WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump today rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation with allies and rivals alike…
SAN JUAN (AP) — Two children were killed and four people were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a home in northeastern Puerto Rico, police said today. The shooting, which shocked the U.S. territory, occurred…
Donald Trump’s new executive order, titled “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Workforce Optimization Initiative,” outlines exactly how Trump and Elon Musk plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and strip…
“DOGE’s grand plan is to lay off federal government jobs. Well, 30 percent of those jobs are veterans.” In one of his many day-one executive orders, President Donald Trump called for a 90-day hiring freeze of federal employees…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division, in partnership with the U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA Prevention Initiative, the Virgin Islands Police Department, the Department of Health, the Overdose Response Strategy, the Centers…
KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ) said that Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea delivered an insightful presentation today at the National Consumer Protection 101 Training, hosted by the National Association of Attorneys…
CHRISTIANSTED– The Virgin Islands Department of Health reminded residents and visitors to take precautions to protect their health during the 53rd Annual Agriculture and Food Fair weekend. “We are still in flu season, and right…
KINGSTON — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred on Saturday in the Caribbean Sea, according to the US Geological Survey, sparking a tsunami advisory. The tremor hit 129 miles southwest of Georgetown, Cayman Islands,…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A fourth contingent of Kenyan police arrived Thursday in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns over a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission. The 200 police officers…
MIAMI —Some 100 people aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship set for a week-long western cruise experienced unpleasant gastrointestinal illness symptoms. The Radiance of the Seas departed from Tampa, Florida, on Saturday for its seven-day voyage, but just three…