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Italian prosecutors open manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking

SICILY — Prosecutors in Italy have opened a manslaughter investigation after a superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people on board. Ambrogio Cartosio, a prosecutor in the town of…

John McCarthy August 24, 2024

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Jamaica declares southern state of emergency after Sunday night killings

KINGSTON — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared a state of emergency in the Caribbean nation's southern Clarendon parish after eight people were killed in separate gun attacks on Sunday…

John McCarthy August 24, 2024

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Mike Lynch, daughter among six missing after yacht sinks off Sicily

PALERMO — Divers scoured the wreck of a luxury yacht off Sicily's coast today to find six missing people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and a Morgan Stanley executive, following an…

John McCarthy August 20, 2024

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Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher are married in Anguilla after 6-year engagement

THE VALLEY — Eddie Murphy got married in Anguilla recently. The Oscar-nominated actor-comedian reportedly married his long-term partner, Australian model Paige Butcher on July 9 — less than a week…

John McCarthy August 19, 2024

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Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 11

KINGSTON (AP) — Jamaican police have arrested at least six suspects in connection with a mass shooting in which eight people were recently killed in the island’s southern region. The…

John McCarthy August 19, 2024

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Hotel & Tourism Association supports VIPA’s partnership to improve territory’s airports

Dear Editor, The USVI Hotel & Tourism Association fully supports the plans for essential and long-needed improvements to the airport experience on St. Thomas and St. Croix. The Cyril E.…

John McCarthy August 11, 2024

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Utah bans 13 books at schools, including popular ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ series, under new law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thirteen popular books have been banned from all public schools in Utah in the first wave of bans expected under a new law that prohibits…

John McCarthy August 9, 2024

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Safe Golfing During the Caribbean Heat Season

Near record heat can be expected until October, according to predictions from the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) in its Heat Outlook for April to September 2024. Intense, near-record…

John McCarthy August 2, 2024

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Tahiti’s youth surf culture gets a boost as island hosts the Paris Olympics

TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — As the heavy, barrel-shaped waves of Teahupo’o, Tahiti — where the Paris Olympics surfing competition is being held — crashed in the distance, another, smaller surf session was…

John McCarthy August 1, 2024

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1 dead and dozens sickened after eating roasted eel from a Japanese department store

TOKYO (AP) — One person died and nearly 150 others were sickened after eating grilled eel prepared by a restaurant chain and sold at a department store near Tokyo, officials…

John McCarthy July 30, 2024