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Democratic Senators Call for JPMorgan CEO to Testify on Bank’s Epstein Ties
Truthout
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September 12, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Democratic senators are calling for a congressional hearing on JPMorgan Chase and other banks’ ties to accused child sex trafficker...
Southwest’s Network Expansion Continues With New Californian Market
Routes
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Southwest Airlines is continuing its network expansion with Santa Rosa, California, to be added to the carrier’s route map next year. Southwest has gone more than four years without entering a new market, but has now announced four new network...
Orlando’s Business and Tourism Momentum Continues into Fall
Exhibit City News - Nevada
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September 12, 2025
(Cosplayer competing in the Craftsmanship Contest at GalaxyCon’s Animate! Orlando, August 8–10 at the Orange County Convention Center. Photo by John E. Manard, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0) Theme park growth, airport routes, and $94.5B tourism...
Caribbean Cannabis: A Local Look at the U.S. Virgin Islands
Cannabis Business Times
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September 8, 2025
The waves of legal cannabis swell in the gorgeous, clear blue waters of the Caribbean, breaking with teal and white caps gently onto the crystalline sands of the Virgin Islands. A place of exploring and vacationing with its warm yacht-filled...
Fire Near Blackbeard’s Castle Apartments Sends Smoke Over Charlotte Amalie, Crews Battle Blaze for Hours
The Virgin Island Consortium
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A fire that broke out early Wednesday morning near Blackbeard’s Castle Apartments in St. Thomas sent thick smoke billowing across Charlotte Amalie and prompted a full-scale response from Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services (VIFEMS)....
Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?
The Guardian
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September 13, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein was a very wealthy man, but exactly how wealthy and where that money came from remains shrouded in mystery. Newly unearthed emails last week shone light on Epstein’s role as freelance client development officer, acting as a channel...
CCTV shows missing Sarm Heslop’s last movements as police issue plea
The Independent (U.S.)
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September 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Payentry And Corporate Payroll Services Unite To Deliver Success Together
MENAFN
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September 11, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Payentry (PRNewsfoto/Payentry) Corporate Payroll Services PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga., Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Payentry, a leading provider of payroll and human capital management solutions, and Corporate Payroll Services...
Ban on ‘Assault Rifles,’ Suppressors Being Weighed in U.S. Virgin Islands
Breitbart
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September 3, 2025
A ban on “assault rifles,” “large-capacity” magazines, and suppressors is before the U.S. Virgin Islands’ legislature in the form of Bill 36-0144. The St. Thomas Source reported that Bill 36-0144 is designed to “define and prohibit assault...
Man takes East End property, swindles 2 women out of $7,450, gets probation
Virgin Islands Free Press
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September 13, 2025
KINGSHILL — A St. Croix man swindled two women out of $7,450, took the deed of a property on the East End, fled the territory and was sentenced to probation by a Superior Court judge. Kenneth L. Springer, 50, of Catherine’s Rest, was sentenced to...
Trump administration could be forced to hand over Epstein financial documents under top Democrat’s bill
The Independent
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September 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Is Vulcan Materials Stock Outperforming the Nasdaq?
Yahoo Finance
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Vulcan Materials Company (VMC), headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the largest producer of construction aggregates in the U.S., specializing in crushed stone, sand, and gravel. The company, valued at $38.9 billion by market cap, operates...
Largest US Bank Enabled Epstein’s Operation and Profited From Its Ties to Him
Truthout
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September 9, 2025
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Amid growing pressure for the Trump administration to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files, a New...
Epstein 'brokered a deal with Lord Mandelson over the sale of a UK taxpayer-owned banking business' after he had been convicted of child sex offences, reports claim
Daily Mail
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September 9, 2025
Lord Mandelson is under mounting pressure to resign after it was claimed he worked with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein on a £1billion deal involving a taxpayer-owned bank. Emails seen by The Telegraph reportedly show that Mandelson, who was...
Powering trade with policy: Incentives and infrastructure for steelpan
Trinidad Express
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September 10, 2025
In this series of conversations with Akua Leith, we focus on the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago. The steelpan is positioned for growth only if the right infrastructure and incentives are implemented. What kind of policy environments...
FirstBank finances $13 million eco-luxury resort to boost tourism in the USVI
Virgin Islands Free Press
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September 9, 2025
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – FirstBank has announced the successful closing of a $13 million commercial financing agreement with By-the-Sea Resort Properties, LLC, to support the construction of The Botany, a new luxury resort that redefines the future of...
Lord Mandelson faces calls to quit over Epstein banking deal emails
The New Zealand Herald
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September 10, 2025
Victims of the convicted paedophile have demanded Lord Mandelson be sacked as British ambassador to the US, a position he has held since February this year. They have also questioned Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint him to the post at a time...
SBA opens nominations for 2026 National Small Business Week awards
Huntingdon Valley View - Pennsylvania
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened nominations for the 2026 National Small Business Week Awards. National Small Business Week recognizes the contributions of America’s 36 million small businesses – which make up 99% of all...
Apple iPhone 17 series: e-SIM only models coming to these countries
India Today
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September 13, 2025
Apple’s iPhone 17 series marks another shift in how users interact with mobile networks, as the company expands its eSIM-only approach to certain markets and models. With the official announcement of the iPhone 17 range—including the iPhone 17, 17...
Jeffrey Epstein & JPMorgan: How the Largest U.S. Bank Enabled the Sexual Predator’s Crimes
Democracy Now!
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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. The House Oversight Committee has released more documents from the late sex offender...