BVI drug kingpin gets 10 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The reputed leader of BVI's drug cartel got 10 years hard time from a judge. Ruben Reyes-Barel, 37, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 120 months…
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Man sets himself on fire outside courthouse where Trump trial is being held
NEW YORK — A man set himself on fire today outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place. The man was in the designated protest area…
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100 arrested at Columbia University after pro-Palestinian riot
NEW YORK — Some 100 students were arrested after police cleared a camp of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University in New York. The university's president said that the "extraordinary step"…
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US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday, authorities said, marking the first deportation flight in several months to the Caribbean nation…
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Search of armed robbery suspect’s crash pad nets loaded gun, ammunition, drugs
CHRISTIANSTED — An authorized search of an armed robbery suspect's living space turned up a loaded gun, ammunition and drugs early Thursday morning. Darnley N. Petersen, 22, of St. Croix,…
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12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Selection of alternates ongoing
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to opening statements and the…
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Dominican authorities launch probe after an immigration officer is accused of raping a 14-year-old
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Thursday they have launched an investigation after an immigration officer was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. The mother of…
Barbados Weather Service spots nascent hurricane season’s first tropical wave
BRIDGETOWN — The Barbados Weather Service has marked a disturbance near Africa as the first tropical wave of this year. NHC has not yet identified any tropical wave, but this…
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Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left ‘at her feet’
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but…
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Woman arrested after taking corpse to sign for bank loan in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — A woman has been arrested in Brazil after she brought a 68-year-old man who had been dead for hours into a bank to sign for a…