Author: Carma Henry

     Now she’s coming back to Miami — and to “The Wiz,” this time playing the Good Witch Addapearle in the South Florida premiere of the show’s most recent revival. The limited engagement will take place Oct. 7-12 at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House, celebrating 50 years since the musical first opened on Broadway in 1975.

Recently The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) hosted Florida Cancer Breakfast: Breaking Down Barriers to Access at the Florida Blue Conference Center in Jacksonville on Monday. The program brought together health care leaders, researchers and advocates to discuss how public policy can improve access to care and spotlighted the urgent need for Congress to extend the health care tax credits that help people afford health insurance on the Marketplace.

   Norfolk State head coach Michael Vick faced the media with candor and resolve after his Spartans suffered a lopsided 60-10 defeat at the hands of Rutgers on Saturday.

   The inaugural HBCU Unity Classic did not disappoint, seeing the Edward Waters Tigers keep their record unblemished with a dramatic 41-38 upset win over the Virginia Union Panthers.

     A Broward County high school teacher has been removed from the classroom while officials investigate allegations that he made racially charged comments during a lesson earlier this month.

      On September 23, ICE arrested Dimitri Vorbe, an illegal alien and citizen of Haiti, for violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including actions that contributed to the destabilization of Haiti.

     “When you say that the sky’s going to fall if you have open carry, well, I can look at 40-plus other states that have it, and I haven’t seen the sky fall. We already have under statute permitless concealed carry, constitutional carry,” DeSantis said in Miami at Florida International University’s Tamiami Hall.

     Bahamas Environment and Natural Resources Minister Vaughn Peterson Miller has died at the age of 64, the country’s Office of the Prime Minister announced Sunday.

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