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Month: August 2024

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Tropical Storm Ernesto looms as a rain threat to the USVI and Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical Storm Ernesto looms as a rain threat to the USVI and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Ernesto is forecast to move west-northwestward across or near the region as a tropical tropical storm by early Wednesday. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued…
Posted by John McCarthy August 12, 2024
Russia sets Ukrainian nuclear power plant on fire
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News International News

Russia sets Ukrainian nuclear power plant on fire

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Russia has started a fire on the grounds of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such facility in Europe. It…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2024
Successful Ukrainian incursion highlights Russia’s border weakness
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Successful Ukrainian incursion highlights Russia’s border weakness

MOSCOW — Russia was fighting intense battles on Saturday against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 12 miles (20 km) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine's biggest attack on…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2024
For Haiti, the Paris Olympics is about more than just winning gold
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For Haiti, the Paris Olympics is about more than just winning gold

PARIS (AP) — As he coasted along Paris’ Seine River during the Olympic opening ceremony, one word came to Haitian swimmer Alexandre Grand’Pierre’s mind. “Iconic.” For the seven athletes competing for Haiti,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2024
‘Fish storm’ expected to pass north of the USVI as a strong tropical cyclone
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‘Fish storm’ expected to pass north of the USVI as a strong tropical cyclone

SAN JUAN — Tropical Cyclone Five is slowly approaching the Lesser and Greater Antilles and expected to build into a hurricane but only after it passes north of the U.S.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2024
Hotel & Tourism Association supports VIPA’s partnership to improve territory’s airports
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Hotel & Tourism Association supports VIPA’s partnership to improve territory’s airports

Dear Editor, The USVI Hotel & Tourism Association fully supports the plans for essential and long-needed improvements to the airport experience on St. Thomas and St. Croix. The Cyril E.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2024
Jim Harbaugh to serve as honorary captain for Michigan’s season opener
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Jim Harbaugh to serve as honorary captain for Michigan’s season opener

ANN ARBOR — Michigan football will have a very familiar face back on the sidelines at Michigan Stadium as the honorary captain for the 2024 season opener against Fresno State on…
Posted by John McCarthy August 10, 2024
Coast Guard works to change its culture following sexual abuse, harassment scandal
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Coast Guard works to change its culture following sexual abuse, harassment scandal

NEW LONDON, Connecticut (AP) — The grueling basic training for fledgling cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, known as swab summer, has been revamped this year in light of…
Posted by John McCarthy August 10, 2024
Folks from Martinique to Puerto Rico should start preparing for Hurricane Ernesto today, forecaster says
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Folks from Martinique to Puerto Rico should start preparing for Hurricane Ernesto today, forecaster says

SAN JUAN — Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased since yesterday in association with a tropical wave located roughly midway between the Cabo Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles. Gradual…
Posted by John McCarthy August 10, 2024
Harris leads Trump by 5 points in Ipsos poll
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Harris leads Trump by 5 points in Ipsos poll

WASHINGTON — Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 42% to 37% in the race for the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to an Ipsos poll published on Thursday. The poll found Harris had…
Posted by John McCarthy August 9, 2024

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