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Players celebrate rebirth of golf at Florida’s oldest HBCU Sports

Players celebrate rebirth of golf at Florida’s oldest HBCU

March 26, 2023

Members of Edward Water University’s golf team walked their campus to spark awareness about the program.Photo submitted by NNPA By Helen RossSpecial to NNPA Newswire The uniforms were the start. Black skirts and orange, purple, red and white polos with a glow-in-the-dark logo. The young women on the Edward Waters

Lawmakers back lower threshold in death penalty cases State News

Lawmakers back lower threshold in death penalty cases

March 26, 2023

Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida  As the state carries out the death penalty again after a pause of more than three years, a Florida House panel supported lowering a threshold for sentencing defendants to death. The House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee voted 8-6 to approve a

Fate of film, entertainment office debated State News

Fate of film, entertainment office debated

March 26, 2023

Rep. Allison Tant By Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida Lawmakers questioned the fate of an office that seeks to bolster the entertainment industry in Florida, as the House moves to eliminate the state’s business-recruitment agency and a series of economic-development programs. The House Commerce Committee last Friday voted 16-3 to

House passes major voucher expansion State News

House passes major voucher expansion

March 26, 2023

Rep. Marie Woodson, D-Hollywood, opposed the voucher expansion.Photo by Colin Hackley By Ryan DaileyNews Service of Florida The Republican-controlled House passed a measure that would make every Florida student eligible for taxpayer-backed school vouchers, as Democrats and other critics slammed the expansion as a “coupon for millionaires.” House members voted

Senators seek to prevent monument removals State News

Senators seek to prevent monument removals

March 26, 2023

A crew removes a memorial monument from downtown St. Augustine.Photo special to the Outlook By Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida  Local governments would be blocked from removing historic monuments from public locations and could face lawsuits, under a controversial proposal that started to advance  in the Florida Senate. In a

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What brings me hope Local News

What brings me hope

March 26, 2023

Eradicating hopelessness Mothers In Crisis kicks off the National Month of Hope on April.Art submitted As I prepared for our

FSU presents second annual Emmett Till Archives Lecture series
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers earn esteemed national science foundation award
FEA pushes back against book ban with massive giveaway
Delta Kappa Omega is setting the standard for community service
Democrats join push to ban TikTok from American-held devices National News

Democrats join push to ban TikTok from American-held devices

March 26, 2023

TikTok has more than 1.53 billion users globally as of 2023, with 1 billion monthly active users.Photo submitted by NNPA

Federal researchers find sudden unexplained deaths rose for Black infants
Deal that could increase minority media ownership hits ‘brick wall’
CDC recommends all adults get tested for Hepatitis B
Here’s how the White House says Biden’s budget advances equity

Sports

Ingraham throws for a victory Sports

Ingraham throws for a victory

March 26, 2023

Milton Ingraham Seminoles.com AUBURN, Ala. —  Milton Ingraham’s win in the men’s discus led Florida State’s track and field throwers at the Auburn Classic. Ingraham, a senior from Miami Gardens,

Hall leads FAMU top-five finishers at River City face
Undermanned Seminoles fall to Georgia in tourney
Players celebrate rebirth of golf at Florida’s oldest HBCU

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The propaganda machine called Fox News

March 26, 2023

David W. Marshall In 2021, the bill to award gold medals to the U. S. Capitol Police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection passed, despite 21 GOP lawmakers

What’s ‘woke’ got to do with it – the SVB Bank failure
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of death in America. Don’t wait to get tested
In praise of volunteers

In praise of volunteers

March 20, 2023

Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response To the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response To the Coronavirus

May 2, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Saturday, May 2, 2020 Let us continue to pray that our Lord will lead the scientists and physicians to find

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

May 1, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Friday, May 1, 2020 Well, my brothers and sisters, the Lord has blessed us to see the fifth month in

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 30, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Thursday, April 30, 2020 Are you determined to run on to see what the end will be? A person of

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 29, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Wednesday, April 29, 2020 My devotionals this week are about the significance of identity, destiny and legacy. I took a

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 28, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday, April 28, 2020 You are destiny’s child; you are a person of destiny and you were born to be

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 27, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Monday, April 27, 2020 I strongly believe that God has given each of us a God-sized dream and destiny. God

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 26, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Sunday, April 26, 2020 I have been greatly blessed by almighty God to have been born into a family that