PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Multiple gangs attacked several communities in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, setting fire to homes and a church as bullets whizzed through the area. At least one woman was killed…
HAVANA — As Cuba’s electrical grid shut down Friday, leaving millions of Cubans without power nationwide hours after the government declared an “energy emergency,” authorities have not said when the lights will be back on.…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported this week. There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to expand the arms embargo in Haiti to all types of weapons and ammunition, expressing grave concern at the extremely high levels of gang violence and criminal activities…
NEW YORK — These days you can have almost anything shipped to your door from websites like Amazon and Walmart — including a house. Walmart is now selling a tiny house online for $15,900. The 19-by-20 feet…
MIAMI — There’s good news when it comes to the tropics: Even though the National Hurricane Center is tracking two invests, neither seem to be a threat to the U.S. Virgin Islands at this time. Invest 94L,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman who offered money to a man to buy food was strangled in her own doorway. Abdul Ghaffar Abiff, 28, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault-domestic violence, simple assault-domestic violence,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man is accused of breaking into a person’s house, stealing their car key — and then their car. Bruce F. Wheatley, 18, was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary,…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear what damage was done in the…
CHRISTIANSTED — Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in our community, with breast cancer being the second most common form. The Virgin Islands Department of Health continues its vital mission to educate both women…