CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after a Kmart manager was accused of using the company credit card to buy at least $15.000 in personal items for herself. Joanne Nickeo, 59, was arrested and charged with…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs. Jamaica is the second country to join the…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man was arrested Thursday morning Sunday night after a man accused the victim of spying on him and then beat him with a piece of mahogany wood. Akebo Thomas,…
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center continues to track Tropical Storm Gordon and another system expected to form this weekend off the southeastern U.S. Coastline. As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, the center of…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A fresh wave of violence between rival gangs in one of the Haitian capital’s poorest neighborhoods was sparked by gunfire that broke out over a referee’s call during a soccer match, a…
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is tracking three systems in the Atlantic basin as the remnants of Francine make their way farther north. Elsewhere in the Atlantic basin, forecasters are tracking: Invest 94L, east of the Leeward Islands Satellite-derived wind data…
MIAMI — As Tropical Depression Seven continues to pull away from the Cabo Verde Islands and linger in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center says a tropical storm could form, but struggles are likely ahead.…
Elder abuse is the intentional mistreatment or harming of an adult over age 60. This abuse can take many forms – physical, emotional, sexual, and financial exploitation, as well as neglect. In the United States…
HAVANA — Cuban lab chemist Deisy Herrera was crushed when her two sons left the island in search of a better life. “Those were terrible times,” the 61-year old pharmaceutical worker said in tears during…
PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — Managers of a state-owned fuel trading company in Trinidad and Tobago are facing 15 charges linked to the 2022 deaths of four divers who became trapped in a pipeline while…