CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 43-year-old man was found dead on St. Thomas Friday, authorities said. A concerned citizen called 911 at 5:40 p.m. and reported
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Career violent criminal dies in hail of bullets
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a 38-year-old St. Croix man was shot multiple times and died near King Street on Monday night. Jahni Hamilton
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Haitian police tear-gas peaceful protesters as they demand help in stopping gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Police in Haiti’s capital tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful protesters Monday as they called on law enforcement to help them stop the gangs
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Mike Lynch, daughter among six missing after yacht sinks off Sicily
PALERMO — Divers scoured the wreck of a luxury yacht off Sicily’s coast today to find six missing people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and a
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Democrats get ready for Night 1, Biden to deliver closing remarks
CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention begins today in Illinois, with roughly 50,000 people expected to arrive in the Windy City. That includes thousands of anti-war activists who plan
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Man who pulled gun after Burger King worker wouldn’t take drugs for payment gets 143 years in prison
DENVER (AP) — A man who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru worker who wouldn’t accept drugs for payment and later
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George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft in his federal case
CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, short-circuiting the federal fraud
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Blinken says Israel OKs a plan to break the cease-fire impasse and urges Hamas to do the same
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and
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Cuba dominated Olympic boxing for decades. But the team was on the ropes in Paris Games
PARIS (AP) — Erislandy Álvarez didn’t expect to carry the weight of a proud boxing nation on his shoulders when he takes the ring Wednesday
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Oil spill reported off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast
CARACAS — An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela’s El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country’s north-central
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