MIAMI — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Earl formed east of the Northern Leeward Islands late Friday and is threatening heavy rains and gusty squalls in the region. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said…
HOUSTON — There will likely be normal levels of tropical storm activity over the next two weeks as the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season hits its peak, forecasters at Colorado State University said this week. An upper-level…
CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services, in accordance with its mission to provide safety, service and satisfaction, assigned an ambulance to the Coral Bay Fire Station (Romeo Co.) earlier this…
MIAMI — As the U.S. Virgin Islands enters the third month of hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring four active tropical waves in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Danielle became the…
FREDERIKSTED — A receptionist working in a medical office used a patient’s credit card information to buy things for herself — under the guise of a past-due office bill. Solly Lantigua, 23, of St. Croix,…
SANTA CLARA, California — U.S. chip stocks tumbled today, with the main semiconductor index down more than three percent after Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices said U.S. officials told them to stop exporting cutting-edge processors for artificial…
BASSETERRE — A Caribbean regional court has ruled that a Saint Kitts and Nevis prohibition on gay sex is unconstitutional because it violates the right to privacy, striking down one of a handful of bans…
MIAMI — Royal Caribbean Group said on Tuesday it will use SpaceX’s Starlink, a fast-growing constellation of internet-beaming satellites in orbit, to provide internet connectivity to its guests and crew on its cruise ships. The U.S.…
SAN JUAN — An international banker accused of bribing Puerto Rico’s then-governor to undermine an investigation into his institution turned himself in on Wednesday, almost a month after he was charged in federal court. Julio Herrera Velutini,…
CHRISTIANSTED — A second St. Croix man has been arrested in connection to a Castle Coakley shooting in January that left two teens dead and a third victim wounded. Ricardo Richards, 25, was arrested today…