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No Way To Beat The Heat This October
SAN JUAN — Another hot day with heat indices of 108 to 111 degrees in most of the coastal areas of north, east and west of Puerto Rico, as well…
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Natalee Holloway’s mom sues over TV series about daughter
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the…
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No Relief In Sight From The High Heat
SAN JUAN — The hot temperatures don't stop. At least until Monday, we could have highs near the daily record. Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure…
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Kenya Cabinet approved sending police to lead peace mission in Haiti but parliament must sign off
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Cabinet on Friday approved the deployment of 1,000 police to lead a multinational peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence. The country’s parliament must…
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Raoul Peck’s ‘Silver Dollar Road’ chronicles a Black family’s battle to hold onto their land
TORONTO (AP) — The filmmaker Raoul Peck was sitting in a Toronto hotel lobby talking to a reporter when Barry Jenkins beelined over to embrace him. The two know each…
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NHC Watching Wave With ‘Legs’ To Reach The Caribbean
SAN JUAN — The National Hurricane Center continues to issue advisories on Tropical Storm Sean. The NHC is also monitoring a tropical wave south of the Cabo Verde Islands with…
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Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti declined today to join neighboring Dominican Republic in reopening a key commercial border crossing, leaving some trade at a standstill and prolonging a diplomatic crisis over…
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Secretary of State Blinken Congratulates Curaçao On Its National Day
On behalf of the people of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Curaçao as you celebrate Curaçao Day. Our longstanding friendship is a testament to the…
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Dominican Republic intensifies Haiti border shutdown over canal row
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) The Dominican Republic announced new measures to strengthen control at its border with Haiti, including an indefinite extension of the border shutdown it enacted last month plus…
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Haiti ex-senator pleads guilty for role in president’s 2021 assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Former Haitian Senator Joseph Joel John pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges in a U.S. court for his role in the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean…