October 2021 – Capital Outlook

Field goal lifts Seminoles, snaps losing skid

October 8, 2021

Receiver Keyshawn Helton is hoisted by his teammates after scoring a touchdown for FSU against Syracuse.Photo by Don Juan Moore By Chuck WalshSeminoles.com Redshirt-freshman Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 34-yard field goal with no time remaining to give Florida State a 33-30 win over Syracuse at Doak Campbell Stadium. Last Saturday’s

Next defensive test for FAMU will come from S.C. State

October 8, 2021

Sophomore running back Terrell Jennings scores on a 10-yard run for the Rattlers.Photo by Don Hayes Special to the Outlook If there were any questions about how ready the FAMU defense would be when the Rattlers play South Carolina State on Saturday, the answer could be in the outcome of

Coaches Vs. Racism launches ambitious action plan to erase systemic racism in sports

October 8, 2021

As part of its mission, Coaches Vs. Racism has created the HBCU Roundball Experience, which will bring major universities and HBCU teams together for competitions. Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia ASHINGTON, D.C. – Coaches Vs. Racism is a 501c3 national non-profit leading the charge to end systemic racism in

Simpson calls for prison shutdowns, blasts corrections leaders

October 8, 2021

Sen. Wilton Simpson By Dara KamNews Service of Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson has a message for state prison leaders: Shut down institutions if you want pay raises for overworked corrections officers. Simpson, in a phone interview last Thursday with The News Service of Florida, blamed chronic staffing shortages and

Leon schools go along with quarantine change

October 8, 2021

Rocky Hanna NSF Staff Report Leon County Superintendent of Schools Rocky Hanna announced the district will follow a newly revamped COVID-19 rule by the state health department but will be “a bit more restrictive” in implementation. The Florida Department of Health two weeks ago issued a revised emergency rule that

After his conviction, R. Kelly faces life in prison and more trials

October 8, 2021

R. Kelly faces life in prison when he’s sentenced next year.Nicholas Ballasy via wikimedia commons By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia He has sung, performed, and wrote many hits, but Robert Sylvester Kelly will now sing a new tune: perhaps something along the lines of “Jailhouse Rock,” or

Supreme Court urged to weigh termination of parental rights

October 8, 2021

A 2014 state law dealing with the termination of parental rights is a key question in an appeal.Photo LittleThings.com By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida In a case stemming from a woman who put a newborn infant in a trash bag, an appeals court asked the Florida Supreme Court to

Sports betting deal faces another fight

October 8, 2021

Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. signed a gambling deal in April.NSF file photo By Dara KamNews Service of Florida Two prominent South Florida businessmen and the group No Casinos have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a deal that allows sports betting

Biden’s promise for diverse judges and federal court diversity

October 8, 2021

Ben Jealous One of the most important reasons to vote Donald Trump out of the White House was to stop him from packing our federal courts with even more anti-voting-rights, anti-equality, pro-corporate judges. Stopping the flood of bad Trump judges was a huge accomplishment for every organizer and voter who

Law and order also means the police policing themselves

October 8, 2021

David W. Marshall I wish Cariol Horne was on the scene when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. If so, George Floyd may be alive today. There is a very high possibility that had Horne been there in 2020, an