Peru hit by massive 13-foot-high waves, leaving scores of ports closed
LIMA, Peru — Massive waves of up to 13 feet (four meters) are pummeling the coasts of Peru, leaving scores of ports closed on Saturday, authorities said. Peru closed 91…
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Parking restrictions for Crucian Christmas Festival events
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department will be enforcing the following parking restrictions for the upcoming Crucian Christmas Festival events: January 1, 2025 - Food Fair NO PARKING in…
Biden couldn’t sell a Haiti intervention. Trump can, and should: Opinion
The incoming Trump administration will be confronting a world on fire — national security challenges ranging from ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East to potential conflict with China…
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Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. It’s now…
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Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone…
35-year-old boxer Paul Bamba of Puerto Rico dies six days after last fight
SAN JUAN — Puerto Rican boxer Paul Bamba has died at the age of 35, his manager, the R&B singer Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith, announced Friday. The news comes less than…
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3 men from Ecuador get 6.5 years for trafficking cocaine
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two men from Ecuador were given 6.5-year prison terms for trafficking cocaine last December, authorities said. Mario Montano Camacho, 41, and Juan Ignacio Reyes Delgado, 48, were…
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A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory described Wednesday seeing colleagues cut down by bullets and reporters with head and chest wounds going…
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Trump names envoy to Panama after urging US reassert control over canal
PANAMA CITY — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as ambassador to Panama after having threatened for the U.S. to reassert control…
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Trump advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy expose rift with MAGA loyalists over immigrant tech workers
WASHINGTON — A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas, a carve-out for high-skilled workers who some…