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SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has reached a historic US$2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing a fourth police fatal shooting within the last 48-hours, following the killing of an unidentified man in Old Harbour, St Catherine. Reports are that about 3:45 a.m., acting on...
ST PETERSBURG, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence earlier this week offloaded approximately 8,700 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated US$64.5 million, some of which was seized off the coast of...
Two men were killed on Wednesday and a policeman injured during a police operation in Wynter's Pen St Catherine. The police reportedly seized an illegal gun and five rounds of ammunition during the incident. The deceased have been identified...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing another fatal shooting by the police this morning after a man was killed during an alleged confrontation in Hungry Town, St Andrew. As at September 25, some 230 people were...
The St Ann police have listed Jordaine Hyde, otherwise called ‘Tupac’, of Windsor Heights, Marley, St Ann’s Bay in St Ann, as a person of interest. The police say they believe Hyde can assist them with an ongoing investigation into several...
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya. The...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday at the same time Hurricane Gabrielle was racing across the ocean toward the Azores islands, forecasters said. A hurricane warning was in effect for the volcanic...
Thirty Haitians who were among a group that landed on a beach in Kensington in Portland on Sunday have been sent home. They were repatriated today. The group, which comprised children, was transported from a holding area in Manchioneal to the...
Basking in the feeling of being the first Jamaican man to reach the top of a World Athletics Championship podium, since Usain Bolt did in 2015, 100 metre Champion Oblique Seville returned to the island on Wednesday evening. Exuding quiet confidence...
Some church leaders on Wednesday staged a march in Spanish Town, St Catherine calling for Jamaica to uphold the law against obeah, saying the practise is wrong and goes against Jamaica’s Christian principles. It came a day before a constitutional...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday called for a criminal investigation against US President Donald Trump and other officials involved in this month’s deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean that the White House...
A man was on Tuesday fatally shot by the police in May Pen, Clarendon. It is being alleged that the deceased, identified by the alias ‘Satan’, attacked the police with a machete. The man is believed to be of an unsound mind. Reports are that...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have announced the birth of their third child, a girl. Rihanna announced the birth of Rocki Irish Mayers in an Instagram post Wednesday. The post featured one photo of the multihyphenate, 37, with the...
Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $2.60 to sell for $158.81 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $2.60 to sell for $165.82. Automotive diesel oil will...
The Coconut industry Board (CIB) is urging coconut farmers to report incidents of bud rot on their farms. Caused by the Phytophthora palmivora pathogen, bud rot is a fungal disease, that attacks the terminal bud of a coconut palm, leading to the...
A 21-year-old St Mary man has been charged by the police over the seizure of an imitation gun in Stewart Town. Travis Shearer was charged on Wednesday with possession of a prohibited weapon. Reports are that about 12:45 a.m., lawmen were on...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has met with Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, and held discussions regarding cooperation in the areas of security, regional concerns, and education and training. Holness said the bilateral meeting took...
NEW YORK (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the...
Caribbean Airlines will discontinue its Fort Lauderdale to Montego Bay and Fort Lauderdale to Kingston routes effective November 2, 2025, just a few months after resuming the service following a five-year hiatus. The airline explained that the...
DALLAS (AP) — A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing two detainees and wounding another before taking his own life, authorities said. The exact...
Detectives in Clarendon have launched a probe into a double murder in the Agro Park Farms area of Four Paths in Clarendon on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as 24-year-old Patrick 'Rick' Thompson of Rhymesbury, Clarendon, and 28-year...
Proceedings at the St Catherine Parish Court in Spanish Town were again disrupted on Wednesday morning following a security threat. About 10:40 a.m., persons with business at the court were ordered to evacuate the premises after a threat...
DALLAS (AP) — Three people, including detainees, have been shot at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, federal authorities said. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -Trinidad and Tobago is observing the 49th anniversary of Republicanism with President Christine Kangaloo noting that there were persons who had questioned whether the country was ready for that stage of its political...
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday after leaving deadly...
