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Three Dead, Three Injured in Back-to-Back Weekend Shootings
St. Thomas Source
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June 22, 2025
A deadly weekend unfolded across the territory with a wave of gun violence that left three people dead and three others injured, including a 14-year-old boy, in separate shootings on St. John and St. Croix. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday, chaos...
Photo Focus: Law Enforcers Pause To Reflect on Peace Officers Memorial Day
St. Thomas Source
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May 16, 2025
Across the United States on May 15, and here in the U.S. Virgin Islands, law enforcement communities pause to remember those who died in the line of duty. The Virgin Islands Police Department and its supporters held a motorcade and memorial...
AARP announces five organizations throughout Kansas to receive 2025 Community Challenge grants
WIBW 13 - Kansas
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June 21, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - AARP announced five organizations throughout Kansas will receive 2025 Community Challenge grants. According to a press release from AARP, the grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action projects...
Ranked: Countries With the Highest Share of Seniors
Visual Capitalist
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June 21, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: Countries With the Highest Share of Seniors This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
Several Antiguan Women Nominated for Caribbean Posh Icon Women Awards
Antigua.News
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May 16, 2025
Several outstanding Antiguan women have secured nominations for the Caribbean Posh Icon Women Awards, set to take place during the Caribbean Posh Weekend in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands from June 27-29, 2025. The event celebrates exceptional...
KPMG Women's PGA round 1: Lexi Thompson keeps fighting, Minjee Lee shines
Golfweek - Virginia
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The 2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship started at Fields Ranch East in Frisco, Texas, the home course of the PGA of America. The Senior PGA was held at Fields Ranch East in 2023, the women are on tap this week and the men make their way to North...
Marion County Council on Aging gets AARP Community Challenge grant
Marion County Now - Ohio
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June 19, 2025
By AARP June 19, 2025 12:19 pm COLUMBUS, OH (MARION COUNTY NOW)—AARP today announced 11 organizations throughout Ohio will receive 2025 Community Challenge grants. The grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action...
Sail Racing: International Optimist Regatta and More
St. Thomas Source
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June 9, 2025
One week, three events! The TOTE Clinic kicks off Monday through Wednesday, the TOTE Team Race is on Thursday, and the 32nd International Optimist Regatta (IOR), hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC), runs from Friday through Sunday. Now...
32nd International Optimist Regatta starts soon
Sail-World
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June 9, 2025
by Carol Bareuther 9 Jun 02:49 PDT June 9-15, 2025 One week, three events! The TOTE Clinic kicks off Monday through Wednesday, the TOTE Team Race is on Thursday, and the 32nd International Optimist Regatta (IOR), hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht...
Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients
The American Prospect
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June 17, 2025
Welcome to “Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,” a pop-up newsletter about the Republican tax and spending bill, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in a generation. Sign up for the newsletter to get it in your in-box. The Senate Finance...
TSA officially sets the record straight on bringing food through security – and the 3-1-1 rule you must follow
The U.S. Sun
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June 18, 2025
THE TSA has clarified to travelers what snacks they can and cannot bring on their trip to avoid any delays. The transportation agency wants to ensure that customers know which snacks are allowed to fly before they go through airport security. 2...
AARP announces grants for Arkansas communities
KAIT 8 - Arkansas
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June 19, 2025
EARLE, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - AARP announced six cities and organizations throughout Arkansas will receive 2025 Community Challenge grants. The grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action projects aimed at...
USVI Workers Earn Less Than National Average, BLS Reports
St. Thomas Source
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May 11, 2025
Workers in the U.S. Virgin Islands earned an average hourly wage of $24.82 in May 2024, significantly below the national average of $32.66, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The findings, part of the agency’s...
AARP awards grants to strengthen Tennessee communities
WBBJ - Tennessee
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June 18, 2025
AARP Awards Grants to Strengthen Tennessee Communities 2025 Recipients Include City of Jackson, United Way of West TN Grant recipients aim to help residents of all ages, especially older adults, improve how they live, move, and stay connected in...
AARP Wisconsin: Four Milwaukee projects win AARP grants aimed at making...
Wis Business
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Grants will help residents improve how they live, move, and stay connected through innovative projects MADISON, WI – AARP today announced that 11 projects in eight Wisconsin cities – including four separate projects in Milwaukee – will receive...
Scaling Smarter: How a Modern Tech Stack Fuels Diagnostic Lab Growth
BioPharma Dive
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“It May Blow This Whole Thing Open” – GOP Senator Schmitt Announces ‘First-Of-Its-Kind” Action on Biden Autopen Scandal
The Gateway Pundit
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June 27, 2025
On Thursday evening, GOP Senator Eric Schmitt (MO) demanded access to sealed Biden autopen records after Neera Tanden admitted she controlled the autopen for more than a year and a half. Ex-Biden official Neera Tanden admitted under oath to the...
88 children at Louisa County camp taken into protective custody
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Iowa
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What hurricane season was like the year you were born What hurricane season was like the year you were born The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this natural disaster responsible for hundreds of deaths and...
Hundreds participate in No Kings protest
The Journal - Minnesota
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Staff photo by Fritz Busch Megan Benage of New Ulm shouts "Show me what democracy looks like" on a megaphone at the No Kings protest in New Ulm Saturday. More than 2,000 protests involving several million people across the U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico,...
Op-Ed: Legless Lizard is a Rarely Seen Native
St. Thomas Source
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June 17, 2025
Brigitte Berry took this photo of a native reptile most people in the Virgin Islands never encounter or have heard of. It is a legless lizard, spotted during a hike on St. John. (Photo by Brigitte Berry) The other day, I got an email message from...