WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine critic who has pledged to tackle chronic disease, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Health Secretary today, after overcoming resistance from the medical establishment and members…
SAN JUAN (AP) — Two children were killed and four people were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a home in northeastern Puerto Rico, police said today. The shooting, which shocked the U.S. territory, occurred…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division, in partnership with the U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA Prevention Initiative, the Virgin Islands Police Department, the Department of Health, the Overdose Response Strategy, the Centers…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A fourth contingent of Kenyan police arrived Thursday in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns over a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission. The 200 police officers…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – After a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted Omaily Sanchez Taveras, 36, of the Dominican Republic, of migrant smuggling, U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith said. For his conviction, Taveras faces a maximum…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who was allegedly rolling and smoking joints in front of a school while it was in session was arrested on a drug charge. Lewis Lebron, 49, was arrested…
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — “Disturbing” video of a disabled woman being sexually assaulted has exposed a broader pattern of exploitation at a senior living facility, according to investigators in North Carolina. Nine patients, all women,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has notified the United Nations that it is freezing some funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital, the…
ORLANDO — A Florida firefighter made a dangerous leap from one moving boat to another when a vessel was found spinning out of control with an unconscious man aboard, video shows. The dire predicament was…
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Trump administration plans to seize a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic. Secretary of State Marco Rubio intends to announce the seizure on…