Thursday, November 14, 2024
Living in Darkness is a feature that sheds light on what the daily commute in fast-paced New York City is like for a 62-year-old blind man. The main character discusses improvements that he would like to see, as well as apps that he uses to get around the busy city. […]
Photo by Steve Rhodes, Creative Commons license. With the current minimum wage at $8.05, about 18 Florida lawmakers will take the minimum wage challenge, living off of $17 a day. This challenge starts today and continuous for the rest of the work week. The overall goal is to draw attention […]
Courtesy of The Star Less than two weeks after President Obama told his administration to raise the number of incoming Syrian Refugees entering the United States in 2016 from less than 1,500 to 10,000, the U.S. increased the number of incoming refugees from around the globe to 85,000. In 2017 […]
From left to right Lisa Derival, Elson Auquel, Carolyn Pompilus Since a 2010 earthquake caused the death of more than 200,000 people and displacement of 1.5 million individuals in Haiti, the Recycle4Haiti Foundation Inc. has collected more than 9,000 recyclables and gently used items to create revenue to assist with the aftermath […]
Lowest Unemployment Rate since April 2008 Photo Credit MGN Online The unemployment rate dropped from 5.5% to 5.3% with the addition of 223,000 jobs in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Following the creation of 12.8 million jobs during 64 consecutive months of gains, the United States […]
Photo Credit MGN Online With the housing market on the rise in most cities in the United States, house sales are expected to rise approximately 2.5 percent monthly, according to Zillow Real Estate. Garrett Kenny, author of Buying and Owning Property in Central Florida and CEO of The Feltrim […]
Photo courtesy of MGN: David Sweat(L) and Richard Matt(R) escapees from a maximum security prison Police officers are still on the hunt for 49-year-old Richard Matt and 35-year-old David Sweat, who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York. The pair was last seen on Friday, June 5th […]
Godby High School held an informational meeting in the media center Wednesday to inform parents and students about how tuberculosis spreads and addressed parents' concerns. Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial disease that affects the lungs. It is received by inhaling infectious air droplets, and it can be spread […]