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Extraordinary Erin expands its reach over the northwest Atlantic
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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August 18, 2025
On its third day since rocketing to Category 5 strength, Hurricane Erin continued to churn across the northwest Atlantic on Monday, maintaining Cat 4 strength while building an unusually expansive wind field. Erin’s center remains firmly on track...
A Fresh Direction for the U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Department
Prevue - Florida
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August 7, 2025
The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism enters a new chapter with Jennifer Matarangas-King nominated as Commissioner of Tourism. Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced the appointment, signaling continuity in the territory’s tourism strategy....
U.S. Virgin Islands Department Of Tourism Welcomes New Leadership As Jennifer Matarangas-King Is Nominated Commissioner
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) A native of St. Croix and a respected voice in the Virgin Islands community, Matarangas-King brings more than 30 years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, and organizational leadership across both the...
Hurricane weakens as it nears Caribbean
The Mining Journal - Michigan
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Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, gives an update on what was then Tropical Storm Erin at the National Hurricane Center on Aug. 14 in Miami. (AP photo) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3...
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Powerball for Tonight's Drawing Eclipses $600 Million
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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August 18, 2025
The Powerball® jackpot has crossed the $600 million mark for tonight's drawing! The jackpot has reached an estimated $605 million, with an estimated cash value of $273.4 million. Monday’s estimated jackpot is the largest Powerball grand prize in...
12th Person Sickened with Dengue Fever in Hawaii By Cara Lynn Shultz
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW A 12th person in Hawaii has been sickened by dengue fever, the state’s health department announced There is a risk of local transmission if a mosquito in Hawaii bites someone who caught dengue while traveling Residents are asked to...
Saint Lucia’s Under-14 Girls Show Promise in CFU Challenge Series
The Voice
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August 18, 2025
The Saint Lucia Under-14 Girls National Football Team may have opened their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Challenge Series campaign with back-to-back defeats and a win so far, but the scorelines tell only part of the story. Beneath the surface of...
Hurricane Erin likely to bring 'life-threatening surf and rip currents' to East Coast
News9 - Oklahoma
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Hurricane Erin is likely to bring "life-threatening surf and rip currents" across the U.S. East Coast this week, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Monday. Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, restrengthened back into a...
Monsoon season ranks as 4th driest on record with dangerous heat expected midweek
My News 3 - Nevada
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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Dry conditions prevail through Monday with temperatures near or slightly below normal. Temperatures and precipitation chances increase mid to late week as a more traditional monsoon pattern sets up. Heat could reach dangerous...
Hurricane Erin weakens to a Category 3 as forecasters wait
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds. While Erin’s maximum winds diminished, the...
Disney, Carnival, more cruise lines reroute ships away from Hurricane Erin: See changes
AOL
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Cruise lines are rerouting ships away from Hurricane Erin, which regained power after weakening over the weekend. The Category 4 storm is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of Hispaniola on Monday, Aug. 18 and to the Bahamas and Turks and...
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
Just Security
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August 18, 2025
The Timeline below examines decades-long failures by federal law enforcement and oversight agencies—including the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of the Treasury—in the handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes: child sexual abuse...
U.S. Virgin Islands rum tax bonds' outlook raised by KBRA
The Bond Buyer - New York
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July 29, 2025
A permanent increase to taxes on U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico rum sold in the 50 states will support the Match Fund Special Purpose Securitization Corp. bonds, KBRA said.Bloomberg News KBRA raised the outlook on its BBB rating on U.S....
12th Person Sickened with Dengue Fever in Hawaii
AOL
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Getty Stock image of Waikiki Beach in Oahu, Hawaii.NEED TO KNOW A 12th person in Hawaii has been sickened by dengue fever, the state’s health department announced There is a risk of local transmission if a mosquito in Hawaii bites someone who...
Browenfield Ag Weather Today
Brownfield Ag News
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August 18, 2025
Weather Browenfield Ag Weather Today Hurricane Erin, which over the weekend produced as much as 2 to 6 inches of rain and wind gusts as high as 40 to 60 mph while passing less than 150 miles north of Puerto Rico and the northern U.S. Virgin...
Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along East Coast this week
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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MIAMI — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph maximum sustained winds...
CHTA Delighted To Welcome 48 Hotels In The U.s. Virgin Islands As Members
Virgin Islands This Week
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July 30, 2025
Milestone highlights the growing value of CHTA membership across the region The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), the Caribbean’s leading voice representing the interests of national hotel and tourism associations for more than 60...
Hurricane Erin brings dangerous surf and rip currents to U.S. coast after battering Caribbean
CBS Dallas - Texas
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Hurricane Erin, which briefly reached Category 5 strength, battered parts of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with heavy rain and strong surf. Though it won’t make landfall in the U.S., the East Coast is facing...
Powerball jackpot soars to $605 million ahead of Monday drawing
KTBB - Texas
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August 18, 2025
Posted/updated on: August 18, 2025 at 11:51 am Powerball play tickets on display at Blue Bird Liquor in Hawthorne, CA, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An estimated $605 million Powerball...
Northeast reflects national muni volume gain in first half
The Bond Buyer - New York
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August 18, 2025
<img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/24667395/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="chart visualization" /> Northeast municipal bond volume matched the nation's gain in the first half of 2025, though the gains...