National News – Page 261 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Male Plaskett Employee Will Spend Two Years In Prison For Admitting To Circulating Topless Photo of Delegate

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Former employees of Del. Stacey Plaskett pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to distributing lewd images of the Virgin Islands congresswoman and her…

John McCarthy January 24, 2018

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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph Won’t Play For A Second Super Bowl Ring This Year, As Philadelphia Soars Above Minnesota 38-7

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MINNEAPOLIS –- St. Croix native Linval Joseph won't get the chance to play for a second Super Bowl ring. That's because the Philadephia Eagles mercilessly…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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New England Ekes Out Another Championship Victory, This Time With Tom Brady’s Injured Hand, 24-20 Over Jacksonville

(Foxboro, MA, 01/21/18) New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady checks out his injured hand before the AFC Championship game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, January 21,…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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Seventh Circuit Court Says Residents of U.S. Territories Can’t Vote Absentee For President Per Former Residence on Mainland

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHICAGO — Residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have no right to vote absentee in their former state of residence, the 7th…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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Walla Walla USACE Volunteers To Continue Working in Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WALLA WALLA, Washington – Volunteers from the Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continue to work to bring relief to the Virgin…

John McCarthy January 19, 2018

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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Oakland A’s Starter Jharel Cotton of St. Thomas Gives Back at My Brother’s Table

GIVING BACK: Oakland A's starting pitcher Jharel Cotton of St. Thomas helps out the less fortunate at My Brother's Table in Charlotte Amalie after Hurricane Irma. [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995"…

John McCarthy January 18, 2018

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1,000 Generators Owned and Maintained By Federal Government Are Key To Maintaining Quality of Living in Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Maintenance operations conducted as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporary emergency power mission in Puerto Rico are keeping nearly 1,000…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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Plaskett Introduces ‘Marshall Plan’ for Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico After Devastating Hurricanes

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, ranking member on the House Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment, has introduced “The Puerto…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph Is Only Player On Vikings Who Knows What It Takes To Win A Super Bowl

SMOOTH SAILIN': Linval Joseph helped the New York Giants win a Super Bowl in 2011.[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- If Vikings players want some locker-room advice…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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Mapp Called ‘MVP of 2017’ By St. Thomas Resident Who Didn’t Live In The Territory At The Time of Hurricane Disasters

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED - Gov. Kenneth Mapp has been lauded for his leadership in the face of two Category 5 hurricanes, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, in Inc.com, a…

John McCarthy January 5, 2018