MLB scraps plans to play in Puerto Rico and Mexico City next season
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball scrapped plans to play regular-season games next year in Mexico City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The season opens on March 18 and…
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The Bahamas will refinance part of its debt to protect its famous turquoise waters
NASSAU (AP) — The Bahamas announced today that it will refinance $300 million of its external debt to free up more than $120 million for marine conservation projects and climate change mitigation.…
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St. John’s Susannaberg Transfer Station closed due to WAPA power outages
CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said Thursday that the St. John Susannaberg Transfer Station was temporarily closed due to WAPA power outages. The Transfer Station…
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US towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water
NEW YORK (AP) — For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York City.…
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Dominican Republic says colonel and officers stole police weapons and ammunition to sell to Haitians
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a colonel and nine officers accused of stealing weapons and ammunition from the police department’s armory and illegally selling…
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5-star QB Bryce Underwood verbally commits to Michigan
Underwood is a Michigan native and the No. 1 player in the high school class of 2025 ANN ARBOR — Michigan hopes it has found a long-term solution to the…
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Cutting in line? American Airlines’ new boarding tech might stop you at now over 100 airports
NEW YORK (AP) — Sneaking a little ahead of line to get on that plane faster? American Airlines might stop you. In an apparent effort to reduce the headaches caused by…
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Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
KYIV — Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the city of Dnipro today in response to the U.S. and UK allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced…
BARELY LEGAL: Matt Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration
WEST PALM BEACH — Former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz said today that he is withdrawing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, writing on social media that his nomination…
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Routine traffic stop leads to man’s arrest on illegal gun, ammunition charges
FREDERIKSTED — A man was arrested on St. Croix after police pulled him over during a traffic stop on the Queen Mary Highway and discovered an illegal weapon, ammunition and…