LIMA (AP) — Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has
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Nibi the ‘diva’ beaver to stay at rescue center, Massachusetts governor decides
BOSTON (AP) — The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must
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Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an ‘excess’ of immigrants
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to
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A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti early Thursday, killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human
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Caleave Nigel Mascall charged in high school bus driver’s brutal beating
KINGSHILL — A teen-age high school student has been jailed in connection to a St. Croix school bus driver’s beating on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
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Rajah Caul Jr. gets 30 years for 2021 ambush murder of St. Croix man
KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General designee Gordon C. Rhea announced that 25-year-old Rajah Caul Jr. was sentenced on September 30, 2024, to thirty years
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VIDE condemns students’ beating of St. Croix school bus driver
KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) “expresses grave concern regarding an unfortunate and unacceptable incident of violence that occurred (Wednesday afternoon), involving
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Health Department offers free chikungunya vaccine this month
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health said today that it is now the season for diseases spread by mosquitoes and encourages everyone to
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St. Croix Educational Complex High School suspends classes due to teacher sick-out
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) said that school operations have been suspended at the St. Croix Educational Complex today, Wednesday, October
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Education says its investigating student’s removal from school bus
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) is actively investigating an incident involving a student who was removed from a school bus earlier
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