SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge crew offloaded approximately 1,700 kilograms of seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan Friday, following
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Team USVI Plays Dominican Republic In November For FIBA 2023 Qualifiers
MIES, Switzerland — The long-awaited draw for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers took place under high-luminosity television studio lights inside the Patrick Baumann House
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Tropical Storm Larry Expected To Become A Category 3 Hurricane Won’t Stop Here
MIAMI — A rain system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea has a 30 percent chance of becoming a hurricane in the next 48 hours, the
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U.N. Caribbean Arm Revises Region’s 2021 Economic Growth Upwards To 5.9%
SANTIAGO — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has adjusted upwards its economic growth forecast for the region this year to
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Coast Guard Takes 23 Illegal Sea Migrants Back To Hispaniola; 2,100 Since October
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser repatriated 11 Dominican migrants and returned 12 Haitians to the Dominican Republic Saturday, following the interdiction of
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ALONG CAME LARRY: NHC Tracking 4 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Kate formed today in the Atlantic, hurricane forecasters said. It is one of four disturbances they are tracking, including Ida, which hit Louisiana as
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PULLED PORK? USDA Frets About African Swine Fever In USVI, Puerto Rico Animals
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to designate the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as a “protection zone,” a
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Hurricane Center Watching ‘Several Systems’ In Atlantic; None A Threat So Far
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring several systems across the Atlantic Basin tonight. But none of these systems are currently a threat to
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NHC Tracking 3 Systems In Atlantic; Tropical Depression 10 Forms Today
MIAMI — Tropical Depression 10 formed in the Atlantic early this morning. It’s expected to become a tropical storm later today. This would be our
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Louisiana, New Orleans Face Category 4 Hurricane In The Form Of Ida
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it draws closer to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend,
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