‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year
The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise…
‘Time-traveler’ jellyfish found to age backward in accidental discovery
Most living creatures are bound by the fact of birth, aging and death. Few, however, have evolved to break the typical life cycle. The aptly named immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)…
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Ivanna Eudora Kean High School students on ‘virtual instruction’ today
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education sent out an "URGENT ALERT" saying that in-person classes at Ivanna Eudora Kean High School will not be available. Instead, Ivanna…
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Stolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten when security camera catches weasel in the act
TOKYO (AP) — Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action. A weasel…
Think ‘brain rot’ summed up 2024? Oxford agrees it was the word of the year
LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “Brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the…
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HHS partners with UVI to foster careers in public service
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) have joined forces to establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…
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U.S. government sends school supplies for 2,000 kids to St. Kitts and Nevis
BASSETERRE — The United States government, through its Denton Program, recently facilitated a humanitarian assistance shipment of school supplies to Saint Kitts and Nevis. The shipment, delivered earlier this year,…
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First-of-Its-Kind Glowing Sea Creature Discovered in Ocean’s ‘Midnight Zone’
A nudibranch from the midnight zone has fingers on its tail, collects food with a hood, and glows. MONTEREY BAY — A team of researchers has published a detailed description…
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4 Virgin Islands students honored as Best in the Region in FCCA essay competition
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan, tourism officials, cruise industry executives, education officials, parents, teachers, and supporters celebrated four young Virgin Islanders who participated in the international essay competition sponsored…
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A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An endangered sea turtle that was found about a year ago some 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) from its native waters has been released into the Gulf of Mexico,…