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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.

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She grew up believing she was a U.S. citizen. Then she applied for a passport

Juliana Kim

Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.
Tatyana Makeyeva

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Pool AFP/AP

Iran and the U.S. plan expert-level talks over Tehran's nuclear program

The Associated Press

The two countries will begin having experts meet to discuss details of a possible deal over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, the top Iranian diplomat said after a second round of talks.

Vyacheslav Prokofyev

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Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP

Putin calls an Easter ceasefire as Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of POWs

The Associated Press

The Russian president announced a temporary ceasefire, citing humanitarian reasons, as Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds of captured soldiers.
Mandel Ngan

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AFP via Getty Images

White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event

Alana Wise

Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.

National News

BBC News World Service

Italy's Meloni heads to US with unlikely mission for Europe

She wll have to walk a tightrope between representing the interests of the EU and remaining in the US president's good books.
Smugglers' paradise: How US guns flow to gang-ravaged Haiti

The journey of two boxes of weapons reveals a chain of lax laws, absent checks and suspected corruption.

Whitehouse.gov/Screenshot by NPR

'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites

Rob Stein

The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.