Tropical Storm Debby aims for Jacksonville
HAVANA — Tropical Depression Four formed late Friday night off the south coast of Cuba. It morphed into Tropical Storm Debby this afternoon as it moves through the very warm water of the eastern Gulf.…
$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt
Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case. Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a manager at a bank branch in Cairo received…
Outrage over butch boxer fuels concern of a backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletes
PARIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and…
A humpback whale in Washington state is missing its tail. One expert calls the sight ‘heartbreaking’
SEATTLE (AP) — A humpback whale that is missing its tail and was spotted in Washington state’s inland waters likely lost its iconic flukes after becoming entangled, possibly in some kind of line or fishing…
Invest 97L heads for the Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI — A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms over eastern Cuba, Hispaniola, the southeastern Bahamas, and Jamaica, as well as the adjacent waters of the southwestern…
Safe Golfing During the Caribbean Heat Season
Near record heat can be expected until October, according to predictions from the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) in its Heat Outlook for April to September 2024. Intense, near-record night-time and daytime heat is…
Robbery at Atlanta Chick-fil-A turns into extended brawl when staffer fights back
ATLANTA — An armed man trying to rob a Chick-fil-A was sent running when an employee fought him off for more than three minutes in the kitchen, according to investigators in Georgia. The brawl was…
Florida faces flood threat as Invest 97L shifts west
Keeping an eye on the tropical wave that could enter the Gulf this weekend MIAMI — A large tropical wave was tagged by the National Hurricane Center as Invest 97-L this morning. This well-defined wave…
School custodian arrested for using co-workers’ credit cards to shop online
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas elementary school custodian who used the information from her co-workers’ credit cards to shop online at Walmart has been arrested. Tatiana C. Thompson, 30, was arrested and charged with…
US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro
CARACAS (AP) — A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York on federal arms smuggling charges. A…