CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said today that sewage in no longer overflowing through a manhole in Catherine’s Rest. “The VIWMA
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German police say pizza order No. 40 came with a side of cocaine
BERLIN (AP) — German police busted a pizzeria in the western city of Düsseldorf that also delivered a side order of cocaine when customers asked
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Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Ottawa Valley thought he was still in U.S.
WINDSOR — Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say a Vermont man charged with impaired driving in Cobden, Ontario, last week was not aware he was in
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Spirit plane passengers freak after ‘super rat’ scurries around aircraft: ‘You’re flying Chuck E Cheese Airlines’
DALLAS — Forget snakes on a plane — these passengers were panicked by a rodent on an aircraft. Freaked-out fliers spotted what appeared to be a rat
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Slavery reparations: Where do Europe and the United States stand?
LONDON — Discussions on reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism are gaining momentum, with Caribbean and African nations calling on former colonial powers to engage on the
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King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
APIA, Samoa — King Charles said today the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role
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DNA links a suspected Chicago-area serial killer who died in 1981 to a woman’s 1979 death
NORTH AURORA, Illinois (AP) — DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches that
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Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado’s top court must now decide
BOULDER (AP) — Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights
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Gangs in Haiti open fire and hit a UN helicopter midair as violence surges
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs on Thursday opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter, forcing it to land in Port-au-Prince in the latest attack in Haiti’s
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L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón just announced he will go to court and ask a judge to free Erik and Lyle Menendez
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills
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