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Cops at the scene of a fatal police shooting in West Kingston on July 26.
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Stolen vehicle pursuit ends in fatal police shooting in West Kingston

A man was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with police in West Kingston on Sunday afternoon after cops say they pursued a reported stolen motor vehicle through sections of Kingston. It…
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Cayman Islands confirms poultry disease outbreak, says no risk to humans

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture (DoA) has confirmed outbreaks of the highly contagious poultry disease, infectious coryza, in an undisclosed number of…
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21-year-old Hanover man charged with rape of young girl

The police in Hanover have charged a 21-year-old man for allegedly entering a house and raping a young girl. The police report that about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, Andre Hemans, who is a…
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$500,000 bail for Spanish Town man charged over car with altered chassis number

A St Catherine man charged with driving a car bearing a tampered chassis number was on Friday granted $500,000 bail in the parish court. Michael Williams, 32, of a Spanish Town address, is answering…
Passengers walk into the Departures entrance at the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport near Crawley, just south of London, on July 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
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Water outage at UK’s Gatwick airport leaves toilets out of order and restaurants closed

LONDON (AP) — A power outage at a water treatment plant in south east England left toilets out of order and forced the closure of restaurants at Gatwick Airport on Sunday. The airport, south of…
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Egg farmers count millions in losses as heat stress takes toll on chickens

The higher temperatures affecting Jamaica are taking a toll on the country's egg farmers, with bird deaths mounting and egg production declining, says the president of the Jamaica Egg Farmers…
Elaine Escoe
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Jamaican woman wanted in alleged US$32 million COVID-19 fraud scheme in US captured, extradited

A 41-year-old Jamaican woman who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Most Wanted Fraudsters List has been captured in Jamaica and extradited to the United States. In custody is…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Brazil’s government denies visas to US officials over upcoming elections

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two United States State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest…
Shanoya Douglas
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Jamaica to bank on sprints, relays at CAC Games

In less than 10 days, Jamaica’s young athletes will be chasing glory at the World Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with the five-day competition getting under way on August 5. Two years ago…