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Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a statement published on…

John McCarthy December 27, 2024

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Man fatally shot at Embers Guest House named by police

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police have identified the man fatally shot at the shuttered Embers Guest House in St. Thomas on Saturday as 54-year-old Pedro Nolazco Gutierrez Puntier of the…

John McCarthy December 25, 2024

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A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, the country’s online media association…

John McCarthy December 25, 2024

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UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United Nations raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in…

John McCarthy December 24, 2024

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Christmas cruise horror as woman dies trying to jump off Sky Princess

MIAMI — A woman aboard a cruise ship returning to Florida died Saturday when she tried to dive overboard — but instead crashed onto the lower deck. The 48-year-old passenger…

John McCarthy December 24, 2024

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3 fall into ocean after California wharf partially collapses due to heavy surf from major storm

SANTA CRUZ, California (AP) — Two people were rescued and a third swam to safety after a California pier under construction partially collapsed and fell into the ocean Monday as…

John McCarthy December 24, 2024

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Suspect arrested in Savanero restaurant shooting

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —Vital tips from the community led to the arrest of a St. Thomas man linked to the shooting of a woman inside a restaurant in March, authorities said…

John McCarthy December 23, 2024

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Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have…

John McCarthy December 23, 2024

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Man caught on video arrested for firing gun in Hospital Ground

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 34-year-old St. Thomas man was arrested after he was allegedly caught on video firing a gun in Hospital Ground, authorities said. Kennedy Pascal was arrested Saturday…

John McCarthy December 23, 2024

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Police find corpse in patrol car

HOUSTON — Police are investigating how a dead body wound up in the backseat of one of its patrol cars over the weekend, officials said Sunday. Police discovered the corpse…

John McCarthy December 23, 2024