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Journalist Deaths Jumped 50% in 2022, Led By Ukraine, Mexico, Haiti, Philippines

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, driven largely by attacks in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti.…

John McCarthy January 25, 2023

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Door of No Return: Yellen Visits Onetime Slave-Trading Post

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit today to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most…

John McCarthy January 21, 2023

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Doomsday Clock to be updated on January 24

Tick, tick, tick. An update is coming to the "Doomsday Clock," representing the judgment of leading science and security experts about the perils to human existence. The Bulletin of the…

John McCarthy January 18, 2023

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Human Services Closes Division of Family Assistance/SNAP Temporarily Today

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services VIDHS, Division of Family Assistance is advising the community that the DFA SNAP Certification Units in the STT/STJ Districts will…

John McCarthy January 17, 2023

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Haitian Toddler Dies After Migrant Voyage Capsizes On Puerto Rican Beach

SAN JUAN — A 3-year-old child presumed to be Haitian died Friday morning after a migrant boat capsized on the beaches of Rincón, according to local and federal authorities, the…

John McCarthy December 25, 2022

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Cubans Want Lechon For Christmas This Holiday Season … But Can’t Get It

HAVANA (AP) — As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she’ll feed…

John McCarthy December 24, 2022

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Buy A Big Mac From Any USVI McDonald’s Today and Support My Brother’s Workshop

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — McDonald’s invites the Virgin Islands community to join them for their annual fundraiser, “Great Day”, raising money for My Brother’s Workshop on Thursday, December 8th. All the…

John McCarthy December 7, 2022

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Kyiv Region Still Struggles 6 Months After Russian Retreat

MOSCHUN, Ukraine (AP) — Standing amid the wreckage of his home, Vadym Zherdetsky shows photos on his phone of how it once looked: handsome rooms, a hand-carved wooden bed and…

John McCarthy November 7, 2022

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Fiona Strengthens Into Category 4 Storm, Heads To Bermuda

HAMILTON — Hurricane Fiona strengthened into a Category 4 storm today after devastating Puerto Rico, then lashing the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was forecast to…

John McCarthy September 21, 2022

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Fiona Brings Hurricane Winds To The Turks and Caicos Islands

COCKBURN TOWN — Hurricane Fiona raked the Turks and Caicos Islands on today as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico. Hurricane conditions were slamming Grand Turk, the British…

John McCarthy September 20, 2022