The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it will hire for “mission-critical field positions” amid expert warnings that the National Weather Service has been cut too sharply just as hurricane season arrives. An agency spokesperson said…
HAVANA (AP) — For Marylín Álvarez and her family, like countless other Cubans, the question is no longer if the power will go out, but when — forcing them to implement ingenious alternatives to sustain…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell had 23 points, Lexie Hull scored all 14 of her points in the second half and the short-handed Indiana Fever, playing without Caitlin Clark, beat the Washington Mystics 85-76 on…
CHRISTIANSTED Today St. Croix will be partly sunny and breezy with a morning shower or two and a high of 89, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will experience mainly clear conditions and a low of…
Russia has launched a massive manhunt for a former DJ and his wife, an erotic novelist, after they were linked to Ukraine’s stunning “Russian Pearl Harbor” attack on its air bases. Ukraine’s surprise attack — dubbed “Operation…
SAN JUAN (AP) — A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, according to a new report. The brown prickly algae is suffocating shorelines…
SAN BERNARDINO — A Native American Church affiliate in Southern California says a sheriff’s department seized and destroyed “thousands” of psychoactive plants revered as sacred, interfering with members’ religious practices. In a lawsuit against the…
The tragic case of Joshlin Smith, a six-year-old whose mother sold her to a self-professed ‘healer’, has captivated and horrified South Africa. Racquel ‘Kelly’ Smith, 35, was last week found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking her…
SAN JUAN (AP) — Activists on Monday celebrated a decision by Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court to allow nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to update their birth certificates. The ruling comes after a group of six nonbinary…
CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be breezy with considerable cloudiness and a high of 89, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will experience clear to partly cloudy conditions and a low of 75, according to…