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WTJX NEWSFEED: March 31, 2025

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea is co-leading a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general, calling on Congress to pass federal legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in prisons.
VIFEMS, volunteers battle brush fires Sunday on South Shore believed to spread from flying embers

Tom Eader

Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services spends five hours extinguishing multiple brush fires on South Shore; community helps fight blaze at ARTfarm.
WTJX NEWSFEED: March 28, 2025

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Senator Kenneth Gittens advocates for the return to a manual lottery drawing process in light of the cyberattack on the Virgin Islands Lottery.

Richard Shotwell

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Wink Martindale, the genial game show host and early interviewer of Elvis, dies at 91

The Associated Press

The legendary TV host of game shows "Tic-Tac-Dough" and "Gambit" died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. He had been battling lymphoma for a year.
Frank Augstein

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AP

U.K. Supreme Court to rule on landmark challenge over legal definition of a woman

The Associated Press

The court is scheduled to rule whether a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female can be regarded as a woman under equality laws.

Chan Long Hei

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AP

Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the U.S. over tariffs

The Associated Press

Hong Kong is caught in the middle of the trade disputes between the U.S. and China despite being a free port. The former British colony has trade and customs policies different from mainland China's.
Santa Fe County Sheriff/AP

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Santa Fe County Sheriff via AP

Records show Gene Hackman's wife researched symptoms of illness days before her death

The Associated Press

Photos, hours of footage and other documents were made public Tuesday after a recent court order that mandated any depictions of the deceased couple would be blocked from view.

National News

BBC News World Service

'Nothing has been done' - judge warns Trump officials in deportation case

Warning of "no tolerance for gamesmanship", the judge said she would determine whether to hold the government in contempt of court.
Biden attacks Trump in first speech since leaving White House

The ex-president uses the speech to criticise the Trump administration's cuts to the welfare agency.
The perils of Trump's chips strategy: The US will struggle to take on Asia

America is trying to create a chip industry through isolation and protectionism, when what allowed it to emerge in Asia is the opposite: collaboration
Peru's ex-president and first lady sentenced to 15 years jail

A court ruled that Humala, who governed Peru from 2011 to 2016, took illegal campaign contributions.

Guillermo Arias

AFP via Getty Images

Trump moves to speed up asylum cases without court hearings

Ximena Bustillo

The memo could result in immigration judges deciding someone is not eligible for asylum without a hearing, and based solely on a lengthy and complex asylum request form.