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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.
WICO is not paying into GERS, Senator Alma Francis Heyliger seeks compliance through legislation

Tom Eader

GERS Administrator Angel Dawson Jr. emphasizes commitment to following the law; senator to bring bill that would codify WICO’s obligation to contribute to GERS.

ACLU warns hundreds of Venezuelans face immediate deportation under Alien Enemies Act despite Supreme Court decision

Jasmine Garsd

A recent Supreme Court ruling instructed the Trump administration to give migrants being deported under the Alien Enemies Act due process. The ACLU says a group of migrants in Texas have been given less than 24 hours.
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AP

Head Start advocates brace for possibility of Trump eliminating funding

Ayana Archie

A Trump administration document, cited by news reports, proposes eliminating funding for Head Start, which is dedicated to early child care services. An advocate says the move would be "catastrophic."

Mandel Ngan

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AFP via Getty Images

Thousands of federal workers would be easier to fire under Trump rule change

Shannon Bond

The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it.
Bettmann Archive

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History shows revoking Harvard's tax status won't be easy — or fast

Jonaki Mehta

A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.

National News

BBC News World Service

Aboard the 'silver trains', China's retirees do their bit to offset Trump's tariffs

A new initiative aims to boost the local economy by attracting elderly travellers to remote parts of the country.
Canada party leaders grilled in election debate on how to tackle Trump

Frontrunner Mark Carney was tested in Wednesday's French-language debate, the first of two match-ups before the 28 April election.
Who is the man at centre of Maryland deportation case?

Officials in the US and El Salvador have been unwilling to return the man home, sparking a legal battle.
Famed Philippine film star Nora Aunor dies at 71

She was one of the Philippines' biggest film stars with a career that spanned seven decades.

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AFP

Trump may abandon Ukraine peace talks 'within days,' Rubio warns

Eleanor Beardsley

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. would walk away from efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine if progress isn't made within days.