October 31, 2022
CLEMENT HOWELL wins the 2022 boys football tournament
Clement Howell High school won the 2022 high school boys' tournament over the weekend for the second time. Additionally, Marjorie Basden High is the girl's champion.
More on this story later.
October 31, 2022
South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns
South Korean police investigated on Monday what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people including 26 foreigners during Halloween festivities in Seoul in the country’s worst disaster in years, as President Yoon Suk Yeol and tens of…
October 31, 2022
US mortgage rates top 7% for first time in two decades
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate topped 7% for the first time in more than two decades this week, a result of the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes intended to tame inflation not seen in some 40 years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac…
October 31, 2022
Fighting in Ukraine intensifies as Putin says he won’t use nuclear bombs
Ukrainian forces surrounded the city of Kherson Thursday as they sought to retake it amid reports that Russian-appointed officials had fled. The counteroffensive happened as Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at a foreign policy conference,…
October 31, 2022
MURDER & WOUNDING
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force officers are investigating a shooting that resulted in one man being killed and another seriously injured. Initial reports state at around 6.05 pm today (October 26th, 2022), multiple calls were placed…
October 31, 2022
Rihanna releases emotional “Lift Me Up” music video, featuring scenes from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Rihanna not only released her first song in six years, "Lift Me Up," she also followed up with its music video on Friday. The clip features Rihanna standing before a bonfire on the beach as the sun sets over the tranquil ocean. Interspersed between…
October 31, 2022
Brazil president-elect Lula urges ‘peace and unity’ after vote
President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for "peace and unity" Sunday in bitterly divided Brazil, saying the country was no longer an international pariah, and highlighting the need for a "living Amazon". In his victory speech, Lula reached…
October 30, 2022
Alicia Keys releases new holiday song off first Christmas album, Santa Baby
Alicia Keys is feeling the Christmas spirit, as she dropped her holiday song, “December Back 2 June," on Friday. The original track is from her first Christmas album, Santa Baby, due out on November 4. It is also the debut release from the 15-time…
October 29, 2022
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen are divorcing after 13 years of marriage.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and the Brazilian supermodel, who married in 2009, confirmed their split on social media. In both their posts, Brady and Bündchen said they had "gratitude" for their time together and that the decision had been…
October 28, 2022
Hiccups hamper digital currency roll-out
The central bank of Jamaica is urging all commercial banks to participate in the full roll-out of digital currency by the end of December 2023, but technical difficulties among large merchants have so far hampered the process. At a meeting of the…