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Fans of the athletics programs at Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University will have to wait to see their teams back in action due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, which both schools are a member of for the 2020-21 academic year, announced Thursday it is suspending all sports for the fall season. “The Council of Presidents...

An appellate court has denied the appeal of a Florida man convicted for his role in a Florida A & M drum major’s hazing death.

A former Florida A&M University band member was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for his role in a drum major’s hazing death.

Three years after a Florida A & M University drum major died after being hazed, the last defendants facing charges in his death were convicted of manslaughter and felony hazing in a case that shined a light on the violent ritual within the school’s famed marching band.

Another former band member said Wednesday that she recalled seeing two of three defendants charged with manslaughter in the death of a FAMU drum major hitting him during a hazing ritual the night he died.

The manslaughter trial of the remaining three former band members charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major has begun.

A former Florida A&M University band member was sentenced to 77 months in prison after being convicted last year of manslaughter and felony hazing in the death of a drum major.

Attorneys are set to give closing arguments in the case of a former Florida A&M University band member charged with manslaughter and hazing in the death of a drum major who was beaten on a band bus during a hazing ritual.

Two former band members who were on the bus the night a Florida A&M University drum major was fatally beaten during a hazing ritual identified Dante Martin as the ring leader of the events.

A prosecutor said Tuesday that a former band member charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major was the chief organizer of a brutal hazing ritual that has been a secret tradition at the school for years.

The trials of three of four members of Florida A&M University’s marching band on charges of felony hazing and manslaughter have been postponed until April. But the trial of a fourth member began with jury selection Monday, nearly three years after drum major Robert Champion died from being beaten.

The trial of four band members is scheduled to start Monday on charges of felony hazing and manslaughter, almost three years after drum major Robert Champion died from being beaten during that ritual. His death shone a spotlight on hazing at FAMU and other colleges, caused the band to be suspended for over a year and contributed to the resignation...

Still smarting from a season-opening loss at Louisville, the Hurricanes (0-1) open their home schedule Saturday night against the lower-division Rattlers (0-1) in a matchup that typically has ended up as a rout.