LONDON — “Please do not go out until this blows over,” Sarah Akinterinwa, messaged a friend on August 7. “I’m going into town tomorrow. Should be okay,” came the response. “Alone?” she asked. The messages…
BROWN’S TOWN, Jamaica — Three and a half years ago, Sherman Harris gathered together a clutch of family and friends at his home on a hilltop here in rural Jamaica to watch his cousin step into…
CHRISTIANSTED — The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that federal disaster assistance is available to the U.S. Virgin Islands to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Ernesto, beginning…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions on the former president of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly, Tuesday following accusations that he abused his influence to facilitate drug trafficking into the U.S. and sponsored gangs that…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 43-year-old man was found dead on St. Thomas Friday, authorities said. A concerned citizen called 911 at 5:40 p.m. and reported finding an unresponsive Caucasian man in a yard in the…
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a 38-year-old St. Croix man was shot multiple times and died near King Street on Monday night. Jahni Hamilton was positively identified by a family member as the homicide…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Police in Haiti’s capital tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful protesters Monday as they called on law enforcement to help them stop the gangs that have been violently seizing control of their neighborhoods. Protesters burned tires…
PALERMO — Divers scoured the wreck of a luxury yacht off Sicily’s coast today to find six missing people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and a Morgan Stanley executive, following an intense storm that sank the…
CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention begins today in Illinois, with roughly 50,000 people expected to arrive in the Windy City. That includes thousands of anti-war activists who plan to demonstrate near the United Center. President Joe Biden is the…
DENVER (AP) — A man who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru worker who wouldn’t accept drugs for payment and later shooting at other people elsewhere the same night has been…