NEW YORK — The United Nations clarified today that it has no plans to set up tent cities in the Dominican Republic for refugees from Haiti, refuting circulating rumors. The organization emphasized that it lacks…
MIAMI — O.J. Simpson, whose immense fame on the football field was eclipsed by his infamy off it, died Wednesday according to his family. He was 76. Simpson had been battling cancer and had been…
SAN JUAN — The scenery starts to change when you leave the tall hotels and tapón (traffic jam) of San Juan behind. Head south on Route 52, and you will start seeing the lush green…
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Faced with roadblocks in getting a Kenya-led police mission deployed to help Haiti’s beleaguered security forces root out vicious armed groups, President Joe Biden is borrowing a page out of his response to another…
CHRISTIANSTED — A cocaine smuggler from Nicaragua got nearly five years in prison from a federal judge. Michael Nelson-Gaet, 36, of Managua, was sentenced to 57 months incarceration after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Small craft advisories and high rip current risk warnings continue to be in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands through tomorrow, the National Weather Service said this morning. Pulses of a long-period…
HO CHI MINH CITY — It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE —A woman suffered visible injuries after getting hit with a pool cue in the face following an argument at a St. Thomas bar on Wednesday night. The case began at 11:39 p.m., when…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Officers are looking for suspects after the Home Depot reported a break-in at the store yesterday, Virgin Islands Police said. The case began when the Criminal Investigation Unit was notified by 911…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Local police teamed up with their federal counterparts to make six arrests at a notorious open-air drug market on St. Thomas recently, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. During the month of…