St. Thomas man killed in Bovoni
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in Bovoni on St. Thomas Saturday night. Jahkeem Joseph, 25, was positively identified by a family member as the victim, the Virgin…
HIGH SURF ADVISORY: NWS warns of waves breaking 12-feet-high
SAN JUAN — Pulses of northerly swells and increased winds across the region will bring choppy seas today and into this week, the National Weather Service said this morning. As a result, hazardous marine conditions are expected…
Man dies after waiting 5 and a half hours for service at St. Croix hospital
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man died after waiting five a half hours for service in the ER at the Juan F. Luis Hospital, authorities said. The case began at 7:28 a.m. Wednesday, when the…
Stacey Plaskett protests at speaker vote: U.S. ‘has a territory and a colonies problem’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett protested the nonvoting status of the Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories Friday— sparking mixed reactions after she accused the U.S. in House floor remarks…
Venezuelan oil transferred at new ship-to-ship spot in the Caribbean, tanker
CARACAS — Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA this week began using a new location near La Borracha island in the Caribbean sea for transferring Venezuelan crude from one ship to another for exports, according to…
A good reason to visit the British Virgin Islands: The Anegada Lobster Festival
ROAD TOWN. Tortola — Most travelers who have heard of the British Virgin Islands are familiar with Tortola and maybe even Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda. Almost no one, however, has ever heard of…
Trump chooses Herschel Walker as US ambassador to Bahamas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Herschel Walker, the football legend who unsuccessfully ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be ambassador to the Bahamas. Trump made the announcement Tuesday in a…
It’s Christmas for the elephants as unsold trees are fed to the animals at Berlin Zoo
BERLIN (AP) — For the elephants and others at the Berlin Zoo, it’s finally time to unwrap their Christmas presents. Trees that didn’t find a home this festive season were given to some of the…
Trump’s sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here’s what could happen next
NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future U.S. president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump ‘s hush money case made a dramatic decision…
Mom disappeared in 2014 while running errands, Florida cops say. Her body’s now found
MELBOURNE, Florida — A 49-year-old mom of three went to run errands in 2014 and never came back, Florida authorities said. Investigators believed it was possible she had left the country, but a sonar team…