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The owner of a shooting range prepares to load bullets in his 9mm semi-automatic handgun for a demonstration on June 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

U.S. Virgin Islands faces second lawsuit over right to bear arms as Florida resident seeks license

By Dánica Coto - Associated Press

A shark attacked and killed an American woman along a beach in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said Friday. File photo credit: EA Given via Shutterstock.

Officials say a shark killed an American woman along a beach in the U.S. Virgin Islands

By Anselm Gibbs - Associated Press

In this Jan. 19, 2016, photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) **FILE**

Justice Department sues Virgin Islands police over gun permits

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A couple walks on a pier under cloudy skies as Tropical Storm Erika approaches the island in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Illegal migration is also a serious problem in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), where many illegal drugs – and immigrants – begin their entry into the states. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

On the need for border security in the U.S. Virgin Islands

By Wilson Beaver and Isela Becerra

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump clinches win at U.S. Virgin Islands caucus, which defied Republican Party rules

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

Virgin Islands prosecutor fired after accusing JPMorgan of aiding Epstein’s sex trafficking ring

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden plays golf at The Buccaneer in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

1st golf outing for Biden during US Virgin Islands vacation

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

President Joe Biden responds to questions from the media as he leaves Savant restaurant with first lady Jill Biden and grandchildren, in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden plays coy in St. Croix, keeps 2024 plans close to vest

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House ahead of the holidays, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden signs $1.7 trillion spending bill into law

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Biden and his family are traveling to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, to celebrate New Year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden arrives in U.S. Virgin Islands to relax between holidays

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, bottom, first lady Jill Biden, top, and their grandchildren Natalie and Robert, board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Biden and his family are traveling to St..Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands to celebrate the New Year. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Biden heading for Virgin Islands while much of U.S. reels from winter superstorm

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A view of Jeffrey Epstein's stone mansion on Little St. James Island, a property owned by Jeffrey Epstein, is backdropped by St. John Island, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. Federal authorities consider Little St. James Island to have been Epstein’s primary residence in the United States, a place where at least one alleged victim said in a court affidavit that she participated in an orgy as well as had sex with Epstein and other people. (AP Photo/Gabriel Lopez Albarran) ** FILE **

Epstein estate settles sex trafficking case in U.S. Virgin Islands for $105 million

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Windmills and solar panels are shown in Kahuku, Hawaii on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. As Hawaii transitions toward its goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2045, the state's last coal-fired power plant closed this week ahead of a state law that bans the use of coal as a source of electricity beginning in 2023. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Lawmakers sound alarm about taxpayer dollars going to Chinese solar panels made with slave labor

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul claps with supporters during the New York State Democratic Convention in New York, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Driven by moral outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. governors and other top state officials made it clear: They wanted to cut any financial ties with Russia (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Russia divestment promises by U.S. states largely unfulfilled

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

Britain's Prince Andrew speaks. during a television interview at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, England, Sunday, April 11, 2021. A lawsuit by an American who claims Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17 might have to be thrown out because she no longer lives in the U.S., lawyers for the Prince said in a court filing Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

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US Virgin Islands probes helicopter crash that killed 4

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Virgin Island cops charged, 328 kilos cocaine inside luggage

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Feds seize nearly 300 bricks of cocaine at Florida airport

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, file photo, pieces of stag horn coral are shown growing in Nova Southeastern University's offshore coral reef nursery in about 22-feet of water, near Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A first of its kind assessment of the United States' coral reefs is again sounding the alarm over the continued decline of these sensitive underwater ecosystems, which scientists deem essential to the health of the world's oceans amid persistent threats from human activity and climate change. The report was released Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Maryland. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Report sounds an alarm on ongoing decline of US coral reefs

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press