MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Justin Johnson was found guilty of murder in the death of rapper Young Dolph on Thursday after the jury heard testimony from a
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Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
McALESTER, Oklahoma (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 fatal shooting of a convenience store owner after the governor
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Haiti says it supports a UN peacekeeping mission to fight the country’s violent gangs
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council announced Thursday that he supports a U.N. peacekeeping mission to fight gang violence still
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Man gets 14 years for carjacking as ringleader who left victims stripped naked
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who terrorized a couple at gunpoint in 2017 was resentenced, after an appellate court agreed that prosecutors breached their
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Biden extends USVI state historic preservation funding through 2026
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan said Friday that President Joe Biden has signed into law H.R. 9747, the “Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025,”
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Hurricane Helene kills at least 56 and cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast
PERRY, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 56 people, snapping towering
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Education says it’s taking school kitchen staff’s health concerns seriously
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) recognizes the concerns raised on Thursday, September 26, 2024, by the kitchen staff and a
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Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin
HAVANA — Cuba’s communist-run government slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old
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Helene makes landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane
CRAWFORDVILLE, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm
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Top Haitian official denounces false claim, repeated by Trump, that immigrants are eating pets
NEW YORK (AP) — A strange moment in American politics paid a visit to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, brought there by a top
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