April 2025 – Page 34 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Gangs strike in Haiti’s heartland as hundreds flee under heavy gunfire

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs struck the city of Mirebalais in central Haiti on Monday, seizing control of a local prison as hundreds of people fled the area under gunfire.…

John McCarthy April 1, 2025

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Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital today, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent…

John McCarthy April 1, 2025

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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to…

John McCarthy April 1, 2025

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St. Croix: Some sun, a brief shower or 2, windy conditions and a high of 88

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will have some sun with a brief shower or two and windy conditions for a high of 88, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will be…

John McCarthy April 1, 2025