2024 – Page 39 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Russian frontline soldiers reduced to eating canned dog meat from North Korea

KURSK, Ukraine — Videos of Russian army soldiers eating canned meat supplied by the DPRK are being circulated on various social media. As it turned out, the Russians received canned dog meat from North Korea. This was reported…

John McCarthy November 7, 2024

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Viya to be closed on Veteran’s Day

CHRISTIANSTED — Viya, the premier telecommunications provider in the US Virgin Islands, will beclosed on Monday, November 11, 2024, in observance of Veterans Day, Jennifer Matarangas-King, Viya's Vice President of…

John McCarthy November 7, 2024

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Lawyer seeks release of Haiti cop accused of police killing while protecting Blinken

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The lawyer for a jailed senior Haiti policeman accused of planning the assassination of a motorcycle driver with alleged gang ties is demanding his release from jail. Mario…

John McCarthy November 7, 2024

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Cuba left without electricity after hit from Hurricane Rafael

HAVANA — Cuban authorities struggled to return power to the island this morning after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country`s electrical grid, leaving 10 million people in the dark. The…

John McCarthy November 7, 2024

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‘Excessive rainfall’ expected in the USVI and Puerto Rico over the next few days, NWS says

SAN JUAN — Wet and unstable weather conditions are expected to continue into the next fewdays, the National Weather Service said Wednesday evening. The main feature will be a deepening…

John McCarthy November 7, 2024

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Scooter driver dead after collision with pickup truck in Morningstar

CHRISTIANSTED — A scooter driver is dead after crashing into the back of a pickup truck on St. Croix Tuesday morning. Robert A. Serrano, 65, of St. Croix, struck a…

John McCarthy November 6, 2024

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Rafael expected to be near major hurricane strength when it hits western Cuba

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to strengthen and reach near "major hurricane strength" when it makes landfall in western Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said this morning. In…

John McCarthy November 6, 2024

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Donald Trump wins 2024 presidential election, defying the odds again

WEST PALM BEACH — Donald Trump has 267 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House and is leading in key races left to be called, including Michigan and Wisconsin.…

John McCarthy November 6, 2024

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The presidential election is prompting some Americans to ‘doom spend,’ report finds

MIAMI — Retail therapy is thinly coating voters’ anxieties from the presidential election — and their wallets know it. About 27% of polled shoppers say they are “doom spending” — that is,…

John McCarthy November 5, 2024

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Coast Guard medevacs 2 people following zip-line collision in St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter conducted the medical evacuation of two injured people from the Carambola zip-line platform in St. Croix. Rescued were Jason Bomar, 58,…

John McCarthy November 5, 2024