September 2025 – Page 24 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Trinidad and Tobago leader praises strike and says US should kill all drug traffickers ‘violently’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean. U.S. President Donald Trump said…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News Community Affairs Education News

UVI to observe World Food Day next month

World Food Day will be observed on Sunday, October 19 from noon to 6 p.m. on the grounds of the University of the Virgin Islands’ (UVI) Albert A. Sheen Campus…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News Community Affairs Health News

Veterans, volunteers needed for ‘suicide prevention’ walks

Suicide Prevention Month takes place every year in September. Multiple organizations hold dedicated awareness events throughout the month, including National Suicide Prevention Week, World Suicide Prevention Day, and 988 Day. …

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News Environmental News International News

Devotees say Bolivia’s lightning-struck ‘miracle tree’ conjures luck

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News Entertainment News National News

Cardi B wins case filed by security guard who claimed rapper assaulted her

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury gave Cardi B a quick and absolute victory Tuesday at a trial in the lawsuit of a security guard who alleged the rap star assaulted her…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News International News Police News

Lawyers for 5 men deported to an African prison accuse Trump’s program of denying them due process

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News Business News Government House News

Bryan touts USVI advantages at Urban Golf weekend in Miami

MIAMI — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. recently participated in the annual Urban Golf Weekend in Miami, a premier gathering that combines networking, community building, and business engagement. The event drew…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Partly sunny with a thunderstorm this morning, high 92, low 78

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON * WHAT...This level of heat affect most individuals sensitive to heat, especially those without effective…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025

Breaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Trump says US has carried out strike against drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. The president offered scant details…

John McCarthy September 2, 2025

Breaking News Crime News National News

Man killed girlfriend pregnant with twins while kids were home

MESA — A woman pregnant with twins was fatally shot by her boyfriend following an argument at their home, Arizona prosecutors say. Now, Michael Owen Foster, 38, has been given…

John McCarthy September 2, 2025