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Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health services

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince. When they do, school director Roseline Ceragui Louis finds there’s only one way to…

John McCarthy May 13, 2024

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Police find suspect in fatal shooting of Ohio police officer in ‘ambush’ dead

CLEVELAND — An Ohio police officer investigating a call of a disturbance at a home was fatally shot Saturday night in what authorities described as an "ambush" by an alleged gunman who…

John McCarthy May 13, 2024

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Help police find missing Sion Farm man

CHRISTIANSTED — Police have issued a Silver Alert for a missing St. Croix man. Raymond Ward, 62, was last seen by a family member on April 29, 2024, the Virgin…

John McCarthy May 12, 2024

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Miami Beach police just got a new Rolls Royce

MIAMI — Miami Beach police caused a stir Thursday when they unveiled their latest recruitment tool: a Rolls Royce tricked out to look like one of the department’s cop cars.…

John McCarthy May 12, 2024

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Scammer who claimed to be an Irish heiress should be extradited to UK, judge rules

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A convicted scammer who claimed to be an Irish heiress and who is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from several victims should be…

John McCarthy May 12, 2024

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Most of 15 million bees contained after bee-laden truck crashes

CLINTON, Maine (AP) — A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95, officials said. The driver was…

John McCarthy May 12, 2024

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Tourist’s body found in Puerto Rico days after he was swept from waterfall

Alex DaLomba Tavares was with his girlfriend when the rip current took him by surprise SAN JUAN — The body of a Massachusetts man who was swept away by the…

John McCarthy May 11, 2024

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Home Depot inside job theft conspiracy widens with 2 more arrests

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two more men have been swept up in the Home Depot theft conspiracy on St. Thomas. Stevie Brown, 53, and Sherwayne Felix, 38, each of St. Thomas,…

John McCarthy May 10, 2024

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BVI resident gets 5 years for smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine into St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — A British Virgin Islands resident was given nearly five years in prison for smuggling $20 million worth of cocaine into St. Croix Augusto Rodriguez-Molina, 37, a native of…

John McCarthy May 10, 2024

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Coast Guard takes 51 migrants back to the Dominican Republic

SAN JUAN — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos repatriated 51 migrants to Dominican Republic this week following the interdiction of an unlawful, irregular migration attempt near…

John McCarthy May 10, 2024