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FEMA Approves Replacement of the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — After months of verbal assurances, FEMA provided official documentation on June 6, 2021, approving the full replacement of the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute in St. Thomas. Replacement signals…

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Bill Cosby To Be Freed After Court Overturns His Sex Assault Conviction

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. Cosby has…

VI Free Press June 30, 2021

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Invest 97L Fixing To Be A Tropical Depression, Hurricane Center Says

MIAMI — Forecasters have projected that a broad area of low pressure in the Atlantic, which is associated with a tropical wave, will become a tropical depression in the coming…

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FEMA, Coast Guard Meet With USVI Officials About Emergency Preparedness

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Top territorial and federal officials gathered recently on St. Thomas to see how the federal government could better help the territory in a disaster. Federal Emergency Management…

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Chicago Resident Dies After Possible Drowning At Hawksnest Beach: VIPD

CRUZ BAY — Authorities are investigating the possible drowning of a man Tuesday at Hawksnest Beach in Virgin Islands National Park on St. John. Good Samaritans were performing CPR when…

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Early Storm Modeling Shows 2 Waves Passing South of U.S. Virgin Islands

MIAMI —The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic; including one that is better organized as of today and showing improved odds of development. In the…

VI Free Press June 29, 2021

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Tarik Babrow Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 14 Pounds Of Marijuana Into St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED – A St. Thomas man faces five years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court today to smuggling 14 pounds of marijuana into the territory, authorities said. Tarik…

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Senior Citizen Hit By Mack Truck Near Gas Station Flown Off-Island For Treatment

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A senior citizen is in critical condition after being hit by a Mack truck near an Estate Thomas gas station in St. Thomas on Sunday night, authorities…

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2 Men Shot At 2 Different Times By 2 Or 3 Masked Men Near Foster’s Plaza Monday

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are looking for two to three masked men who shot two men at two different times near an Anna's Retreat shopping complex early Monday night, authorities…

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KAREN ALERT! Scantily-Clad Woman Draws Ire Of Social Media After Display In Red Hook

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — If you want flaunt what you got in public — and let it all hang out in downtown St. Thomas — you better be prepared to be…

VI Free Press June 29, 2021