A pivotal scene where the teacher breaks up a fight in the musical Gandhi! is rehearsed by Hunter Henrickson, left, Meetu Chilana, center, and Danis Farooqui, right, at The Sofia theatre last week ...

Saima Farooqui, a Democrat running for the Florida House in Broward County, is hoping to become the first Muslim elected to the state Legislature. The first-time candidate, a native of Pakistan ...