Tampa residents concerned over possible serial killer
In this Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 photo, Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Interim Police Chief Brian Dugan address the media at press conference at Giddens Park in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa, Fla. Buckhorn told police officers looking for a suspect in three fatal and apparently random shootings in the neighborhood to hunt him down and "bring his head to me." (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Tampa residents concerned over possible serial killer

The shooting of 22-year-old college student Benjamin Mitchell on the night of Oct. 9 was the first murder at the hands of a mysterious killer who has left the police perplexed and residents of the Seminole Heights community on edge. The body of Monica Hoffa,…

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Puerto Ricans still left in the dark

Most of Puerto Rico remains without power more than a month after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The total of lost hours in electricity between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands has added up to the largest blackout in United States history. Hurricane…

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Million Hoodies Movement for Justice launches its National Week of Action
(Photo: Tim Manning/Catalyst) Second-years and Million Hoodies members Angelo Acebedo, Kristen Patterson and Cabrini Austin at the WSLR studio in Sarasota.

Million Hoodies Movement for Justice launches its National Week of Action

  Just after midnight last Thursday, a small group of student activists filed into the WSLR radio station to promote and discuss the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice National Week of Action. Million Hoodies formed in response to the 2012 murder of Trayvon Martin and…

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Dealing with the aftermath of attentats in France
Signs across Paris display warnings of criminal or terrorist movement. (Photos by Audrey Warne)

Dealing with the aftermath of attentats in France

SUBMISSION BY AUDREY WARNE Two women, ages 17 and 20, were stabbed repeatedly by a man at Saint-Charles Station on October 1. Both women died from their wounds while the attacker was shot and killed by police. The attack was the second to take place…

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The economic crisis in Venezuela continues
Opponents of Maduro's rule have taken to the streets and gained platforms to voice their frustration with Maduro's government. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

The economic crisis in Venezuela continues

  2017 introduced many disastrous and heartbreaking events, and with these new situations fresh in the minds of many, other global issues and disasters are left on the back-burner. An example of such an issue is the Venezuelan crisis. Venezuela is suffering, nearly all of…

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The ghost of reproductive rights past
“So symbolically [the rollback] is saying you don’t have that right, you don’t get to choose, and if you do want to choose you are going to pay," Sex Educator Cassandra Corrado said. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

The ghost of reproductive rights past

  One of the spookiest developments coming out of this October for women may be President Donald Trump’s move to roll back the Obama-era mandate that required birth control to be covered by workplace insurance. This decision was made in the name of religious freedom,…

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