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Severe storms blitz the US South again after one of the most active tornado periods in history
Read full article: Severe storms blitz the US South again after one of the most active tornado periods in historyMore than 15 million people from Texas to Florida are under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes.
Virginia Tech at Florida State men’s basketball game postponed due to COVID-19
Read full article: Virginia Tech at Florida State men’s basketball game postponed due to COVID-19BLACKSBURG, Va. – The ACC announced on Wednesday that the Virginia Tech at Florida State men’s basketball game scheduled for this weekend has been postponed. The game was scheduled to be played on Saturday in Tallahassee, but more positive COVID-19 tests, subsequent quarantining and contact tracing within the Virginia Tech team led to the postponement. Our game at Florida State this Saturday has been postponed — Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) February 17, 2021Virginia Tech hasn’t played since Feb. 6 when it defeated Miami. This marks the fourth straight coronavirus-related postponement to affect the Hokies. Click here for the revised ACC men’s basketball schedule for Saturday.
Florida State fires head football coach after less than two seasons
Read full article: Florida State fires head football coach after less than two seasonsTALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) - Florida State University fired head football coach Willie Taggart on Sunday, one day after the struggling Seminoles lost 27-10 to its in-state rival, the University of Miami. "I spoke to Coach Taggart this afternoon to let him know of our decision," said Florida State athletics director David Coburn. He was head coach there from 2010-2012 after serving as an assistant from 1999-2006. Florida State had only two full-time coaches from 1976 to 2017 -- Fisher from 2010 to 2019, and legendary coach Bobby Bowden, who served 37 years as head coach. Defensive line coach Odell Haggins, a 26-year veteran of the FSU coaching staff, will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of 2019.
Woman Poses With Dissertation in Maternity Shoot Celebrating Doctorate
Read full article: Woman Poses With Dissertation in Maternity Shoot Celebrating DoctorateAfter six years of hard labor, a new delivery Eve Humphrey, now Ph.D.Humphrey decided to celebrate the end of a grueling program at Florida State University with a maternity photo shoot, with her dissertation in place of a baby. In the photo shoot, Humphrey poses in a field, lovingly holding the stack of papers. She says the photo shoot has sparked quite the debate about women in the workplace. The photo shoot is also giving Humprey the opportunity to encourage others who have reached out to her. RELATED STORIESMom Who Loves Taco Bell Has Her Maternity Shoot ThereMaternity Photo Shoot Goes to the Dogs as Pregnant Pup Hilariously Poses for CamerasMan Poses for 'Maternity' Photo Shoot to Repay Wife After Accidentally Misnaming Their Daughter
Hurricane Dorian now Cat 3 as it churns toward Florida
Read full article: Hurricane Dorian now Cat 3 as it churns toward FloridaHurricane Dorian is days away from striking Florida and could be a monster storm by landfall. (CNN) - Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 3 major storm and is still gathering strength as it moves toward Florida, where it could make landfall as soon as late Monday as a Category 4 hurricane. "I live in a mobile home, so I stand to be homeless," she told CNN. In the meantime, Dorian is expected to "remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane," the center said, with potentially "life-threatening storm surge." Florida State University had been scheduled to play its season-opening game off campus, in Jacksonville near the Atlantic coast.
Hurricane Dorian forces FSU-Boise State to move season opener
Read full article: Hurricane Dorian forces FSU-Boise State to move season opener(CNN) - Florida State University now gets to have its college football season opener at home, thanks to Hurricane Dorian. Saturday's game between FSU and Boise State will now be played in Tallahassee at noon, city officials announced Thursday. "This decision was based solely on the safety of our citizens and people that may be traveling to our city," Curry told reporters. Having the game in Jacksonville would put "too many lives at risk," he said. Though Hurricane Dorian is still about four days out from its expected landfall along Florida's Atlantic Coast, the center could pause at sea before it hits.