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Police investigating double homicide on St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating a double homicide late Saturday night near a bar on Queen Street in Frederiksted Town on St. Croix. Juan Rexach-Ramos, 53, and Daniym "Paka" Heywood,…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’

HAVANA — President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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As Miami-Dade cools on burning its garbage, is it finally composting’s big moment?

MIAMI — With the construction of a massive new garbage incinerator in Miami-Dade County now in serious doubt, environmentalists and climate activists hope it will open the door for a…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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Babies choked on a Gerber product recalled in Puerto Rico, 45 states. Publix and all Walmarts involved

ROSSLYN, Virginia — Choking children, at least one of whom wound up in the emergency room, caused Gerber to issue a sweeping recall of Soothe N Chew Teething Sticks. How…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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It’s Groundhog Day … all over again … today

MORGANTOWN, Pennsylvania — Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every February 2, but celebrating the midpoint between the shortest and darkest day…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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Which style of yoga is right for me? Here’s a primer, with a caveat

To some people, the word “ yoga ” evokes ritualistic chanting, long breaths and slow movement. To others, it means contorting your body into ever more complicated positions until sweat drips onto…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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The power of independent journalism: From her Brooklyn apartment, she ‘scooped’ the nation’s media

NEW YORK — First word of the Trump administration’s since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came not from a major news organization, but from a woman working alone…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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One of FBI’s Most Wanted, accused of murdering wife after their wedding, captured in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — One of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted — accused of killing his wife just hours after their wedding in 2012 — was arrested in Mexico Thursday. Arnoldo Jimenez, of…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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Second ship seized in Baltic Sea cable damage investigation

Ship with Russian crew suspected of being involved in "serious damage" to an underwater telecom cable between Latvia and Sweden has been boarded by Norwegian police. OSLO — Norwegian police said…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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BIR now offers online filing of Virgin Islands tax returns

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Joel A. Lee, Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue announced the implementation of V.I. Quick File, the Bureau’s online income tax filing portal. The…

John McCarthy February 1, 2025