Virgin Islands Stories Shine at the 2025 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) proudly represented the U.S. Virgin Islands at the 2025 National Book Festival, bringing the territory’s culture and literature to a national stage. CFVI staff, joined by four scholarship...

Microsoft And FFA Help Students Use Smart Sensors And AI To Learn About The Future Of Farming And Technology

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Partnership expands FarmBeats for Students program to all 50 states to help grow next generation of farmers REDMOND, Wash., May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. and the National FFA Organization on Tuesday announced...

Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Gonzaga Bulldogs play in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Gonzaga Bulldogs (4-3) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Texas Tech takes on Gonzaga in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The Red Raiders are 6-1 in non-conference play. Texas Tech...

Pittsburgh Panthers and the Auburn Tigers square off in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Auburn Tigers (4-2) vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (5-2) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Friday, 12:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh takes on Auburn at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The Panthers have a...

Missouri State Bears and the Florida State Seminoles play in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Florida State Seminoles (6-1) vs. Missouri State Bears (4-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Friday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Florida State and Missouri State meet at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands....

September 2025: Earth’s 3rd-warmest September on record

September 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest September in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, behind only 2023 and 2024, said the European Copernicus Climate Change Service on Oct. 9. The Japan Meteorological Agency also rated...

George Washington Revolutionaries and the Illinois State Redbirds square off in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Illinois State Redbirds (4-2) vs. George Washington Revolutionaries (5-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Monday, 3 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Revolutionaries -1; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: Illinois State and George Washington square...

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and the UAB Blazers meet in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

UAB Blazers (3-4) vs. Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (1-5) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Monday, 12:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UAB and Louisiana meet at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The Ragin' Cajuns are...

McNeese Cowboys and the Longwood Lancers play in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Longwood Lancers (6-0) vs. McNeese Cowboys (3-2) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Sunday, 5:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cowboys -8; over/under is 139.5 BOTTOM LINE: McNeese faces Longwood at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center in...

Plymouth start-up’s mini ocean robots used to collect data in Caribbean’s ‘hurricane alley’

Robotic sailboats developed by a start-up company based in Plymouth have been used to gather data in the Caribbean’s “hurricane alley”. Oshen deployed five C‑Star autonomous sailboats off the U.S. Virgin Islands to collect critical data to better...

Kansas State Wildcats and the Liberty Flames play in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Liberty Flames (5-1) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (4-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Sunday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Liberty and Kansas State square off in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The Wildcats are 4-1 in non-conference play. Kansas...

Where Americans Can't Afford Healthcare

If there are two issues that dominate America’s online discourse, they’re the soaring cost of housing and the even steeper price of staying healthy. The U.S. pours almost $13,000 per person into healthcare, yet average life expectancy is below...

Kansas State squares off against George Washington in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

George Washington Revolutionaries (4-0) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (3-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kansas… George Washington Revolutionaries (4-0) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (3-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin...

Liberty takes on Louisiana in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (1-3) vs. Liberty Flames (4-1) Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; Friday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Liberty will square off against Louisiana at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands. The...

Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day or just Monday?

Gazette File Photo Depending on where in the United States you live and for whom you work, Columbus Day may be a paid day off, an unpaid commemorative day, another holiday entirely or a regular Monday. Columbus Day, the second Monday in October,...

Is daylight saving time this weekend? When to change the clocks

The sunsets are noticeably earlier, nearing 6 p.m. in Rhode Island, and the sunrise is almost at 7 a.m. As we slip further and further into the darkest time of the year, you might be wondering when it's time to change the clocks for daylight...

New Evidence Links Elon Musk to Epstein’s Island

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images A newly released document has linked tech billionaire Elon Musk to deceased financier and accused sex...

Maps: Tracking Post-Tropical Cyclone Karen

Karen was a post-tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean Friday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Karen is the 11th named storm to form in the Atlantic in 2025. Forecast wind speeds and...

Outdoors in RI: PFAS, Scouting at Fort Adams, Shoreline Access, Columbus

Infrastructure Bank Awards $300,000 Emerging Contaminants Grant To Pascoag’s Clear River Electric & Water District Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, in coordination with the Rhode Island Department of Health, has awarded a $300,000 grant to the...

Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue… But Now What?

Monument to Christopher Columbus in Rapallo, Italy The phrase, “In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” written by Jean Marzollo, is a popular rhyme used as a mnemonic device to help students remember the year Christopher...