Foreign

Florida woman runs ultra-marathon distances for 23 consecutive days

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS A Florida woman earned a Guinness World Record when she completed 23 ultra-marathon runs — 31.1 miles — in a 23-day period. Megan Cassidy, 41, of Kissimmee, earned the record for most consecutive days to run an ultra-marathon distance when she ran

Foreign

Florida TV journalist and child shot dead at scene of earlier murder

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2023 0

BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS TV reporter Dylan Lyons, 24, and a nine-year-old girl have been fatally shot near Orlando, Florida, close to the scene of a murder that took place hours earlier. A second reporter, Jesse Walden, and the girl’s mother were shot and injured by the same gunman, who is also suspected of […]

News

Archbishop arrested for selling bleach as ‘miracle cure’ for COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 13 August 2020 0

Mark Grenon, a self-styled archbishop of an undisclosed church in Florida, US has been arrested along with his son selling industrial bleach as a “miracle cure” for COVID-19. Grenon was arrested with his son in Colombia and faces extradition to the US. Video footage posted to the Twitter feed of Colombia’s top prosecutor showed Mark […]

Foreign

Virus-hit cruise ship cleared to dock in Florida

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2020 0

A virus-hit cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers and crew received clearance to dock in Florida on Thursday after being barred from several South American countries, concluding a harrowing time at sea for those stranded aboard. The Zaandam, operated by Holland America Line, and its sister ship the Rotterdam approached Port Everglades in Fort […]

News

Stabbing in Florida leaves 6 people hospitalized

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2019 0

According to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare spokes person, the healthcare has received six people from this morning’s stabbing. All six people are currently under evaluation The stabbing occurred at Dyke Industries, a wholesale building material supplier, in Tallahassee, Florida about 4 miles northwest of the Florida State University campus and 6 miles northwest of the

Boxing Sports

Freddie Roach eager for Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather rematch

Ihesiulo Grace 12 July 2019 0

Trainer Freddie Roach said Wednesday he hopes Manny Pacquiao can set up a rematch with Floyd Mayweather after the Filipino legend takes care of business against Keith Thurman in Las Vegas this month. Roach told reporters he was still bothered by Pacquiao’s defeat to Mayweather in their 2015 clash, which was hyped as the “Fight […]

Politics

Clinton fends off FBI email fallout as polls narrow

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2016 0

Hillary Clinton battled to contain renewed FBI focus on her emails Sunday as Donald Trump blitzed western states in the tightening race for the White House. Nine days before the vote, the 69-year-old former secretary of state hit the campaign trail hard in the battleground state of Florida. Clinton blazed through brunch at an Irish […]

Golf

Obama in Florida for Golf Getaway

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2015 0

President Obama kicked off the spring season on Saturday with a weekend golf getaway in Florida at the resort where he once caused a stir by playing with tiger woods. During his stay at the floridian national golf club in palm city, less than 50 miles up the coast from palm beach, Obama planned to […]