MIAMI — A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger
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Police clash with protesters on French island of Martinique
FORT-DE-FRANCE – Protesters defied curfews and clashed with police on the French Caribbean island of Martinique overnight into Friday morning, officials there said, more than a month
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UN, Spirit Airlines temporarily suspend flights in Haiti’s capital as gang attacks rise
PORT-AU-PRINCE — An ongoing escalation in gang attacks in Haiti’s capital is once more leading air carriers to suspend travel. Spirit Airlines and the United
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Teenager dies after being shot in the head at Walter I.M. Hodge Pavilion
FREDERIKSTED — An investigation is underway into the death of a teenager who was shot in the head on Friday evening, according to a Virgin
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VIWMA says it stemmed the tide of sewage overflow in Catherine’s Rest
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said today that sewage in no longer overflowing through a manhole in Catherine’s Rest. “The VIWMA
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German police say pizza order No. 40 came with a side of cocaine
BERLIN (AP) — German police busted a pizzeria in the western city of Düsseldorf that also delivered a side order of cocaine when customers asked
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Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Ottawa Valley thought he was still in U.S.
WINDSOR — Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say a Vermont man charged with impaired driving in Cobden, Ontario, last week was not aware he was in
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Spirit plane passengers freak after ‘super rat’ scurries around aircraft: ‘You’re flying Chuck E Cheese Airlines’
DALLAS — Forget snakes on a plane — these passengers were panicked by a rodent on an aircraft. Freaked-out fliers spotted what appeared to be a rat
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Slavery reparations: Where do Europe and the United States stand?
LONDON — Discussions on reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism are gaining momentum, with Caribbean and African nations calling on former colonial powers to engage on the
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King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
APIA, Samoa — King Charles said today the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role
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