Tobago oil spill blackens beaches, but mystery apparently cleared up
PORT OF SPAIN — The mystery vessel was reported overturned last week just off the coast of Tobago, the northern island of the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. No…
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Capital One will buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies
NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the nation’s credit card…
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Widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse indicted in his killing
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of…
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Ecuador man gets 4.75 years in prison after guilty plea to cocaine conspiracy at sea
CHRISTIANSTED — A man from Ecuador was given a sentence of 4.75 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to cocaine smuggling. Carlos Benitez Estupinan, 30, of Quito, was sentenced…
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2 Puerto Ricans Get Slap On The Wrist From Judge For Trafficking Cocaine At Stumpy Bay
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two of three men who pleaded guilty in the Stumpy Bay cocaine trafficking conspiracy were given light sentences by a federal judge. Pedro Juan Ramos-Ramirez, 28, and…
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ stirs up $27.7M weekend, ‘Madame Web’ flops
NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount Pictures’ Bob Marley biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” outperformed expectations to debut at No. 1 at the box office with a $27.7 million opening weekend,…
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Mateo Morrison launches new book: ‘Pablo Neruda and the Dominican Republic’
SANTO DOMINGO — The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), in collaboration with the Cultural Spaces Foundation and the Urban Tertulia, launched the book “Pablo Neruda and the Dominican Republic”…
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How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae icon Bob Marley’s life into a movie. But it never felt…
Everyone’s dream: A sailboat of your own in the Caribbean (made true)
Last April, Chris Kotchick, a Scranton, Pennsylvania, oral surgeon, and his family spent a week on a chartered catamaran in the calm, clear waters off the British Virgin Islands. A…
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4 dead, 5 in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a Puerto Rico bar
Police say five people were killed and four others are in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a streetside bar in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN — Five people were killed…