MIAMI — Hurricane Helene is strengthening as it moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico towards a forecast Thursday evening or early Friday morning landfall over Florida’s Big Bend Coast and is “expected to bring catastrophic winds…
MIAMI — Hurricane Helene formed this morning with the National Hurricane Center forecasting the storm to rapidly intensify in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and strike Florida as a major Category 3…
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) would like to thankthe Department of Public Works (DPW) and our VIWMA team for mobilizing the manpower andequipment to remove illegally dumped tires from St. Croix’s…
WASHINGTON — More than 700 former national security and military officials endorsed Kamala Harris for president over Donald Trump in the 2024 election in an open letter published Sunday by National Security Leaders for America. “This election is a choice between…
As the prospect of a major hurricane menaces much of Florida, a quick reminder: Under Project 2025, that controversial right-wing blueprint for a GOP-led national government, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration would be dismantled,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) and the Bureau of School Construction and Maintenance (BSCM) are aware of the concerns raised by the dedicated kitchen staff at both Joseph A. Gomez…
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Helene is intensifying and is forecast to become a large, major hurricane before striking Florida’s Gulf Coast on Thursday with life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rain. The impacts from…
ATLANTA — Around 40% of adults in the U.S. are obese, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests — marking the first time in over a decade that the nation’s obesity rate has…
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly that his country would send 150 military police officers to help Haiti fight violent gangs. The announcement comes as a…
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who threatened to kill federal agents was indicted by a federal grand jury. Jamoi Weekes, 30, was charged with making threats to assault and murder federal and local law…