2025 – Page 24 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Man accused of going to hospital to shoot and kill His ex-wife, 1 month after she asked for protective order

DETROIT — A Michigan man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife in the hospital where she worked, just one month after she asked for a protective order against him.…

John McCarthy August 25, 2025

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Pastor: Donald Trump is worried about getting into heaven. He shouldn’t be.

It’s been a long time since I was shocked by anything Donald Trump said. But when the president called in to Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” this week to discuss…

John McCarthy August 25, 2025

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U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite,…

John McCarthy August 25, 2025

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Windy, variable cloudiness with a morning shower in spots, high 91

[August 25, 2025] U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, Today’s Weather is Not Playing! Primary Hazards: Heat Advisory: Limit time outdoors, hydrate, and chill in the shade. High Rip Currents…

John McCarthy August 25, 2025

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4 surfers survive, 3 swimmers drown in high surf off Puerto Rico today

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector San Juan and Coast Guard rescue crews so far have responded to four separate search and rescue cases throughout the northern coast…

John McCarthy August 24, 2025

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Police shoot Seattle suspect dead in response to burglary at Frenchman’s Bay

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Virgin Islands Police Department’s (VIPD) Central Dispatch received a call from a female resident reporting a burglary…

John McCarthy August 24, 2025

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Tropical Storm Fernand forms in the open Atlantic. No threat to USVI

Tropical Storm Fernand formed in the open ocean, hundreds of miles from any land Saturday afternoon, hurricane forecasters say. Another system is also being tracked that has low chances of…

John McCarthy August 24, 2025

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High school teacher who groomed a teenage student before performing a sexual act on him is identified after she loses her bid to keep it a secret

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – A high school teacher who admitted to grooming a 15-year-old male student and performing a sexual act on him has had her prison sentence quashed, but…

John McCarthy August 24, 2025

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Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere

WASHINGTON (AP) — With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, blaming…

John McCarthy August 24, 2025

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Three young sisters drown, dozens rescued from boat carrying migrants to Italy

MILAN (Reuters) - Three young sisters drowned when the rubber boat carrying them and dozens of other migrants got into difficulties on the perilous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to…

John McCarthy August 24, 2025