2025 – Page 175 – Virgin Islands Free Press

US senator meets man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR (BBC) — A U.S. senator has met a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Even White House officials are laughing at ICE Barbie’s cosplays

WASHINGTON (Daily Beast) —Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has earned a reputation as a coquette for unusual publicity stunts that involve dolling up and posing in front of immigration detainees. Now, even…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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U.S. to designate Haiti gangs as foreign terrorists, opening way to use Salvador prison

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Miami Herald) — Haitian gangs and individuals financing and arming them could soon find themselves labeled as “terrorists” and imprisoned in El Salvador’s notorious maximum-security prison, the same facility…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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How quantum could supercharge Google’s AI ambitions

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (CNBC) — Late last year, Google made clear that it wouldn’t be caught on the backfoot again. The company unveiled a breakthrough quantum computing chip called Willow, which it…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Every day is 4/20 in the USVI, so having it fall on Easter is pretty OK, too

If you live in the U.S. Virgin Islands, you know that every day is 4/20 in the territory. But on the U.S. mainland, the fact that Easter Sunday falls on the same…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Google hit with second antitrust blow, adding to concerns about future of ads business

WASHINGTON (CNBC) — Google’s antitrust woes are continuing to mount, just as the company tries to brace for a future dominated by artificial intelligence. On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that Google held…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Donald Trump’s con of working-class people is beginning to unravel

President Trump played a con on working-class Americans during last year’s election that is being exposed now, only a few months into his presidency. It seems like every other time…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Body of missing Washington state woman found buried under shed encased in concrete; handyman questioned

SEATTLE (CBS) — An 82-year-old woman's remains were found buried beneath a shed built by her handyman in northwestern Washington, likely several weeks after she disappeared, authorities said. Marcia Norman…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Trump opens a huge marine protected zone to commercial fishing

HONOLULU, Hawaii — President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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A look at why an island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico and what caused it

SAN JUAN (AP) — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico this week, leaving 1.4 million customers without power and more than 400,000 without water. It was the second massive outage to hit…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025