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
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The 44 Percent: FMU aviation museum, marijuana arrests, Haitian art and more
MIAMI — On Sunday, after the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys as quarterback Brock Purdy was giving an on-camera interview to NBC Sports,
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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
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Virgin Islands National Guard mourns death of Brig. Gen. Leayle Galiber
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands National Guard on Friday announced the death of Brigadier General Leayle Gerard Galiber, a respected veteran, pioneer, and foundational figure
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November kicks off with hazardous seas, high surf and life-threatening rip currents
SAN JUAN — Favorable environmental conditions and abundant moisture will maintain ideal conditions for showers and thunderstorms today and tonight, NOAA Chief Meteorologist Ian Colon-Pagan
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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
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Colombian court revokes order suspending gas well off Caribbean coast
BOGOTA — A Colombian court overturned another court order issued last month that had suspended activities at Sirius-2, previously called Uchuva-2, a major gas well located off the
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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
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Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut seized by New York state authorities
PINE CITY (AP) — A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities
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Curfew extended in French Caribbean territory amid power blackout
FORT-DE-FRANCE — French authorities maintained a night curfew amid fresh unrest on the Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe as they battled to restore power they accused striking
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