CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a woman was captured on surveillance video brandishing a weapon when threatening two people in St. Thomas. Joanne Rhymer, 54, was arrested Thursday and charged with third-degree assault,…
KINGSHILL — Police are investigating after a St. Thomas man was found shot to death on a isolated, wooded path near a St. Croix housing project on Friday morning. Jamoi Edward Arthur, 19, of Contant,…
TALLAHASSEE — A group of Chinese citizens working and living in Florida is challenging a new law that bans them from buying property in the state. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a civil rights…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Before Hollywood writers walked off the job in early May, Pam Elyea’s prop house History for Hire filled an average of 53 requests per week for everything from period-appropriate cameras and…
TAMPA — A Florida teen violated state law when he used a baby alligator as part of a drink-chugging stunt, wildlife officials say. The teen, who is a juvenile, has been charged with “the illegal…
GENEVA — Aspartame, one of the most widely used artificial sweeteners in the world, will be declared as a possible carcinogen by the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports. The upcoming July…
SAN JUAN — Strong thunderstorms capable of producing strong winds continue across the local waters. The interaction between a vigorous tropical wave propagating westward across the eastern and central Caribbean region and a weak upper-level…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — They don’t have any sponsors, their training center closed because of gang violence and some of their biggest fans can’t afford a TV. Haiti’s soccer team earned a place at the Women’s…
NORTH SHORE — A man died while scuba diving with his wife at Cane Bay in St. Croix on Sunday. Paul Evans, 64, of Florida, was positively identified as the drowning victim, the Virgin Islands…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A former airline employee admitted to drug trafficking charges in federal court in connection to attempting to transport cocaine through the St. Thomas airport. Shakari Francis, 27, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty…