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Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in…

John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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Evacuations ordered at Clearwater high-rise after structural crack discovered

CLEARWATER, Florida (FOX) — Dozens of residents were urgently evacuated from a 12-story condominium building on Tuesday after construction workers discovered a growing crack in a support column in the building’s parking…

John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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House passes bill on Trump’s Gulf of America

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following…

John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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Retired IRS agent gets 12 years for scamming elderly California woman out of life savings

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) — A retired IRS agent from Southern California has been sentenced to state prison after she was convicted of defrauding an elderly San Francisco Bay Area woman…

John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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Breezy with times of clouds and sun, a morning thunderstorm, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be breezy with periods of clouds and sunshine, a morning thunderstorm in spots and a high of 89, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will…

John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says President Donald Trump is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally.…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025

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Julie and Todd Chrisley, ‘Real Housewives,’ reality stars: Who will be released from prison in 2025

For some reality stars, life was not at all like a TV show when they found themselves in legal trouble. From "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" Jen Shah's involvement in a telemarketing scheme,…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025

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DOH responds to surge in US measles cases with outreach to parents

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — With measles cases across the U.S. now more than 1,000 and 14 active outbreaks confirmed, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is ramping up efforts to prevent a…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025

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US considering new ship registry in US Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump's administration is considering a proposal to create an international shipping registry in the U.S. Virgin Islands as part of efforts to enlarge the tiny…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025

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Salvage of Lynch’s sunken yacht paused after diver’s death

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) — Work to recover the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht off the coast of northern Sicily has been paused following the death of a diver involved in…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025