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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, had the field’s longest throw of 56.68 meters in the discus. Ingraham was second team All-ACC honor in the event

Hall leads FAMU top-five finishers at River City face

March 26, 2023

Lauryn Hall took 11.57 to run the 100-meter race, giving the Rattlers a first place finish at the River City Spring Break Classic.Photo by Kyrease Desseau Special to the Outlook JACKSONVILLE – After two days of competition in the River City Spring Break Classic, the Florida A&M men’s and women’s

Undermanned Seminoles fall to Georgia in tourney

March 26, 2023

FSU women’s basketball players made one of their last huddles during their NCAA tournament first round game.Photo submitted by FSU athletics Special to the Outlook IOWA CITY, Iowa – No. 7 seed Florida State women’s basketball ended its 2022-23 campaign after falling to 10th-seeded Georgia, 66-54 in the NCAA first

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

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

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

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

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

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 voting against it. The Congressional Gold Medal is Congress’s highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished contributions made by individuals.

What’s ‘woke’ got to do with it – the SVB Bank failure

March 26, 2023

Julianne Malveaux The Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the United States, failed because its leaders used poor judgment in making ill-advised investments. They invested heavily in long-term Treasury bonds that had low-interest rate returns. As interest rates rose (which meant SVB was losing money), they didn’t have