A Clarendon man was shot and killed during an alleged confrontation with the police this morning, on Toronto Road, Lionel Town in the parish. He has been identified as 29-year-old Alrick Williams, a labourer of the above mentioned address. Police......

SOUTHWICK, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts woman who accidentally tossed out a $1 million lottery ticket eventually collected her winnings thanks to the kindness and honesty of the owners of the store where she bought it. Lea Rose Fiega bought...

Eight more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, increasing the death tally to 925. The deceased include five persons from Kingston and St Andrew, a 44-year-old man, and four deaths that were previously under investigation, two men aged 64......

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India crossed another grim milestone Monday with more than 300,000 people lost to the coronavirus, while a devastating surge of infections appeared to be easing in big cities but was swamping the poorer countryside. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Biden administration is allowing eligible Haitian nationals residing in the U.S. to apply for a new 18-month designation for temporary protected status, reversing a Trump administration effort that had sought to end the...

LONDON (AP) -- British health officials expressed optimism Sunday that the coronavirus restrictions remaining in England can be lifted in June after an official study found that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines offer effective protection...

Six fishermen have been arrested and charged in connection with the seizure of more than 600 pounds of illegally fished lobster. Reports are that marine police were patrolling the coast between the hours of 5 am and 6 am on Friday, May 21 when they...

MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical Storm Ana was moving away from Bermuda early Sunday after bringing rain and wind to the island in the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said. Ana was located about 425 miles (690 kilometers) northeast of Bermuda with maximum...

Five more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, increasing the death tally to 917. The deceased include two deaths that were previously under investigation, a 79-year-old woman from St James and a 63-year-old woman from St Catherine. The...

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad and Tobago government Saturday said it will extend the Public Health Regulations to July 4. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, speaking at a news conference, said while the government would be seeking...

The E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) pilot programme will this weekend face its sternest test as operations expand across all 14 parishes, in keeping with the island-wide rollout announced in the House of Representatives by Prime...

(AP) - New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemming both severe COVID-19 cases and the spread of the virus. As cases,...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to making 30,000 low-income housing solutions available over the next five years, giving all Jamaicans a chance to be in compliance with the law. The Prime Minister, who was speaking......

Eight more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, increasing the death tally to 912. The deceased include four persons from St James, two men aged 74 and 67, and two women aged 91 and 66. Two women from Westmoreland aged 92 and 86, an 84-year....

A joint police/military operation in Santoy, Hanover on Friday, has resulted in two men being arrested in connection with the seizure of one Glock 9mm pistol with a magazine containing thirteen 9mm rounds. Reports from the Lucea police are that...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The husband of the missing Jamaican woman whose body was found Friday in a heavily wooded area of an East Hartford park in Connecticut, United States, was charged hours later with manslaughter in connection with...

A major driving force behind Shanique Sommerville's quest to become an attorney-at-law is to put her community, Peggy Barry district in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, on the map. She also has a steely determination to make her family proud....

Stunned by the backlash to which their boy, Antonio Watson, was subjected following his 'gun finger' celebration at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships last weekend, the teenager's guardians say he has never been one to.....

A two-year-old was reportedly shot and injured on Thursday night during a confrontation between an unidentified man and the police in Denham Town, west Kingston. The man was shot and killed during the confrontation. According to the police's...

The Portland police say Wednesday night's massive haul of compressed ganja, weighing 3,369 kilograms or 7411.8 pounds, which was found at a beach in Bryan's Bay, has an estimated street value of J$17 million. Superintendent Duane Wellington,...