In Mississippi, citizens will vote today on Amendment 26. This amendment “would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the word “person” or “persons,” as those terms are used in Article III of the state constitution, to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent […]
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Lawyer: Tallahassee Cops Make Too Many DUI Arrests, Ulterior Motives Suspected
Tallahassee defense attorney Matt Willard thinks officers who are able to make a reasonable amount of DUI arrests should be commended for their public service. But for those few officers who have made more than 100 DUI arrests throughout one year to become part of what has been dubbed the […]
Florida AG Plans to Cut Down on ‘Crack Babies’ in State
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced a plan to drastically reduce the number of “crack babies” born in the state. In 2010, more than 25 percent of the babies at a Tampa hospital were born with neonatal withdrawal syndrome, according to an investigation conducted by News Press. Most of […]
Heart Disease: the Number One Killer of Black Men in U.S.
Heart disease takes more lives than HIV/AIDS, cancer and crime combined, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number one killer of black men in the U.S. is heart disease, which is irreversible but preventable. More than 1.1 million Floridians were admitted to hospitals with heart […]
New Coach New Style: Live Blog
7:57 p.m. The Rattlers are killing themselves with all the turnovers, but Yannick Crowder is keeping Albany State at bay with his paint presence. 8:01 p.m. This game is moving at a much faster pace than any of the games from last year. The team is flying up and down […]
FAMU ready to extend streak
The Florida A&M Rattlers will face the North Carolina A&T Aggies Saturday at Bragg Memorial Stadium with kickoff at 6 p.m. This is the last home game of the season for the Rattlers before they’re off to North Carolina Central for their 7th MEAC game and 9th game of the […]
Men ready for exhibition
Florida A&M men’s basketball team will kick its season off with an exhibition game against Albany State on Friday. FAMU had a 107-76 win against Albany State in last year’s exhibition game. FAMU will start this season fresh with a new coach and new expectations. Head coach Clemon Johnson, a […]
Women playing with a purpose
To win the MEAC championship and nothing less is the expectation for Florida A&M women’s basketball coach LeDawn Gibson. Coming off of a 15-15 season, 9-7 in the MEAC, the Lady Rattlers are ranked fourth in the MEAC preseason polls. Even though a lot of the Rattlers are young, coach […]
Senioritis: Constructive criticism made me who I am today
Last week, Shawn Abel, a Memphis high school football coach and AP calculus teacher was fired after his profanity-ridden tirade at his players for not being a cohesive unit on the gridiron. And of course, it follows that one of the players thought-it-not-robbery to record his coach’s rant and […]
DUI Leads to Many Youth Fatalities
The harsh trail of alcohol lingers on the driver’s bloody garments as they lay lifeless on the side of a scattered glass pavement. Alongside the corpse, a dismantled vehicle perches on its side after colliding head on with a guardrail. A split decision to consume alcohol and operate a vehicle […]