FREDERIKSTED — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) have completed one of the largest land acquisitions in territorial history, securing ...

CULEBRA, Puerto Rico (AP) — When temperatures soar at a public school on the small Puerto Rican island of Culebra, students scatter in search of relief. During a summer program last month, as outdoor ...

NEW YORK — A sixth person has died from the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, according to city health officials. The latest death came as there have been 111 confirmed cases of the ...

As Erin chugs its way up the Southeastern seaboard, forecasters are eyeing two other tropical disturbances in line behind it in the Atlantic. For now, neither appears set to pose a threat to the ...

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Erin managed to form in a relatively rough patch of the Atlantic, surrounded by dry air and average temperature waters. That could change in the next few days as the storm ...

A domestic cat died of the bubonic plague in Colorado just weeks after a man in Arizona died of the same troubling disease, according to authorities. The cat, from Evergreen, was diagnosed with the ...

RIVERBANK — A California high school teacher was arrested after an investigation into a report of her having an inappropriate relationship with a former student, authorities said. The Stanislaus ...

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department Economic Crime Unit is urging all business owners and employees to avoid manually entering credit card numbers during transactions in the absence of ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Trump administration has dismissed five out of seven members on Puerto Rico’s federal control board that oversees the U.S. territory’s finances, sparking concern about ...

TRENTON — A Jersey Shore teacher is in hot water for allegedly having steamy sex with a student in a nature preserve, authorities said. Jessica Sawicki, 37, of Point Pleasant, an English teacher at ...

CAPE MAY — A former New Jersey teacher reportedly lied to her friends when they asked her about the father of her baby, whom she is accused of conceiving with a 13-year-old former student. Laura Caron ...

A now-fired Missouri math teacher who admitted having rough sex with a 16-year-old student while others served as her “lookouts” may only have to spend three months behind bars if she goes through sex ...