El Salvador’s congress approves sending troop contingent to Haiti
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress approved a proposal to send a contingent of soldiers to Haiti under the auspices of the United Nations to handle medical…
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UVI student Kareem Pinney killed at Grandview Apartments in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police are investigating a shooting that left 17-year-old Kareem L. Pinney dead on St. Thomas early this morning. The homicide occurred at around 2:39 a.m.…
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2 South American men, deported before, detained at St. Thomas airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two South American were detained by federal agents at the St. Thomas airport and charged with illegal reentry into the United States. Carlos Adrian Verdugo-Castro was intercepted…
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Man sentenced to life in Young Dolph killing gets 35 more years in prison
MEMPHIS (AP) — A Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison in the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph received an additional 35 years behind bars Friday. Justin Johnson was convicted of…
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The man who took in orphaned Peanut the squirrel says it’s ‘surreal’ officials killed his pet
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who took in an orphaned squirrel and made it a social media star vowed today that New York state’s decision to seize and euthanize the animal…
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Orphaned squirrel who became social media star was euthanized after being seized from home
PINE CITY, New York (AP) — An orphaned squirrel that became a social media star called Peanut was euthanized after state authorities seized the beloved pet during a raid on…
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Armed activists launch new protests in Martinique over high living costs
FORT-DE-FRANCE — Protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters in the French Caribbean island of Martinique during a fresh round of violent demonstrations, the government said Wednesday. No injuries were…
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More than 1,200 have been killed in Haiti as gangs launch fresh attacks, UN says
PORT-AU-PRINCE — There is no sleeping inside Port-au-Prince’s Solino neighborhood. Since members of a powerful gang coalition began carrying out a new round of violent attacks, clouds of smoke billow…
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A key police veteran in Haiti’s gang wars, senior cop is now fighting for his freedom
PORT-AU-PRINCE — As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traversed Haiti’s gang-controlled capital in early September, a sinister plot was unfolding. On the afternoon of September 5, a man driving…
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U.S. deportation flight lands in Haiti amid spreading violence, attack on Catholic nuns
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Days after a Catholic mission that treats up to 30,000 poor people a year became the latest target of armed gangs in a new wave of coordinated attacks,…