Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5 percent in 2025, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gunmen invaded another town north of Haiti’s capital on Thursday, shooting at people and setting homes on fire, just a week after a massacre killed at least 115 people in the country’s central region.…
TAMPA — Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key as a category 3 hurricane, knocking out power to millions on its jaunt across Florida. Much of the central peninsula suffered heavy damage. Milton brought powerful…
BRIDGETOWN — Economic growth across the Caribbean and Latin America is seen slowing to 1.9% this year from 2.1% in 2023 before accelerating again in 2025, according to the World Bank, which warned in a…
MIAMI — Shares of U.S. cruise operators, including Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, surged in midday trading on Wednesday as brokerage Citi gets bullish on the companies’ long-term prospects. Shares of Norwegian Cruise were up as…
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week, fulfilling a pledge to do so weekly as neighboring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx while…
TAMPA (AP) — Hurricane Milton plowed into Florida as a Category 3 storm, bringing misery to a coast still ravaged by Helene, pounding cities with winds of over 100 mph (160 kph) after producing a barrage of tornadoes,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas resident has been charged with assault after allegedly coming home drunk and demanding less than $20 he gave a woman for groceries, authorities said. Beeri de la Cruz, 37,…
CHRISTIANSTED — A man was charged with assault and related charges after allegedly beating and strangling a woman following a heated argument, authorities said. Javier Rodriguez, 42, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree assault-domestic…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — DPW employees discovered a defaced and desecrated gravesite at the Eastern Cemetery in Smith Bay on St. Thomas on Tuesday morning, the Public Works Department said today. DPW staff promptly contacted the Virgin…