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WTJX NEWSFEED: May 15, 2024

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, a proposal for a sidewalk bar in Cruz Bay St. John sparked debate during a Historic Preservation Commission meeting. A measure to allow the territory to elect its attorney general failed to advance out of the Committee of Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety.
WTJX NEWSFEED: May 14, 2024

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, a small cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing on St. Croix, prompting the temporary closure of the airport’s runway. State Chair for the Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands, Stedmann Hodge, says party representatives should have been included during the 35th Legislature’s Committee of the Whole meeting.
ESVI: Government unable to conduct primary elections without changes to unconstitutional laws

Tom Eader

Office of the Supervisor of Elections unable to conduct primary elections without changes to laws found unconstitutional by federal court.

Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran via Getty Images

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner who crushed dissent, dies at 63

James Hider

Iran's ultraconservative president, killed in a helicopter crash, oversaw a crackdown on women's protests and was linked to extrajudicial killings in the 1980s.
Taiwan's new president urges China to stop its military intimidation

The Associated Press

Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te in his inauguration speech has urged China to stop its military intimidation against the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own territory.

U.S. troops and equipment will leave Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon says

The Associated Press

Niger's decision to kick out American forces dealt a blow to U.S. military operations in the Sahel. U.S. troops and some gear already have begun leaving the country.
Willy Sanjuan

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Sean Combs apologizes for 'my actions in that video' that appeared to show an assault

John Helton

Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now."

National News

BBC News

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash - state TV

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is also confirmed to have died in Sunday's crash in north-western Iran.
'Stop threatening us', Taiwan's new president tells China

He urged Beijing to replace confrontation with dialogue, shortly after being sworn in on Monday.
Taiwan's steely leader rewrote the book on how to deal with China

Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat.
Delhi sizzles as temperatures cross 45C

Parts of northern India are reeling under an intense heatwave that's set to last through the week.

Democratic State Chair Stedmann Hodge Jr.

Source: Stedmann Hodge Jr.’s Facebook page

VI Democratic Party votes that government must still conduct primary election despite ESVI position

Tom Eader

Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands votes that Board of Elections must still conduct a primary election despite Fawkes’ testimony, but party must certify candidates.