July 2024 – Page 2 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris

The time has come for my fellow Arizona Republicans to return to the core foundations of the Grand Old Party. Our party used to stand for the belief that every…

John McCarthy July 29, 2024

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Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean

SAN JUAN — An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave over the next couple of days. Environmental…

John McCarthy July 29, 2024

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Prosecutors didn’t talk to eyewitness before filing misdemeanor charges in deadly boat crash

MIAMI — Police and prosecutors with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office didn’t follow up with a key witness who contradicted the captain’s main defense in a one-vessel boat crash that…

John McCarthy July 29, 2024

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Two Mega Millions players win $1 million. Where were the lucky tickets sold?

MIAMI — Mega Millions tickets sold in Illinois and New Jersey win $1 million and narrowly missed the $306 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning numbers…

John McCarthy July 29, 2024

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Cops respond to mass shooting in Pan Am Pavilion; 2 shooters, 1 dead, 5 injured

CHRISTIANSTED — A shooting incident in the Pan Am Pavilion left one man dead and five others injured just after midnight Saturday. The ShotSpotter system was alerted to gunshots fired…

John McCarthy July 28, 2024

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A Tropical Wave Approaches The Caribbean

MIAMI — After a tropical slumber, the Atlantic is showing signs of life as we creep toward August. The Atlantic has been accumulating Saharan dust since Beryl's demise roughly three…

John McCarthy July 28, 2024

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Joe Biden is out and Kamala Harris is in. Voters are taking a new look at their choices

WASHINGTON (AP) — Carolyn Valone was not going to cast a presidential vote in November. The 84-year-old Democrat from St. Louis said she “just cannot forgive Joe Biden for Gaza” and his…

John McCarthy July 28, 2024

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Russian warships visit Cuba again today

HAVANA — Island residents watched from shore today as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called "routine." Cuban authorities fired shots…

John McCarthy July 27, 2024

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UN fund warns of $23 million deficit in Haiti’s education system as it announces grant

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — No chairs. Missing blackboards. A lack of bathrooms. Schools in Haiti’s capital and beyond are crumbling as gang violence deepens poverty and disrupts basic government services as…

John McCarthy July 27, 2024

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Tropical surge ahead: System eyes development in the Atlantic

While the tropical Atlantic is quiet now, that could change in a hurry come August with at least one system already being tracked. SAN JUAN — An area of disturbed…

John McCarthy July 27, 2024