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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points and Florida defeated Southeastern Conference rival Auburn 79-73 in the Final 4 on Saturday night, sending the Gators into the National Championship Game for the first time since the 2006 and 2007 titles. The Gators’ national security guard (35-4) made a driving layup with 2:24 left after Australian big man Alex Condon charged other national player Johnny Bloom in the national semi-finals. After a record-breaking 14-second team created this NCAA tournament, seven arrived at Sweet 16 before the league filled half the Elite 8 and then filled with first-place seed.…
The committee will consider granting financial compensation, down payment assistance, debt relief and higher education assistance to slave descendants. On April 2, the Maryland legislature finally approved a law allowing states to establish a committee that will establish a committee to study the possibility of providing slavery compensation.Except for punishment for crimes, slavery was abolished in the United States with the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1865. Slavery was abolished in Maryland a year ago when the state revised its constitution and banned practices. In 2007, the Maryland Legislature and Annapolis City Council issued an…
When he meets military representatives in Kunming, the rare absence of the military vice-chairman along with Xi promotes speculation about his future.ExplanationWill Xi Jinping ever resign as leader? The issue has plagued Chinese politics since 2018, when the communist regime abolished the deadline for the presidency and vice president in order to become the first leader to secure a third term in 2022.Recently, XI’s prospects for an imminent retirement have gained new traction on social media following rumors that Xi has come to the forefront of concepts, along with speculation that the administration’s recent military cleanup indicates that Xi has…
Palm Coast, Fla. (WFLA) — He was sentenced to 15 years in a 2023 fatal shooting, according to the state attorney’s office. At a hearing Thursday, CJ Nelson Jr. was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter with a firearm in February. On September 3, 2023, Nelson, then 21, was posing with a rifle for social media photos at his Palm Coast home. Meanwhile, an 18-month-old toddler was playing with his mother as bullets hit her head in the hallway, killing her. According to the state attorney’s office, Nelson was on probation at the time of the shooting…
Having sex with a client in a divorce case and ghosted her after sex was over was not the only reason a Fort Lauderdale lawyer was placed in a career timeout by the state Supreme Court.Maurice Hinton has admitted to a series of ethical violations in his guilty plea accepted by the discipline case judge Oli Silver and the state Supreme Court. The petition should block Hinton from his lawyers’ business until February 12, 2027.One of Hinton’s field trips outside of ethical boundaries involves playing a lawyer when he is suspended, so “should.”Hinton became a member of Florida Bar in…
The administration is expected to release the proposed sales notice in June. Interior Secretary Doug Burgham said Friday that he had directed the Maritime Energy Management Agency to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales in the US Gulf later this year.”Unlocking America’s energy resources will reduce prices while strengthening national security across pumps, grocery stores and all aspects of American life,” Burgham said in a statement.According to a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the department is expected to issue a sales notice proposed in June.This was the first lease sale held under the Trump administration in the…
Opponents from President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk gathered all over the United States on Saturday to protest the administration’s actions on government shrinking, economic, human rights and other issues.The demonstration was planned by over 1,200 “Hands Off!” civil rights groups, labor unions, LBGTQ+ supporters, veterans and election activists. The protest sites included the National Mall in Washington, the State Capitol and other locations in all 50 states.Protesters attacked the Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal workers, close the Social Security Agency’s field office, effectively shut down the entire agency, deport immigrants, reduce protections for transgender people,…
Rumesya Ozturk, a Turkish national and doctoral student, is among several international students facing deportation due to Palestinian activities.A federal judge on Friday refused the government’s request to allow the case of a Tufts University student to proceed in Vermont and move the case to Louisiana, where students are currently in custody.Rumesya Ozturk, a Turkish national and doctoral student, was detained by an immigration officer near his home in Somerville, a Boston suburb, on March 25th. Court documents show that she was transported within hours of her arrest before flying the next day to Louisiana Ice Export Enforcement Center the…
Q. I got married more than 10 years before my divorce. My ex worked under Social Security for many years. If I remarried, would I lose the right to the interests of the survivors if I remarried?A. Good question. Even if you remarry after the age of 60, you are still entitled to the survivor’s benefits under the original Social Security benefits. However, you are entitled to one benefit in three possible cases. The benefits of the survivor based on your original work record, or your own work record, or Social Security benefits that are eligible based on your new…
NAPOLIST, Fla. (WFLA) – Detectives were arrested Tuesday for potentially seizing enough fentanyl from him and killing more than 30,000 people, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. In a social media post, CCSO revealed that around 7:30pm on Tuesday, detectives arrested Kevin Dylan Jensen, 31, and seized more than 60 grams of fatal opioids. Jensen was pulled for a traffic stop at the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and Napa Boulevard in Naples. The CCSO K-9 warned authorities of the presence of the drug after performing a free air test around the vehicle. Due to the possibility of a…