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Nonprofit to relocate refugee children after Lake Worth Beach closure announcement
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (184+ words) A nonprofit in Lake Worth Beach that supports refugees and immigrants must relocate children after announcing its closure following the Trump administration's cuts to federal funding. The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, or USCRI, is laying off 53 employees in its…...
Palm Beach County Sheriff backs off support for vocational school near fairgrounds
7+ hour, 11+ min ago (1379+ words) When Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw last year embraced a plan to build a vocational high school on land near the long-shuttered county stockade, Hispanic activist Jorge Garrido believed his dream to train teens for well-paying jobs was within…...
Former Google exec drops U.S. Senate bid to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez
21+ hour, 28+ min ago (250+ words) Hector Mujica, a Venezuelan-American who left his longtime job at Google to run for the U.S. Senate in Florida, is leaving the statewide race to instead run for Congress in South Florida. He announced last week that he was going to…...
U.S. plans to cut ties with Boy Scouts. And, Comey and James' criminal cases dismissed
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (741+ words) U.S. plans to cut ties with Boy Scouts. And, Comey and James' criminal cases dismissed'WLRN U.S. plans to cut ties with Boy Scouts. And, Comey and James' criminal cases dismissed A federal judge yesterday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director…...
Future of First Amendment: FIU to host 'Free Speech: A Florida Dialogue' with Georgetown University
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (353+ words) Florida International University is holding a critical conversation on the the future of the First Amendment, partnering with Georgetown University's Free Speech Project to host "Free Speech: A Florida Dialogue," a symposium tackling today's most "pressing challenges to free speech....
Trump to allies who need access to Strait of Hormuz: 'Go get your own oil"
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (483+ words) President Trump says the U.S. will leave Iran in two to three weeks, declaring he's only ever had one goal in mind despite repeating many others since the start of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran five weeks ago. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:…...
Hundreds of mourners remember the life of slain Coral Springs vice mayor
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (629+ words) Hundreds of people filled the front lawn of Coral Springs City Hall Friday night for a candlelight vigil to remember slain vice mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen. She was found dead Wednesday morning when Coral Springs Police responded to a wellness…...
Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (320+ words) The announcement said the pardons were a "humanitarian gesture" in connection with Holy Week and didn't mention mounting pressures with the U.S. The government said the prisoners affected are foreigners and Cubans, including women, the elderly and young people. It didn't…...
Mexico appoints Roberto Velasco as new foreign minister at critical moment for US ties
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (447+ words) The previous minister, Juan Ram'n de la Fuente, a 74-year-old psychiatrist who has been a key member of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration, requested to step down for health reasons, the president's office announced Wednesday on social platform X. Velasco, a…...
Florida challenges NFL’s ‘Rooney Rule,' gas leaf blowers, birthright citizenship, Artemis II
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (255+ words) Florida challenges NFL's "Rooney Rule' Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says the NFL's Rooney Rule is against state law. He recently wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last week claiming the practice "brazenly violates Florida law." The league's…...