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Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, and about every three minutes, someone dies from one. Black Americans are a large percentage of the latter population, as they are 50 percent more likely to have a stroke compared to their white adult counterparts, according to the… Read moreStroke Awareness Month: What all Black Americans need to know

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Pioneering mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry has died at age 86. Bumbry had a stroke on a plane 15 minutes before landing in New York Oct. 20 to attend her induction into Opera America’s Opera Hall of Fame. She was treated in New York for approximately six weeks before returning to Europe, where sh…

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to the team. He was 73.

“Grounded,” a public artwork created by Miami-based artist Xavier Cortada, brings beauty to the redeveloped Liberty Square apartment complex and reconnects Black culture and history to the heart of Miami-Dade County’s Black community.

May 31-June 6, 2023

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Pioneering mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry has died at age 86. Bumbry had a stroke on a plane 15 minutes before landing in New York Oct. 20 to attend her induction into Opera America’s Opera Hall of Fame. She was treated in New York for approximately six weeks before returning to Europe, where sh…

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to the team. He was 73.

“Grounded,” a public artwork created by Miami-based artist Xavier Cortada, brings beauty to the redeveloped Liberty Square apartment complex and reconnects Black culture and history to the heart of Miami-Dade County’s Black community.