July 2024 – Page 6 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Virgin Islands Republican Party leaves Milwaukee confident of victory in November

MILWAUKEE — Over the past two weeks delegates from the Republican Party in the Virgin Islands have been in Wisconsin working hard to ensure proper representation for our beautiful territory…

John McCarthy July 20, 2024

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Tropical wave leaving, Saharan dust plume moving in, high rip current risk for St. Croix

SAN JUAN — Good morning! Our main image shows the water vapor visible on satellite imagery. A tropical wave is departing our area, but Saharan dust will follow, so please exercise…

John McCarthy July 20, 2024

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40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least 40 migrants have died and several others were injured after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida’s are a national security risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing. The…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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Russia’s energy ministry seeks to extend gasoline exports ban

MOSCOW — Russia's energy ministry has proposed an extension of a gasoline exports ban into September and October, RBC daily reported on Wednesday citing a deputy minister's letter. Russia initially…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets … including USVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Port Authority said today that "large-scale tech outages are disrupting airlines and businesses around the world." Travelers to and from the U.S. Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ for citizen science

FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) — They creep, slither and slide over and around each other by the dozen and now there’s a webcam so that anybody can watch them online…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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Help police find St. Croix man wanted for domestic violence

FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help to find a man wanted for domestic violence on St. Croix. Jabari White, 34, is wanted for destruction of property-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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Passing of tropical wave, upper level trough will leave humid, wet conditions

SAN JUAN — Forecasters at the National Weather Service say we can expect humid and wet conditions today. The passage of a tropical wave and a upper level trough will…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General releases report on scamming

Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its quarterly Scam Report to Congress. The report provides information about scam trends in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2024…

John McCarthy July 18, 2024