Despite ITT Technical Institute abruptly shutting down this month, former students will still get to experience a pinning ceremony, a rite of passing for nursing graduates. ITT canceled the ceremony, but Seminole State College announced today it will host the pinning ceremony for more than two...
The three young men, as sturdy as a cast-iron skillet, were on the field when the most dominant college football team this decade began its season. It was two weeks ago at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and reigning national champion Alabama was taking on Southern Cal. Jed, Zachary and Elijah...
Gov. Rick Scott is urging Floridians to prepare as Tropical Storm Julia hits the state's eastern coast. The system rapidly intensified Tuesday, going from no chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm over the next five days at 8 a.m. to being declared a tropical storm at 10:30 p.m.,...
Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning visionary who pushed his country toward peace, died early Wednesday. He was 93. His son, Chemi, confirmed his death Wednesday...
When Kashif Saleem was sent the demo for a tender ballad called “You Give Good Love,” he felt it was a hit. The track had originally been destined for jazzy R&B singer Roberta Flack, whose assistant rebuffed the demo writer. But Saleem had a different singer in mind. He had seen a young artist...
Charles R. Walgreen III led the drugstore chain that bears his family's name through a period of significant change, shedding many ancillary businesses and focusing on store growth and a top-of-the-line pharmacy operation. An innovator in introducing technology to operations, Walgreen — known to...
Holocaust survivor Joseph Harmatz, who led the most daring attempt by Jews seeking revenge against their former Nazi tormentors, has died. He was 91. His son, Ronel Harmatz, confirmed the death Monday. Harmatz was one of the few remaining Jewish "Avengers" who carried out a mass poisoning of former...