South Korean authorities were investigating the crowd surge that killed at least 154 partygoers in Seoul on Sunday, as the nation grappled with one of its worst-ever disasters. At least 26 foreign nationals, including two Americans, were killed.
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Justin Ricketts, a 17-year-old student from Riviera Beach, Florida, recently achieved a perfect 1600 score on the SAT. He has been accepted to several prestigious universities as well.
Urged on by the Florida Department of Children & Families, a circuit court judge has ruled that 9-months old Ector — by birthright an American citizen — should be sent to Haiti to be with his maternal grandmother, who lives in a mountainous region and has no steady income. The Florida foster family that has raised him since he was a week old fears for his safety in a country torn by kidnapping gangs and catastrophic hunger and wants to adopt him. They are suing to keep him here in their care.
This weekend, my faith in voters and their willingness to vote was revitalized upon meeting two elderly women affectionally called Ms. Pat and Ms. Jean. They both lived in the Lake Forrest community in West Park Florida. We met them while volunteering in their community distributing door hangers containing non-partisan important voter information and notices of a new Early Voting location in their neighborhood.
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee– Before dawn, Charlie Crist bounds out of his white Yukon into the crowd of floats, dance teams and bands lined up for the Florida A&M University Homecoming parade. Like a rock star, he’s immediately surrounded by participants and spectators clamoring for selfies. “Hey, how ya doing? Are you ready for the parade? This in one of my favorites! I can’t wait for the 100,” Crist says grinning, as everyone smiles and laughs.
A Plantation, Florida, native is serving in the U.S. Navy supporting the training of naval aviation personnel and air operations.
US Senator Marco Rubio took a drubbing from his Democratic opponent Congresswoman Val Demings during their only debate. Demings chastised the two-term senator for supporting abortions without exceptions and his refusal to support efforts to curb gun violence. “How long will you watch people being gunned down in first grade, fourth grade, high school, college, church, synagogue, grocery store, movie theater, a mall and a nightclub and do nothing?” Demings said. Rubio appeared startled and befuddled at the scolding.
Americans are quick to say, “I don’t get involved in politics,” or “I hate politics.” They are the faithful who recite the doctrine as though it were biblical verse. What they fail to realize is that our love-hate relationship with politics is a consequence of day-to-day life in the greatest democracy in the world.
The Walt Disney Company announced a $1 million grant to Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (SJGC), over the next five years, for the establishment of the Disney Storytellers Fund at FAMU.
The Westside Gazette Endorses these seats on the School Board of Broward County