Today, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to ensure compliance with the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) after a complaint was received on behalf of parents regarding the use of “transgender dolls” in schools. In a complaint sent to ED’s Student Privacy Policy Office […]

Yaroslav Shilkloper, 50, a dual citizen of Ukraine and Israel, was sentenced on July 28 to four years in prison for his participation in a conspiracy that utilized a sophisticated phony brokerage-business to scam U.S. citizens out of millions of dollars. Shilkloper was also ordered to pay a $250,000 fine and $1.43 million in restitution […]

Murrell Deela, a former Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) officer, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for sexual abuse involving a minor and to lying to federal investigators. According to records filed in the case, on Aug. 7, 2024, Deela, then 29 years old, was on duty and acting in his official capacity […]

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) celebrates the resounding success of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in cracking down on human trafficking operations during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In total, HSI and the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT), along with federal, state, and local partners, arrested 905 suspects and rescued […]

CASTRIES, St. Lucia Jul 28, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says he will not be “rushed” into making any decision regarding his Housing, Local Government and Urban Renewal  Minister, Richard Frederick, who is the subject of a police investigation and who has proceeded on annual leave. Earlier this  month,  the Pierre government, which […]

Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Terrance Drew, says the government’s long-term strategy to reduce the country’s reliance on its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme is proving successful, describing recent international developments surrounding investment migration as validation of the administration’s economic direction. Speaking during his most recent Roundtable discussion, Dr. Drew said his […]

Two young educators have been awarded the prestigious Medical University of the Americas (MUA)/Nevis Island Administration (NIA) scholarships, bringing them one step closer to achieving their dream of earning university degrees. During the scholarship award ceremony, Minister of Health the Honourable Senator Jahnel Nisbett congratulated this year’s recipients, Michaela Maynard and Aliyah Sampson, who emerged […]

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jul 28, CMC -Grenada police Tuesday said that they remain hopeful that their search for a 44-year-old American national, Elizabeth Waddell,  reported missing since July  22  on the southwest coast of the island, will be successful and appealed for  public assistance in locating her. “The Royal Grenada Police Force remains equally hopeful that […]

ROSEAU, Dominica, Jul 28, CMC -Two Americans nationals  were on Tuesday found guilty of the murders of Canadian businessman and his partner whose bodies were found in a burnt out vehicle on December 1,  2023. Jonathan Lehrer, 58, and 63-year-old Robert Snider Jr were charged with the murders of animation pioneer and Canadian philanthropist Daniel […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 28, CMC – Former prime minister Dr. Keith Rowley Tuesday called on the government to end the current state of emergency (SoE)  now as he dismissed a suggestion by Prime Minister Kamla Persad–Bissessar that critics of her government’s anti-crime campaign are deliberately attempting to inflame tensions between the two main […]