March 2025 – Page 2 – Virgin Islands Free Press

3 weeks before Easter, U.S. goes hunting for eggs in Europe

BERLIN — The U.S. government is on an international egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at…

John McCarthy March 31, 2025

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Belize officials say 3 American women died of carbon monoxide poisoning

BELMOPAN (CBS) — Authorities in Belize said this week that three American women who were found dead last month while on vacation in the country died as a result of carbon monoxide…

John McCarthy March 31, 2025

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Torpedo-shaped bats draw attention after Yankees hit team-record 9 homers in rout of Brewers

NEW YORK (AP) — New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Using a strikingly different model…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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Trump voices anger at Putin for comments about Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and threatens sanctions on Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger Sunday at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a phone interview…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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Artist Wim Delvoye looks back on 25 years of ‘Cloaca’ with a retrospective

BRUSSELS, Belgium (BT) — A retrospective of artist Wim Delvoye’s works concluded this month at the Rodolphe Janssen Gallery in the Brussels municipality of Elsene. The "Wim Delvoye: Cloaca. Celebration…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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Trump’s mass deportations are not just cruel, but will badly hurt Miami’s economy

MIAMI — What irony! Miami’s Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan exile communities, who have been among President Trump’s most fervent supporters, are now among the biggest victims of his mass deportations.…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600 and leaves countless buried

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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Texas private school slammed for ‘covering up’ piano teacher’s abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward

FORT WORTH, Texas (DM) — The heartbroken families of several girls who were allegedly abused by a pedophile piano teacher are suing a Texas private school for a "cover-up." Trent Muse, a…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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Martinique’s water woes drive anger at French rule

FORT-DE-FRANCE (Reuters) — In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. But the water that comes out of Christelle Marie-Sainte's…

John McCarthy March 30, 2025