PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs on Thursday opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter, forcing it to land in Port-au-Prince in the latest attack in Haiti’s
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L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón just announced he will go to court and ask a judge to free Erik and Lyle Menendez
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills
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Shops ransacked as protests rock French Caribbean island of Martinique
FORT-DE-FRANCE — Looters ransacked shops overnight on the French Caribbean island of Martinique as violent protests against rising living costs showed little sign of abating despite the
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Haiti’s Justice Ministry warns of threats against the prime minister and his Cabinet
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s Justice Ministry called Tuesday for a boost in security for Prime Minister Garry Conille and other Cabinet officials in response to
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Suspect charged in Lorraine Village homicide
FREDERIKSTED — Virgin Islands police quickly arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a 35-year-old St. Croix man at Lorraine Village late this morning.
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Fatal shooting reported at fish market in Hospital Ground
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed in St. Thomas on Tuesday afternoon, Virgin Islands Police said. The homicide
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St. Croix man shot ‘multiple’ times in Grove Place rushed to hospital
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a St. Croix man was shot “multiple” times at an apartment complex in Grove Place this morning, the Virgin
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Haitian gangs escalate violence and expand attacks outside the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs in Haiti have escalated their violence and expanded operations outside the capital, even attacking small boats and kidnapping personnel from cargo shipping companies,
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Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets more than 20 years in prison in case linked to corruption scandal
LIMA (AP) — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant
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Police in Haiti battle a gang coalition trying to seize control of the entire capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Police on Monday clashed with gunmen trying to take over one of the few communities in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, that is not
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