SAN JUAN — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the government of Puerto Rico to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Ernesto from…
BALTIMORE — Montgomery County police have arrested a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of sexual assault. Eduardo Valdivia, 40, of Gaithersburg, was taken into custody on Monday, November 25 by agents with the Special…
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A senior police precinct chief in Haiti, jailed in the assassination of a motorcycle driver with alleged gang ties, has been freed from a Port-au-Prince jail along with a senior police inspector and…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state. Trump in September promised that he would sign…
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man charged with killing a female accomplice in September now faces a possible capital murder punishment, according to the territory’s top law enforcement official. Rosniel Diaz-Bautista, 22, of Queen Street,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a civilian leadership role in the service. While officials and defense experts…
KINGSTON (AP) — Five people were fatally shot while playing dominoes in Jamaica, marking the latest mass shooting on this Caribbean island. Local media reported that the shooting late Monday occurred in the southeastern parish…
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump declared a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico on Wednesday after talking with that country’s leader. But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Mexico was already…
CHRISTIANSTED — The Christiansted Retail and Restaurant Association (CRRA) will be holding their Thanksgiving Day Edition of the Christiansted Town Jump-Up Event tomorrow, Friday, November 29, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The following…
MIAMI (AP) — Cuba’s at one of its lowest points since the 1959 revolution, with nationwide scarcity fueling massive emigration, occasional protests and government crackdowns. Gangs control the streets of Haiti’s capital, firing on arriving jets and forcing delays in elections to replace slain President…