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CREW Scholars Showcase Research, Strengthening Virgin Islands Healthcare

Ten outstanding Virgin Islands undergraduate students presented original research addressing some of the territory's most ...

Freed Cuban artist at center of US-Cuba talks brings his cause to Miami

Cuban political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara spoke exclusively to USA TODAY days after being freed from a Cuban jail ...
The Virgin Islands Consortium

10 Virgin Islands Students Complete CREW Fellowship and Present Five Public Health Studies

Ten Virgin Islands undergraduate students completed the third cohort of the Cardiovascular Research Empowerment Workforce ...
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Plaskett Introduces Legislation to Honor Fallen Virgin Islands Soldiers

Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett introduced of two bills to name the Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based ...
Cuba Headlines

Luis Gutiérrez Areces, the Cuban Who Smuggled the Image of Our Lady of Charity to Miami in 1961, Passes Away

Luis Gutiérrez Areces, known for covertly transporting the image of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre to Miami hidden in a ...

U.S. sends cargo plane from Miami to Cuba with humanitarian aid while still pressuring the island's government

A cargo plane packed with food and hygiene kits has left Miami for Cuba as part of the U.S. government's humanitarian assistance efforts for the people of the island nation.

Tugboat captain pleads guilty in barge crash that killed 3 girls on sailboat

A barge floats off Hibiscus Island near Miami Beach on Monday, July 28, 2025. The vessel struck a sailboat earlier in the day ...