Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris
The time has come for my fellow Arizona Republicans to return to the core foundations of the Grand Old Party. Our party used to stand for the belief that every Arizonan, no matter their background…
Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean
SAN JUAN — An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave over the next couple of days. Environmental conditions are forecast to become…
Prosecutors didn’t talk to eyewitness before filing misdemeanor charges in deadly boat crash
MIAMI — Police and prosecutors with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office didn’t follow up with a key witness who contradicted the captain’s main defense in a one-vessel boat crash that hurtled 12 teenage girls into…
Two Mega Millions players win $1 million. Where were the lucky tickets sold?
MIAMI — Mega Millions tickets sold in Illinois and New Jersey win $1 million and narrowly missed the $306 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Mega Ball…
Cops respond to mass shooting in Pan Am Pavilion; 2 shooters, 1 dead, 5 injured
CHRISTIANSTED — A shooting incident in the Pan Am Pavilion left one man dead and five others injured just after midnight Saturday. The ShotSpotter system was alerted to gunshots fired by two shooters at 12:27…
A Tropical Wave Approaches The Caribbean
MIAMI — After a tropical slumber, the Atlantic is showing signs of life as we creep toward August. The Atlantic has been accumulating Saharan dust since Beryl’s demise roughly three weeks ago, but computer guidance…
Joe Biden is out and Kamala Harris is in. Voters are taking a new look at their choices
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carolyn Valone was not going to cast a presidential vote in November. The 84-year-old Democrat from St. Louis said she “just cannot forgive Joe Biden for Gaza” and his continued support for the Israeli…
Russian warships visit Cuba again today
HAVANA — Island residents watched from shore today as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called “routine.” Cuban authorities fired shots into the air to signal…
UN fund warns of $23 million deficit in Haiti’s education system as it announces grant
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — No chairs. Missing blackboards. A lack of bathrooms. Schools in Haiti’s capital and beyond are crumbling as gang violence deepens poverty and disrupts basic government services as the state education system faces…
Tropical surge ahead: System eyes development in the Atlantic
While the tropical Atlantic is quiet now, that could change in a hurry come August with at least one system already being tracked. SAN JUAN — An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical…