of a black hairstyle competition this weekend …

South Floridians will honor the date when Texas slaves belatedly learned of their emancipation with a variety of activities across the region. The Spady Cultural …

MIAMI — This morning, tens of thousands of kids and adults at aquatic facilities around the world will unite for the sixth year in a …

By TABATHA B. MCDONALD Special to South Florida Times LAKE WORTH — Is Palm Beach State College ready to ban smoking and tobacco on campus? …

MIAMI — Since his death in 2010, much of the art of Miami artist Purvis Young has been housed at the Bass Museum of Art …

  WEST PALM BEACH — A woman of great brilliance, she is a wife, a mother, a mentor, and now, Verdenia Baker will also be …

Alan Luby/ For South Florida Times At times the rhetoric became downright heated as residents in Palm Beach County packed the County Council chambers at …

MIAMI — Pi Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority joined with Pearls of HOPE Foundation Inc., to host its annual Debutante Cotillion on …

Fort Lauderdale — Dozens of airline-contracted wheelchair attendants at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport went on strike on Tuesday to protest poverty wages and alleged federal …

MIAMI — Several high school juniors and seniors in Miami-Dade Public Schools are winners in an essay contest exploring ethical issues and challenges in today’s …