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St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, thunderstorm, high 90

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be partly sunny a d breezy with a thunderstorm in spots this morning and a high of 90, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will…

John McCarthy June 25, 2025

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American-Caribbean history moment: Teenage George Washington in Barbados

Did you know that the father of the United States of America went to Barbados as a teenager as moral support for his ailing half-brother? George Washington visited Barbados in…

John McCarthy June 10, 2025

2016 Presidential Election At VIFreep Breaking News

St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, brief showers, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED – Today St. Croix will be partly sunny with a brief shower or two and breezy in the afternoon with a high of 89, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix…

John McCarthy June 6, 2025

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Saudi warned Iran to reach nuclear deal with Trump or risk Israeli strike

TEHRAN (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia's defense minister delivered a blunt message to Iranian officials in Tehran last month: take President Donald Trump's offer to negotiate a nuclear agreement seriously because…

John McCarthy May 30, 2025

2016 Presidential Election At VIFreep Breaking News

Puerto Rico governor pledges to improve island’s crumbling power grid after repeated outages

SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor pledged Thursday to improve the island’s crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address after being elected last year as anger intensifies…

John McCarthy May 30, 2025

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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment…

John McCarthy May 8, 2025

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US forecasters are more hobbled than ever as hurricane season nears

MIAMI (CNN) — The National Weather Service is in worse shape than previously known, according to interviews with current and former meteorologists, due to a combination of layoffs, early retirements and…

John McCarthy May 4, 2025

2016 Presidential Election At VIFreep Breaking News

Haitians fleeing gang violence swim across the country’s longest river

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Dozens of people swam and waded across Haiti’s longest river on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to flee gangs that launched a fresh attack on a…

John McCarthy May 1, 2025

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Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring…

John McCarthy April 26, 2025

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Condos on a cruise ship? Why a Miami developer is planning luxury homes at sea

MIAMI (Uniquely) — Russell Galbut and his wife, Ronalee, have been hooked on cruising since their first voyage 47 years ago. Galbut’s decades-long, ambitious career as a real estate developer…

John McCarthy April 23, 2025