Florida Sentinel Bulletin

ROBERT COLLINS 6/28/1940 — 1/16/2021   BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor   A well-known native of West Tampa passed Saturday morning at Bayfront Hospital Unit. Mr. Robert “Rob” Collins was 80-years-old. Mr. Collins was the son of the late Fred and Ceola Collins. He attended the public schools of Hillsborough County, and graduated...

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Ashley Lamothe started working at Chick-Fil-A when she was 15 years old to earn money for her first car purchase. Little did she know that she would become the youngest franchise owner in the history of Chick-Fil-A at the age of 26. “Chick-Fil-A has been a part of my life since high school, so I...

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Apple announced Wednesday that it will invest $10 million with Harlem Capital as part of their racial equity and justice pledge. “The unfinished work of racial justice and equality call us all to account,” Apple CEO Tom Cook shared on Twitter. “Things must change, and Apple’s committed to being a force for that change.” The investment is part of Apple’s...

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A Black mother who became concerned about her sons’ safety while driving has invented an app to quell the fears of many other Black parents who have similar worries about their children’s on-the-road encounters with law enforcement. According to Spectrum News, Charmaine Davis’ app, Just Us, displays features that allow users to easily communicate in case of danger. The...

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Corrie Shanikah Cowlay-Saunders A 22-year-old woman is facing criminal homicide and attempted murder charges in Pennsylvania, where authorities allege she killed her 5-month-old daughter after trying to kill the child’s father. A statement from police in Williamsport claims that when Corrie Shanikah Cowlay-Saunders was arrested on Thursday night, she spontaneously confessed to the murder, allegedly...

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JASMINE This week’s Spotlight feature definitely earns a double-take when you first see her, and Jasmine feels she’s worked hard enough to earn that attention. To understand Jasmine is to know that she means business, and she’s destined to be successful no matter what she does in the future. Congratulations to Jasmine as this week’s...

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President-elect Joe Biden plans to take immediate action to turn the page on the Trump era after his inauguration speech this week, chief of staff Ron Klain said Sunday after laying out Biden’s plan for his first days in office. Biden is planning a 10-day blitz of executive action on what his administration is calling the...

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Donald Trump’s era in Washington is over. The all-consuming, camera-hungry, truth-starved era that fixated the nation and exposed its darkest recesses officially concludes at noon Wednesday. The President, addled and mostly friendless, ended his time in the capital a few hours early to spare himself the humiliation ofwatching his successor be sworn in. “We will be back...

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President-elect Joe Biden  asked for the resignation of U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams after being sworn in Wednesday, ousting the nation’s top doctor in a symbolic break with his predecessor’s covid-19 response, said two people with knowledge of the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss...

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