117th Congress
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Liberty City teacher who died of COVID-19: 'He was irreplaceable'
Local 10 News / Terrell Forney / September 8, 2021
MIAMI - Rep. Frederica Wilson and a group of students met on Wednesday in Miami to honor the memory of a beloved 55-year-old teacher from Liberty City.
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) hosted a summit on Capitol Hill focused on mentoring for African American males. Wilson was joined by Reps. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
(ENEWSPF)-June 16, 2016. Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), introduced a legislative package to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to help workers balance work and family life.
Slain Islamic State leader was behind death of Miami Gardens Army Sgt. La David Johnson
Local 10 News / Nicole Lopez-Alvar / September 16, 2021
France says its military has killed a terrorist known as Abu Walid.
The Islamic State Leader is believed to be the mastermind of the ambush and killing of four U.S. servicemen in Niger in 2017
Local officials are working to treat the latest Zika zone around Little River, but across Biscayne Bay, more mosquitoes have tested positive for the virus in an area already treated.
Now, some elected leaders are saying that there is another factor beyond bugs, travel and sexual transmission is contributing to the spread of the virus.
Teacher Abe Coleman, who mentored students at Liberty City school, dies of COVID at 55
Miami Herald / Howard Cohen / September 4, 2021
Abe Coleman, a longtime Holmes Elementary teacher and mentor to thousands of young men in Miami - "one of the best that the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project ever had" - died Wednesday, Sept. 1, after being hospitalized with COVID-19.
The earthquake shocks the Haitian diaspora in South Florida
Los Angeles Times / August 15, 2021