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Separated Migrant Children Forced To Take Psychotropic Drugs At U.S. Detention Centers
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] DALLAS — Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters to manage their trauma after being detained and in some cases separated from parents, according to a lawsuit. Children held at facilities such as the

U.S. Immigration Rounds Up 30 Caribbean Illegals In Sweep of New Jersey Suburbs
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] NEWARK — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a number of Caribbean nationals have been arrested among 91 immigrants during a five-day immigration sweep in New Jersey. ICE said the operation targeted “at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and other immigration violators.” It

Domino’s ‘Paving For Pizza’ Program Now Applicable To Potholes In Virgin Islands
[wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ANN ARBOR — Pizza juggernaut Domino’s wants to fill potholes in the road like it fills your empty stomach. “Paving for Pizza” is a new initiative run by the chain to help cities and local governments repair aging and deteriorated roads. “Dear Mr McCarthy,” Domino’s Pizza wrote

Mapp Teleconferences With Trump, FEMA On Lessons Learned From Hurricanes
FEMA Coordinating Officer William Vogel (left) sits next to Gov. Kenneth Mapp and VITEMA Director Mona Barnes. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Kenneth Mapp joined governors from across the country for a video teleconference Wednesday as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William “Brock” Long and Secretary of the Department

Coast Guard Promotes St. Croix’s Claricia Gautier in Ceremony At Nation’s Capitol
PROMOTED: Claricia Gautier [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard senior chief Yeoman Claricia Gautier, a 1995 graduate of Central High School on St. Croix has been promoted to the chief warrant officer grade, personnel administration specialty. The promotion took place at the Coast Guard headquarters in

Canegata, Not Running For Any Office, Takes Credit For Federal Response To Disasters
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — The top GOP official in the Virgin Islands suggested his fundraising group’s “behind the scenes” relationship with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke helped influence the department’s response to last year’s hurricanes in the territory. John Canegata, the head of the Virgin Islands Republican Party,

St. Croix’s Jason Felix Faces 20 Years in Prison on Federal Interfering With A Flight Crew Charge
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A St. Croix airline passenger who was denied alcohol on a flight and then launched into a screaming tirade involving spit and blood — now faces the possibility of up to 20 years in prison. Jason Felix was flying from St. Croix to Miami on American Airlines flight 1293 when

St. Croix Man Refused Beer On Flight … So He Screamed, Fought and Spit Blood, FBI Says
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A St. Croix man on an American Airlines flight to Miami was arrested after he allegedly launched into a midair, profanity-laced tirade and traded punches with others on the plane who were trying to restrain him. The whole incident was caught on tape after passenger

NHC Monitoring Invest 90L To See If It Becomes Season’s First Named Storm … In May!
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — The disturbance in the northwest Caribbean- called Invest 90L – is becoming better organized, and the models are now indicating that there is a good chance of it strengthening into a named storm. The name would Alberto. The center of the system is still expected

Today Is May 25 National Missing Children’s Day After First Being Declared in 1983
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – In 1983, President Ronald Regan proclaimed May 25th National Missing Children’s Day. The day was observed after a string of child abductions gained national attention. Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, commemorates