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Dominican national gets 10 months for alien smuggling

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Omaily Sanchez Taveras, 36, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced on May 30, 2025 to ten months imprisonment for illegally smuggling aliens, Acting United States…

John McCarthy June 2, 2025

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Smuggler caught with dozens of venomous vipers ‘concealed in checked-in baggage’ on plane

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai, India from Thailand, Indian customs officials said. The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit…

John McCarthy June 2, 2025

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Suspect in custody after 11 stabbed at Oregon homeless services provider

PORTLAND (NBC) — Eleven people were hospitalized after being stabbed at a homeless services provider in downtown Salem, Oregon, on Sunday night, police said. A suspect was in custody after…

John McCarthy June 2, 2025

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Man attacks Colorado crowd with firebombs, 8 people injured

BOULDER, Colorado (Reuters) — Eight people were injured on Sunday when a 45-year-old man yelled "Free Palestine" and threw incendiary devices into a crowd in Boulder, Colorado where a demonstration…

John McCarthy June 2, 2025

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Coast Guard destroyer seizes 860 pounds of cocaine in Caribbean

SAN JUAN — The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) seized an estimated 860 pounds of illegal drugs from a vessel in the Caribbean Sea this week. Gravely’s VBSS…

John McCarthy May 31, 2025

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A wealthy businessman challenging Guyana’s president in an upcoming election faces new allegations

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A wealthy businessman in Guyana who was sanctioned last year by the U.S. and who plans to challenge the South American country’s president in upcoming elections is facing…

John McCarthy May 31, 2025

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St. Croix man faces 15 years in prison for strangling cop on domestic call

KINGSHILL — Joseph Ramirez pleaded guilty to first-degree assault before Superior Court Judge Douglas Brady in Estate Kingshill on Thursday, Virgin Islands Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea said. Sentencing is…

John McCarthy May 30, 2025

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2 hardened criminals get ‘hard time’ after opting for jury trial over plea deal

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two convicted felons — who eschewed a conventional plea deal to take their chances at a jury trial — got the book thrown at them by a…

John McCarthy May 30, 2025

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Mud and rock bury Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing

GENEVA (Reuters) — A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock that buried most of a…

John McCarthy May 30, 2025

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A member of Congress made a surprise visit to Krome. What she saw left her concerned

MIAMI — A member of Congress who made an unannounced visit to the Krome North Service Processing Center in southwest Miami-Dade County said migrants in deportation proceedings are being subjected…

John McCarthy May 30, 2025