NHC Sees tropical depression in the offing
MIAMI — A tropical depression is expected to form in the next day or so to the far east of the Caribbean. Meanwhile, odds dropped for a “short-lived” tropical cyclone to form south of Nova…
Leon Black accused of raping teen with autism at Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion in new lawsuit
The new accusations follow Epstein-related rape allegations made against Black last year NEW YORK (TAN) — Financier Leon Black has been accused for the second time in as many years of raping someone at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan…
Rastafarians celebrate freedom of worship after gaining sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua
LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking marijuana. For Rastafari, the…
France’s Supreme Court rejects groups’ request for slavery reparations in case from Martinique
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The court’s decision on Wednesday said…
People Warned Not To Travel To Haiti After American Mother and Daughter Kidnapped
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel…
NWS Forecasts Afternoon Showers For Today
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is still watching a disturbance in the central tropical Atlantic with a high formation chance in the next seven days and 48 hrs. Shower and thunderstorm activity continues in…
Jewell Loyd scores 26, Seattle Storm beat Indiana Fever 85-62
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 26 points with eight assists, Jordan Horston made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 15 points to help the Seattle Storm beat the Indiana Fever 85-62…
Four Good Samaritans Work To Free Elderly Woman Trapped In Overturned SUV
CHRISTIANSTED — Three Good Samaritans and a former police officer worked to free an elderly woman trapped in an overturned SUV near Bassin Triangle on St. Croix this afternoon. Ronald Pickard, a former police officer…
One Person Dead In Little Princess Fire: VIFEMS
CHRISTIANSTED — One person is confirmed dead after a fire tore through a house near Five Corners in St. Croix early today, authorities said. Emergency 911 dispatchers sent firefighters to a structural fire at #115…
American nurse and child kidnapped in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director…