White man shoots and kills Black teenager over loud music
By Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville.com – Update: Dunn has waived his first court appearance in Jacksonville and is officially charged with second-degree murder. The attorney for Michael David Dunn, charged in the shooting death of Jordan Russell Davis, has a dramatically different story to tell about what happened Friday night at the Gate store on Southside [...]
A final scrum over early voting on Election Day eve
By Brandon Larrabee, The News Service of Florida: TALLAHASSE -.Even in the final hours before Election Day, the changes to early voting that roiled the state’s election system for more than a year and sparked weeks of court challenges remained controversial — and led to one last bit of litigation. All of it came [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama woos, charms, rallies Daytona to vote
BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES First Lady Michelle Obama made a stop at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center this afternoon while campaigning for her husband, President Barrack Obama, who is up for re-election.Obama’s stop in Daytona is part two of today’s three-stop stint in the Sunshine State, which will also take her to Jacksonville and [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama to speak to grassroots supporters in Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, and Miami, FL
TAMPA – On Thursday, November 1, First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Florida, where she will speak to grassroots supporters in Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, and Miami. With early voting underway in Florida, the First Lady will speak about what’s at stake in this election for Floridians and ask them to help organize their [...]
FAMU band member gets probation in deadly hazing
By Stephen Hudak and Denise-Marie Ordway, Orlando Sentinel, MCT: ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County judge has ordered two years of probation and 200 hours of community service for Brian Jones — the first of a dozen former members of FAMU’s famous marching band to be sentenced for participating in the fatal hazing of drum [...]
2 off-duty Fla. officers fatally shoot naked woman
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two off-duty Florida law-enforcement officers fatally shot an armed, naked woman who confronted them at a social gathering Saturday, authorities said. The shooting occurred at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday in Hernando County, north of Tampa. The county sheriff’s office said in a news release that the men were approached by an [...]
Romney ups criticism of Obama’s second-term plans
By KASIE HUNT and JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press: DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Heading into the campaign’s final weeks, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is upping his criticism of President Barack Obama’s plans for a second term, accusing the Democrat of failing to tell Americans what he would do with four more years. The Obama campaign [...]
Michael Eric Dyson challenges the NAACP to “not sit idly by”
DAYTONA BEACH - Michael Eric Dyson, PhD inspired the delegates to exercise their right to make their voices heard through their vote as the keynote speaker at a luncheon hosted by the Florida AFL-CIO at the Florida State Conference of the NAACP in Daytona Beach today. Dr. Dyson is a hard-hitting political pundit, frequent commentator [...]
Bruno, Hukill spar in high-stakes Senate race
The News Service of Florida, DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – As they battle in perhaps the state’s top legislative race this fall, Democrat Frank Bruno and Republican Dorothy Hukill disagree about plenty of issues. But the Senate District 8 race also carries a pair of more-intangible questions: Would voters be better off again electing a Republican [...]
NABJ expresses dissappointment over lack of diversity in presidential debate moderators
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) issued the following statement on the lack of diversity in the 2012 Presidential Debate moderators: NABJ is disappointed that the journalists chosen to participate in the presidential debates doesn’t reflect what has become the most diverse electorate in U.S. history. While we commend the selection of [...]
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