Florida Sentinel Bulletin

PARIS  — Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002 on Saturday, relentlessly chasing down one shot after another to defeat familiar foil Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4. “Eleven years,” Williams said in French during the trophy ceremony. “I think it’s unbelievable. Now I have 16 Grand Slam […]

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Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young was released from an Orange County, Calif., jail Thursday night on $50,000 bond after almost a month behind bars. The wide receiver is due back in court for a pre-trial hearing June 24. Young had been imprisoned since he was arrested for a third time on May 11 […]

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TRENTON, NJ  — Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he’s in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg. The 44-year-old Democrat made his candidacy official at a news conference Saturday in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city. He was joined by former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, a former […]

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JOHANNESBURG  — South Africans on Saturday said their thoughts were with former President Nelson Mandela, who was in “serious but stable” condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a recurring lung infection. Mandela, who is 94 years old, was treated in a hospital several times in recent months, with the last […]

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CHICAGO – A 9-year-old boy remained in critical condition Thursday after he was shot in the chest while riding in a car with his mother on Chicago’s South Side, officials said. The boy was wounded in a shooting the prior evening in the 6700 block of South Evans Avenue, family said. He was taken to […]

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A Texas woman has been arrested in connection with the mailing of three letters containing a form of the poison ricin to President Obama, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, federal authorities said. Shannon Rogers Guess Richardson of New Boston, Texas, originally called the Federal Bureau of […]

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NEW YORK  — Courtney B. Vance has won the first Tony Award of the night, taking the trophy for best featured actor in a play after host Neil Patrick Harris opened the show with a high-octane song boasting this night would be bigger than ever. Vance, who was previously nominated for Tonys for “Fences” and […]

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On Thursday, singer and reality show star, Tamar Braxton, reportedly gave birth to a baby boy. Braxton, who is married to record executive and producer Vince Herbert, announced the happy news via Twitter. Braxton getting pregnant was initially quite a surprise, since doctors had originally told her she had “fertility problems.” Braxton told People magazine, […]

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Kanye West’s circle of Hip-Hop friends is rather elite. June 8th was Yeezy’s birthday, and he spent at least part of it kicking it with Jay-Z and Nas—and Beyoncé, too. God’s Son shared a flick from the day on his Instagram. “Yeezus x Hov x Godson …. The 3 Gods. Happy Birthday to my brotha […]

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