WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks came to an abrupt standstill Friday after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said it’s time to “pause” negotiations, and a White House official acknowledged there are “real differences” that are making…
CRUZ BAY — The owner of St. John jewelry store was shot in the face during an armed robbery Thursday afternoon and police said they’re looking for two unidentified suspects. The shooting occurred at 2:00…
SALT RIVER — When Christopher Columbus arrived at the present-day US Virgin Islands on his second voyage across the Atlantic in 1493, the islands were already inhabited — but how and when the islands of…
FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Reuters) — Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by women who say they were abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and accused the German bank…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An arrest has been made after a vehicle reported stolen near the Red Hook Dock in St. Thomas on Sunday. Edward Richards, 41, was arrested Monday and charged with unauthorized use of…
WASHINGTON — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that the U.S. Virgin Islands received its first grant for developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Internet for All” initiative. The…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are trying to identify a man whose body was washed up near the St. Thomas marine terminal early today. Virgin Islands Police said the body was discovered near the Edward Wilmoth…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — U.N. Secretary General António Guterres warned Monday that Haiti’s “tragic situation” is threatening the security of the Caribbean region and beyond as he pressed the international community for a response. Guterres spoke…
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military today proposed an October start date for a plan to drain a World War II-era fuel tank facility that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl…
NEW YORK (Reuters) — The USVI has subpoenaed Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to today’s…