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December 9, 2025

Tony Deyal | Dad jokes and fake news

It was 26 years and counting. My wife and I got presents from our daughter, Jasmine. In my case, I got a “Fake News” coffee cup and I used an old joke to say, “Listen, you are giving me a four-letter…
A dream house full of surprises.
December 9, 2025 by Barry Rattray

Dream House | Hidden Hanover estate full of wonder

Neuroscientists have discovered for some time that the positive experience of being surprised has one of the greatest impacts on human emotion, appealing to the unexpected. Many of the houses in this…
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December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Westmoreland men overcome stigma of digital rectal exam

Western Bureau: Scores of men over 40 gathered on Thursday in the Savanna-la-Mar Independence Park for a free health screening hosted by the Misty Blue Cancer Care Foundation in partnership with the…
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December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Enslaved African converted by the Moravians

THE SERIES started with, among other things, the question of how a formerly enslaved African, Aniaso, renamed Archibald John Monteath, came to be buried in the Carmel Moravian Churchyard in…
Thriller novelist Andrea Bartz is photographed in her home, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, September 4, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Judge approves $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been…
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order regarding TikTok in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, September 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 9, 2025

Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in a way that meets national security concerns. …
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December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

1,000 BWCs coming

Under growing public pressure, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on Thursday broke its silence on the controversial police killing of 22-year-old Jamar Farquharson while also taking aim at the…
UNSPUN (left), ridden by Richie Shakes, wins the ninth race over six furlongs ahead of UNBELIEVABLE FORCE (Tajay Suckoo) at Caymanas Park on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Classy Unspun to take the Typewriter

HIGHLY fancied at odds of 2-1 in the Kenneth Mattis Memorial two weeks ago after galloping 1:06.1 for five and a half furlongs at exercise seven days prior, United States-bred UNSPUN ran smack into an…
Minister of Finance, Fayval Williams, speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on February 19, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Standard and Poor’s upgrades Jamaica, outlook remains ‘positive’

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings today upgraded Jamaica’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings from 'BB-' to BB,' while its outlook remains…