CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Richardson Dangleben Jr. is still awaiting a trial date in the 2023 murder of Keith Jennings on St. Thomas, after Thursday’s scheduling
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La Niña is likely to arrive this summer. Here’s what that means for hurricane season
El Niño is so last season. Federal forecasters say the climate pattern, which brought warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures to the Eastern Pacific — and helped drive
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Government gets climate change assessment
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan and Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach participated Wednesday in an information session on climate change conducted at the UVI Innovation
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Barbados disagrees its currency should be devalued
BRIDGETOWN (AP) — Barbados’ government does not support devaluing the Caribbean island’s currency and says it is determined to maintain its fixed exchange rate with
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Puerto Rico outage knocks power out to 350,000 customers during heat wave
SAN JUAN — A widespread power outage hit Puerto Rico Wednesday night, leaving more than 350,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s
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Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth
BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth
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Sudan tops UN envoy’s concerns about children caught in conflicts, with Congo and Haiti next
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations envoy charged with reporting on violations against children in conflicts around the world said Thursday that first and foremost she
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St. Croix hospital CEO found his golden parachute … in Kearney, Nebraska
CHRISTIANSTED — When Douglas Koch leaves St. Croix he is hardly being put out to pasture in the Midwest. Not at all. That’s because Juan
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Dollar and euro trade halted on Russia’s biggest exchange
MOSCOW — New U.S. sanctions against Russia have forced an immediate suspension of trading in dollars and euros on its leading financial marketplace, the Moscow Exchange. The
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2 Education officials charged in $4 million HUD fraud scheme, feds say
CHRISTIANSTED — Two Virgin Islands Department of Education officials have been charged in a $4 million tax fraud scheme, authorities said. Department of Education Director
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