St. Croix: Mostly cloudy, passing shower in the morning, high 87
CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be mostly cloudy with a passing shower in the morning with a high of 87, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will be partly cloudy…
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Toyota sees 21% full-year profit decline as tariffs take a bite
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor expects profit to decline by a fifth in the current financial year, it said on Thursday, as weakness in the U.S. dollar and the impact of…
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Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were given a choice of paying a fine of $7,700 or serving 12 months in prison — the minimum…
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Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.…
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment…
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Police identify Fort Pladsen shooting victim as St. Croix man
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department today identified the victim of the shooting at Fort Pladsen in St. Thomas on Sunday. Dion Williams, 26, of St. Croix, was…
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Diddy trial thrown into chaos as key witness goes MISSING
NEW YORK (Daily Mail) — A star witness in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial is reportedly MIA, throwing the disgraced Bad Boy mogul's sex trafficking case into chaos. Opening statements…
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Robert Prevost, the first American pope, is from Chicago and jokes are already flowing: ‘All communion wafers will be deep-dish’
Here comes ‘Da Pope.’ Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named today as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From…
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Holy white smoke, the Catholic Church has a new pope!
VATICAN CITY (PBS) — White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 Roman Catholic cardinals inside have elected a new pope.…
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Students will be dismissed early from John H. Woodson Junior High
KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Education informs parents and guardians that John H. Woodson Junior High School on St. Croix will have an early dismissal at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May…