Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston comments on his half-game suspension Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, during a news conference at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner apologized for leaping on a table and shouting obscenities on campus. The university benched him for the first half of Saturday’s game against Clemson. (AP […]
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Florida Man Becomes 3rd Black Inmate Executed in US in 24 Hours
Florida Death Chamber STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man who fatally stabbed his wife and her young son in 1985. It is the third U.S. execution in less than 24 hours since a botched April lethal injection in Oklahoma. The governor’s office says John Ruthell Henry was pronounced dead at 7:43 p.m. […]
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Sharpton Leads March over ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton led several hundred people on a march Monday to the state Capitol, where they rallied against Florida’s “stand your ground” law. Among those present were the parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin and the family of Marissa Alexander, who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a […]