HAVANA (AP) — A new, widespread power outage plunged Cuba into darkness on Wednesday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, leaving millions without electricity and forcing authorities to suspend classes and work activities indefinitely.…
TAMPA — When Hurricane Ian struck in 2022, Virginia and Jeff Rapkin’s North Port home didn’t stand a chance. The Category 4 storm felled a tree that landed on their two-story house. Part of its…
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a St. Croix man was fatally shot in the head on Mahogany Road on Wednesday afternoon. Leon Thomas, 40, was positively identified by a family member as the homicide…
Brian Thompson, 50, was outside the hotel on Sixth Avenue when the suspect shot him in the chest and leg around 6:45 a.m. NEW YORK — The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot in what…
PANAMA CITY — The sight of two children begging for help from a broken window led deputies to discover they were imprisoned “in a filthy, bug-infested bedroom with no heating or bathroom,” according to investigators…
LIMA — Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body. The 28-year-old South Korean national was stopped at Jorge Chávez International…
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 with a tiny shoe in…
CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating after a 33-year-old man was shot and killed near the Christiansted Cemetery late last night, authorities said. A 911 dispatcher got a report at 11:58 p.m. Tuesday of “shots fired…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — On behalf of Governor Albert Bryan, Acting Governor Tregenza Roach took action on five bills passed by the 35th Legislature at its November 20, 2024 session. Governor Bryan was in Washington, D.C.…
MANILA — The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel Wednesday during a maritime patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, after Beijing said it had “exercised control” over…