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This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Humberto on Friday, September 26, 2025. (NOAA via AP)
December 9, 2025

Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next

MIAMI (AP) — Dangerous tropical weather brewed Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a separate weather system taking aim at the Southeast…
People displaced by gang violence live at the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications office converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
December 9, 2025

UN says Haiti remains in the ‘eye of the storm’

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed says Haiti is “at the eye of a storm” with armed gangs tearing apart communities and families being forced from…
Former FBI director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
December 9, 2025

Former FBI Director Comey indicted on charges of making a false statement, obstruction

Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to…
Joanne Chesimard, a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, leaves Middlesex County courthouse, in New Brunswick, NJ, April 25, 1977.(AP Photo, File)
December 9, 2025

Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has…
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Humberto on Friday, September 26, 2025. (NOAA via AP)
December 9, 2025

Humberto becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic as Gabrielle moves away from the Azores

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Humberto formed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean on track to become a major hurricane, while forecasters monitored a nearby tropical disturbance that could bring dangerous weather…
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December 9, 2025

Florida officials announce more than 6,000 immigration arrests

TALLAHASSEE (AP): Over the past five months, Florida law -enforcement officials have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, a US Border Patrol official announced…
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December 9, 2025

Russia helping China to prepare for potential invasion of Taiwan, defence institute says

LONDON (AP): Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courthouse, in Paris, France, Thursday, September 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
December 9, 2025

Paris court sentences Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his…
The US Coast Guard said the seized contraband was a result of two interdictions in the Caribbean Sea.
December 9, 2025

US Coast Guard offloads nearly US$65M in illicit narcotics interdicted in the Caribbean Sea

ST PETERSBURG, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence earlier this week offloaded approximately 8,700 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated US$64.5 million,…