CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A California man who tried to fly 31 pounds of marijuana from Virginia to the St. Thomas airport was arrested on Sunday. He is the second Californian caught smuggling here in the…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A California man who tried to fly in 40 pounds of marijuana from Atlanta was arrested by federal agents at the St. Thomas airport. Christophe Alain Foisy, 27, was stopped at the Cyril…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Five men and two women — all illegal immigrants from Romania — successfully boarded a commercial ferry in St. John but were intercepted by federal agents when they reached St. Thomas. Clementina…
SAN JUAN — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez rescued 34 Haitians Monday, who were left abandoned by smugglers on the rocky cliffs of Monito Island, Puerto Rico. The rescue was part of ongoing…
CHRISTIANSTED — Two men and one woman who were convicted for their roles in Paul “Bogus” Girard’s alleged criminal conspiracy were sentenced in federal court. Girard is the accused ringleader of a group that has…
BEIJING (AP) — To cushion the impact of extreme weather due to climate change, a Chinese landscape architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities.” Yu Kongjian,…
The latest figures for fatal occupational injuries in the Virgin Islands reveal just eight casualties, but, reflecting trends seen throughout the US, they all occurred in the higher risk industrial and construction sectors. Workplace injuries are rarely…
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard air and surface units suspended a two-day search pending further developments Sunday evening for a person in the water in the vicinity of Playa Escondida near Fajardo, Puerto Rico. “The…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are pushing ahead with an expansion of their partnership in the Northeast, even as a federal judge considers the government’s attempt to kill the deal. The…
WASHINGTON — COVID no longer plays the dominant role that it once did in most of our lives. But the risk of COVID — and other viruses — persists. This winter, experts expect cases, hospitalizations…