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DERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES TAKES YOUTH TO NATIONAL CONFERENCE The Derrick Brooks Charities Youth Program took 15 teens to the National conference On The Prevention Of Crime In The Black Community. ” The 33rd annual event was held in Jacksonville. Young ladies from the Derrick Brooks Charities Rites Of Passage Program pose with executive Director Darrell […]

A new report reveals rising rents and surging inequality — and it’s only going to get worse. The time  is now to ask the politicians and candidates running for office, where they stand on the housing crisis. By Michael Hobbesof the HuffPost   By nearly every measure, the American housing sector is broken. For decades, […]

Lisa Mack, portrays ‘Professional Woman’ in stage play ‘Menopause’. By Kenya Woodard Sentinel Feature Writer For some women, menopause is a process that lasts about a year. For Lisa Mack, it’s been more than 10 years – but there’s no cause for alarm. That’s because Mack is one of the longtime stars of the comedic play, […]

The Florida Department of Transportation is starting the process for a private high-speed rail line connecting Tampa and Orlando, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday. The agency, along with the Central Florida Expressway Authority, received an unsolicited proposal to lease state-owned property along Interstate 4. The train would run in the I-4 corridor that had been designated for federally funded high-speed rail but that Scott rejected in 2010. This opens a transparent procurement process for any…

A corporate entity tied to one of the key players in Hillsborough County's bid for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium has made another land acquisition near Ybor City — one that's massive by urban property standards. Darryl Shaw, CEO of BluePearl Veterinary Partners, paid $15 million for a 21-acre site on Adamo Drive, directly east of IKEA, according to a Hillsborough County deed filed this week. The assemblage includes vacant land and several warehouses, including one that is more than 165,000 square…

A video obtained by the Tampa Bay Business Journal confirms that Shipt CEO Bill Smith intended to purchase health management technology firm CareSync in Tampa prior to the business abruptly shuttering and laying off hundreds of workers this week. The 44-minute video is dated June 18, just three days before the company informed workers it was closing and their jobs were eliminated effective immediately. "We’re not planning some other layoff," Smith promised employees in the video. "There’s…

by ALEJANDRO ROMERO, JAMIE ZALE AND VERONICA BROWN Knowing your rights is important. Knowing how to defend yourselves against anyone infringing on your First Amendment rights is crucial.  Alejandro Romero, Multimedia Editor for The Minaret and  Jamie Zale and Veronica Brown, contributing multimedia journalists for The Minaret, had a firsthand experience in being kicked off The Marion Transit, an alleged private bus station. But how is the property private when the agency providing the service to the bus station is funded by taxpayers money? The trio spent an entire semester dedicated to informing student of their first amendment rights. See the journey that they went through in order for us to know our rights. Editor’s Note: This documentary comes as a continuation of The Minaret’s earlier reports from the story “Students First Amendment Right’s Questioned.” The Editor-in-Chief of The Minaret was interviewed in this documentary, but had no say in its production before its first public showing.  

BY JOHN FELTMAN The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)  claims to be a non-profit organization in which their mission is “to govern competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.” But the real question is, is that really their mission? Every single year, the NCAA generates billions of dollars in revenue, and claims to recycle all of that money back into the organization’s funding. This has been a controversial issue for years now, and this is an issue that will only continue to pick up steam. Student athletes on average spend 40-50 hours on their sport per week and along with time being spent in the classroom it’s hard to see how student athletes survive. Getting a part time job is out of the question. Unless they are provided with unlimited meals and housing by their university, it’s uncertain how they get by with no source of income. “I agree it is tough for players to have a part time job and stay up with academics and their sport,” Adrian Bush,UT Men’s Head Soccer Coach, said, “Academics needs to be first, [...]

By MAURICIO RICH The price drops. Then it rises. It plunges again. Frustration. That’s the volatility of the cryptocurrency market since they became popular in the past five years. For those who are still unfamiliar with it, let me tell you. It is the future. Cryptocurrencies are virtual coins which can be bought and sold, essentially to make profit, but also to send money with no fee to somebody around the world. So where do people actually buy these coins? They are exchanges and they have hundreds of different coins, but of course not all of them are reliable. Think of a virtual store that only sells coins. Once they are purchased, traditional currencies such as dollars or euros become cryptocurrencies. For example, if you purchase five Litecoins at $100, then those five coins are worth the money you invest. If the value of the coin increases, you win. The coins are kept in virtual wallets in the exchange. Coins have different prices and they can either rise or drop depending on how many people buy or sell a particular coin. If a bank or a big company backs up a coin, people will believe it is a safe coin [...]

Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition is back for a new installment this Friday featuring Ashley Graham, a model, designer, author and body activist. Graham will go undercover as Morgan Williams, an aspiring curvy model looking to break into the cutthroat fashion industry. While pretending to be Morgan Williams, Graham meets Alexa – a model with no […]

“The Late Late Show” traveled across the pond this past week as James Corden hosted his late-night talk show from Central Hall in Westminster, London. Thursday night’s episode featured a particularly special treat for both Corden and fans alike as Sir Paul McCartney took part in the popular segment “Carpool Karaoke.” Corden and McCartney took […]

A shocking video of a priest slapping a child during his baptism has sparked controversy.