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The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is in the Caribbean. Here's its backstory

It was deployed to support Operation Southern Spear. The ship is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers being built for the U.S. military.

What tiny towns in rural America can teach the cities about adaptation

One couple has made it their mission to document buildings and signs across the country. In doing so, they have busted a few myths and maybe even their own misconceptions about modern rural America.

A screen grab taken from news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK shows the moment of a hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station's No. 3 reactor Monday.

Crisis Deepens At Japanese Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a televised national address that there is a high risk of more radioactivity leaking from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He ordered everyone within 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) to evacuate and everyone within 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) to remain inside.

NET Power has built carbon capture technology into its power plant outside Houston, which will generate electricity by burning natural gas. The demonstration project should be fully operational later this year, according to NET Power.

Natural Gas Plant Makes A Play For Coal's Market, Using 'Clean' Technology

The idea behind "clean coal" is technology that would capture for reuse most of the carbon dioxide emitted by coal-burning power plants. Entrepreneurs aim to use similar tech to clean natural gas.

Biden to give D-Day anniversary speech; Fat Joe fights for hospital price transparency

President Biden will deliver a defense of democracy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Why rapper Fat Joe is fighting for hospital price transparency.

The Virgin Islands Department of Education, which has its St. Thomas headquarters at 1834 Kongens Gade, has agreed to all 15 recommendations of a recent audit of the Education Initiative Fund and is taking steps to implement them.

Education Initiative Fund audit finds $5.1M unlawfully spent; VIDE to implement 15 recommendations

Office of Virgin Islands Inspector General’s audit of Education Initiative Fund finds $5.1 million was unlawfully spent, improvements needed in oversight and reporting.

Former Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal, left, and former Police Commissioner Ray Martinez testify before the Legislature of the Virgin Islands.

No defense witnesses named as Martinez and O’Neal head into bribery trial Wednesday

Ex-VIPD Commissioner Ray Martinez and ex-OMB Director Jenifer O’Neal tell court they have no witnesses, avoiding possible sanctions after failing to file timely notices.

Fatouma Zahara Hasan, a widow with a large family from the town of Chifera, has her photograph taken on a tablet as part of a vast registration drive to ensure that food aid funded by the United States in parts of Ethiopia is only provided to recipients that qualify.

'I am struggling all alone,' says a widowed Ethiopian mother of 6. Now there's hope

After months of disruption in a massive national feeding effort by global groups, there's a scramble to digitally register more than 6 million Ethiopians to make sure food aid goes to those in need.

WTJX NEWSFEED: December 1, 2023

On today's WTJX NewsFeed, Senator Alma Francis Heyliger assails Governor Bryan's veto of several pieces of legislation she sponsored. Representatives from the Virgin Islands Housing Authority said that they are at the mercy of the St. Thomas and St. Croix administrators to remove abandoned vehicles from housing communities across the territory.

Pictured: Officials gather for the launch of the new prescription drug drop box at the Sugar Estate Post Office on St. Thomas.

WTJX NEWSFEED: February 13, 2025

On today's WTJX Radio NewsFeed, the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program has launched a new prescription drug drop box across the USVI in hopes of combating the opioid crisis.

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