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Patricio Manuel, the first male transgender professional boxer, has made history again. The boxing brand Everlast named Manuel, 34, the face of its company on Thursday — marking the first time a transgender competitor has been recognized in one of its campaigns, according toCNBC. This isn’t Manuel’s first time making history. In December 2018, he was the world’s first transgender boxer to compete in — and win — a professional fight....

Here you have Virgin Galactic ’s SpaceShipTwo in shiny shiny video action , from every individual angle . As a bonus : Enjoy Sir Richard Branson with his light-haired wig — do on , nobody can have such everlasting hair’s-breadth , and be so snappy — and the fabled Burt Rutan and his even - more - legendary muttonchops . These guy wire , my acquaintance , are making history mighty now ....

Andrea Fleming.Photo: FacebookTwo girls were killed two days after Christmas in what authorities say was a hit-and-run in Florida that left four other children seriously wounded.The Broward County Sheriff’s Office confirms Sean Charles Greer, 27, has been charged with two counts each of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries.Greer, who was arrested Tuesday, also faces four counts of driving without a license causing death and/or serious bodily injuries, and single counts of driving with a suspended license and tampering with evidence....

She had been left in there all day, after her father used the vehicle to take his other children to school before changing cars and heading off to work. Temperatures in Tampa reached90 degrees Fahrenheiton Monday, records from the National Weather Service show. “It appears it was a very busy morning for the family,” Tampa Bay Police Department public information officer Steve Hegarty said. “They have several other children as well and, in an effort to get everybody where they needed to go, the toddler was left in the backseat....

A Florida couple enjoying their coffee Friday morning faced a frightening surprise when they discovered a massive alligator on their Pinellas County home’s lanai.Speaking toFox 13, Tim Kelly and his wife said that they were flabbergasted to see the alligator — which Tim surmised was around seven feet long — casually hanging out near their pool while the pair went about their normal morning routine.“I went to get some coffee, and I came back, and I heard this growl noise and a bang, and I look over to my right and there I saw on our lanai this gator,” said Tim....

Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard.Photo: John Shearer/Getty Florida Georgia Lineis putting on one heck of a show this summer. The country group, comprised ofBrian KelleyandTyler Hubbard, will be performing at the nextEncore Drive-In Nightsconcert on June 12. The show will be broadcast to hundreds of outdoor drive-ins and select cinemas across the country and around the world. “We’re so excited to start playing shows again and can’t wait to bring this special one to all of our fans around the world,” the duo said....

Ron DeSantis.Photo: Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via GettyThe administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has rejected a new Advanced Placement course on African American history, saying in a letter that the course “lacks educational value and is contrary to Florida law.““In the future, should College Board be willing to come back to the table with lawful, historically accurate content, FDOE will always be willing to reopen the discussion,” reads the letter, which was sent to the College Board from the Florida Department of Education Office of Articulation....

Michael Despres.Photo: Indian River County Sheriff’s Office A Florida man allegedly admitted that he strangled his fiancée, slept beside her body overnight and then left her in a truck in a Walmart parking lot. Michael Despres, 56, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of 67-year-old Jeanine Bishop, who was found seated in the passenger seat of her black Chevy Silverado shortly before 8 a.m. on Oct. 5....

Photo: Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens/AFP via Getty Images A man is suffering injuries on both arms after a tiger attacked him at a tourist attraction in Florida’s Everglades area on Tuesday afternoon. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office confirmedvia their Facebookthat the attack occurred around 4:30 p.m. local time, when deputies were dispatched to Wooten’s Everglades Airboat Tours. The announcement noted that the tiger was not harmed, and that its caretaker was able to safely contain the animal....

Photo: Richard Dobson/Newspix/Getty Taylor Hawkins, the drummer of legendary rock bandFoo Fighters, has died. He was 50. The group confirmed the loss in a statement shared on their official Twitter account on Friday. It continued, “Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time.” His cause of death has not been revealed....

Dustin Bradford/Getty Devon Wylie, a former wide receiver in the NFL, has died at the age of 35, according to multiple reports. A family member of Wylie’s confirmed the news on social media, according to Fresno’sAction News. The outlet also reported that multiple former teammates of Wylie’s were aware of his death. A cause of death has not been made public as of Wednesday morning. According toYahoo Sports, the unidentified family member’s post said the family “wanted to make this post so people who knew and loved Devon could learn of his passing because we don’t have the capacity to reach out to everyone in this hard time....

Photo: Shaker Heights Schools A former Ohio judge who went to prison for beating his then-wife in 2014 is now accused of fatally stabbing her in front of their children, according to multiple reports. Ex-Cuyahoga County judge Lance Mason was taken into custody Saturday in the death of Aisha Fraser, according to local stationWKYC,Cleveland.comandThe Washington Post. “He said he stabbed her … and she’s dead,” she says. Facebook Mason allegedly tried to flee the scene in an SUV but hit a police vehicle and injured the officer inside....

Sixty years after the assassination of PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, a former Secret Service agent is offering a startling revelation about that day, claiming that he tampered with evidence and put one of the bullets believed to have killed the president in his pocket before placing it on a hospital gurney. “I didn’t think about it at all for about 45 years, and at that point it was March 2014 and I started thinking that maybe it was time that I told my story,” Landis tells PEOPLE in a new interview ahead of the release of his book,The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After 60 Years....