PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Haiti to reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to a multinational mission to fight gangs in
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Dry air still impeding possible storm development
SAN JUAN — An elongated trough of low pressure over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic is producing a broad area of shower and thunderstorm
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Jiovani Smith gets 30 years for killing woman near elementary school
KINGSHILL — Virgin Islands Attorney General nominee Gordon C. Rhea announced today that Jiovani Smith, 24, was sentenced for the killing of Selena Chitolie in
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Help police find Kevin Highfield missing from a tour of Magens Bay on St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help this afternoon to find a St. Thomas man who has been missing for two days. Kevin Highfield, 61,
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‘One Caribbean, one love’: Unheralded island nations shine in track and field at the Paris Olympics
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean
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Haiti expands state of emergency to cover entire territory
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti has expanded its state of emergency to cover the entire nation’s territory, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday,
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A top court in the Dominican Republic deliberates anti-sodomy laws targeting police and military
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — A top court in the Dominican Republic has agreed to review a challenge to laws dating from the last century that criminalize gay
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Four areas of potential development in the Atlantic
SAN JUAN — An elongated trough of low pressure over the eastern tropical Atlantic is producing minimal shower and thunderstorm activity. Development, if any, should
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Davis Warren’s improbable road from kid with cancer to Michigan’s starting QB
Warren’s journey from the children’s cancer ward to the 110,000-seat Big House is the kind of inspiring story that makes college sports so special. ANN
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Commander of Kenya’s security forces in Haiti says gangs’ days are numbered
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Kenya-led police force mission in Haiti remains well below its envisioned 2,500 personnel, seriously underfunded and has yet to make a major
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