Day: December 8, 2021

Here’s where Florida stands in the CBS Sports rankings entering bowl season

Florida managed to extend its season with a win over Florida State in the season finale, and that sets up an interesting in-state match-up that one could argue is for bragging rights in the state of Florida. The Gators will take on UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl on Dec. 23, the first game between the…

Florida Pastor on Trial for Raping 2 Teen Girls Is Found Dead from ‘Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound’

A Florida pastor who was accused of raping two teenage girls has died of an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” according to police.According to the Roys Report, police found Pastor David Rowan dead in his car on the second floor of the Rutherford County Justice Center Parking Garage in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, last week.Rowan, 66, was waiting…

A new NASA telescope is going to look at our galaxy’s most energetic objects

NASA plans to launch a new x-ray telescope this week to help answer questions like what’s inside a black hole and how bright pulsars can get.   On Thursday, December 9, the agency will launch the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, known as IXPE, on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will be the first x-ray telescope capable of measuring polarization, a property of…

Subaru Motorsports USA Wins 2021 Nitro Rallycross Championship

– Travis Pastrana, Scott Speed tie for driver’s title on points – Pastrana earns first rallycross championship on tiebreaker – Subaru becomes first team to win U.S. rally, rallycross titles in same year Starke, FL – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Subaru Motorsports USA took a 1-2 finish in the 2021 Nitro Rallycross driver’s…

‘We’re out’: Florida-bound Karol Markowicz tells Megyn Kelly why ‘this is the end for our family in NYC’ [video]

For so much of her life, Karol Markowicz has called New York City her home. It once held the promise of hope and freedom for a young woman whose family fled from the USSR.But that’s not the case anymore. After years, the straw has finally broken the camel’s back.And Markowicz refuses to live under such…

Good Samaritan Stumbles Upon $1M in Cocaine Floating in Florida Waters

A Good Samaritan recently discovered more than $1 million worth of cocaine floating in waters near the Florida Keys.The incident was first reported by Thomas G. Martin, chief of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami Sector.”Over the weekend, a Good Samaritan discovered over 1 million dollars in cocaine floating at sea near the Florida Keys,” Martin…

Manatee club applauds state, feds for agreeing to emergency feeding as mammals die off

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Save the Manatee Club applauded state and federal wildlife authorities Monday night for their staff-level agreement for a trial, emergency feeding of Central Florida manatees at risk of starvation as winter months approach. The group’s executive director, Patrick Rose, said the agreement, with myriad details yet to be determined, came…

3-on-3 Pro Hockey League 3ICE to Debut Next June; Raised Nearly $10M To Date

Investors are placing a big bet on the 3ICE three-on-three hockey league. Sports Business Journal’s

San Francisco Businesses Can Now Hire Deputies As Security to Combat Smash-and-Grab Spikes

“We are prepared to begin working with the community and hope to provide additional support this holiday season and in the future,” Paul Miyamoto told Newsweek.

How Medium Rare Embraced New Models to Achieve Growth, From Sports Illustrated Awards to NFTs

For Medium Rare co-founders Joe Silberzweig and Adam Richman, it was basically pivot or die. The duo’s company was in the business of staging annual live events including the Carnage Festival, featuring top DJs such as its founder and namesake Diamante Anthony “Carnage” Blackmon. Then the pandemic shutdown went into effect in March 2020…