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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 8.4.25
Good Monday morning. RSA Consulting is opening a new office in Miami, representing the government and community affairs firm’s first major expansion since its founding in 2009. As part of its expansion, RSA has brought on Alan Alvarez, who will...
Dominican drug agency seizes over 18 metric tons of drugs so far in 2025
According to the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), the agency has seized more than 18,000 kilograms of illegal drugs so far this year. Of this record total, nearly 9,.000 kilos were marijuana, and another 9,000 kilograms were cocaine. Smaller...
ON A STROLL THROUGH ANCIENT SEOUL: USAG CASEY SOLDIERS ATTEND NEWCOMERS TOUR
SEOUL, SEOUL TEUGBYEOLSI [SEOUL-T'UKPYOLSHI], SOUTH KOREA 08.04.2025 SEOUL – Along the northern rim of one of South Korea’s most modern cities exists a place frozen in time, where buildings, intricately decorated with colorful paint, stand just as...

Mimosa serves up another unforgettable Crop Over experience
8 Thousands of patrons showed up in the early hours of Friday morning to celebrate the seventh edition of Mimosa, and despite a few showers, the energy, elegance and entertainment that the event is known for were all on full display. This year’s...
August 2025 Community Calendar
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The world's most hauntingly beautiful abandoned places
Places left behind are often weirdly magnetic with crumbling walls, creeping vines, and silence where life once thrived. Abandoned spots capture imaginations like few things can. These hauntingly beautiful ruins have become stunning, photogenic,...

Great Power Cooperation Vital For World Peace
The world now faces a security dilemma where each powerful state is fighting for strategic heft relative to others, constructing blocs and signing security and trade treaties for competitive advantages. The international state of nature reflects...

Naming the Bones
Ann Ross’ ponytail dangles over the back of her white lab coat. She’s wearing a brown T-shirt that reads “Women in Science” and black Vans with big, bright red roses and a colorful skull. Ross, a forensic anthropologist at North Carolina State...

It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again
In 1949, the US psychiatrist Leo Alexander, who had served as a medical adviser to the chief of counsel for war crimes in Nuremberg, issued a warning: “Science under dictatorship becomes subordinated to the guiding philosophy of the dictatorship.”...

Roaming Charges: Something’s Gone Wrong Again
A four-year-old Palestinian girl who died of malnutrition and lack of medical treatment in Gaza. Photo: UNRWA. “We live in an oligarchy, but with the humidity, it feels like a dictatorship.” – Judah Friedlander + This was the week the worms...

It’s Carnival Time: PrideFête Style
PrideFête is back – 4 Years Strong! It’s been a journey but we’re still here bringing a safe space of Caribbean love and joy to the LGBTQ+ community. And we’re not going anywhere. Because we’re here for the community, the Caribbean community and...

How Aviation Emergency Services Support Hurricane Season Relief Operations
Hurricane season officially begins on June 1st, and the most active period in the Americas is fast approaching. At the time of writing, Colorado State’s hurricane forecasting team expects there to be 9 hurricanes, including 4 major hurricanes,...

Young people for young people: Mary’s Meals brings hope to the Jubilee
As the Jubilee of Youth takes over the streets of Rome, the young people of Mary’s Meals are sharing their mission, as they remind the world that each and every one of us is capable, through the smallest of actions, of bringing hope where hope has...

J.W. Oliver Jr: The Visionary Leader Creating Jobs and Transforming Lives Worldwide
In a world where dreams can often seem unattainable, various industries are stepping up with meaningful job initiatives. By focusing on creating jobs in areas with high unemployment, these businesses are not merely providing employment; they are...

American food: The 20 greatest dishes
By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — America is called a melting pot – and that’s certainly true of its food. The USA’s culinary history is that of reinvention. Waves of food influences – Native, African, British, continental European, Asian and Latin –...

CityLine: Revitalizing Boston after Dark
CityLine: Revitalizing Boston after Dark The person tasked with keeping the city open late. FROM JERK CHICKEN TO OXTAIL. THIS NEXT RESTAURANT IS A MOUTHWATERING CROSS-CULTURAL FEAST. SHAYNA SEYMOUR HAS MORE. DORCHESTER FOUR CORNERS NEIGHBORHOOD...

The People United Will Often Be Defeated: A short story by Michael Fine
by Michael Fine © Michael Fine 2020 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual...

In the struggle against US imperialism, Nicaragua is a model of sovereignty
The United States has militarily intervened in practically every country in Latin America. The CIA has backed dozens of coups d’etat against democratically elected left-wing governments in Latin America, in an attempt to impose US imperial...

Impact of Trump’s immigration crackdown felt in Chicago suburbs
Armando Gambino Hernandez was laid off in early April after 17 years working at the same pizza factory in the western suburbs. He learned of his termination from several co-workers, who said Nestlé was acting on federal orders to fire all...

Over 500,000 immigrants lost work authorization, likely driving up food prices
(Larry Mayer/Getty Images). July 25, 2025 10:02 am The Trump administration’s termination of work permits for more than 530,000 immigrants could have far-reaching economic consequences for the country’s agricultural sector, potentially deepening...