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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dejanae Oakley of the University of Georgia ran a big personal best 49.65 seconds for second place in the women’s 400m final on Saturday’s fourth and final day of the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor track and field championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Oakley ran under her previous best of 50.18 seconds, the mark she set in Thursday’s semi-finals. It is the fastest by a Jamaican woman so...

WASHINGTON, United States  (AFP) — Police and FBI agents waged a huge manhunt Sunday for a gunman who killed a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband in Minnesota in what officials called a politically motivated attack. As America reeled from its latest spasm of political violence, lawmakers called for a return to civility in political discourse that has been overheated and angry for years. Authorities searched for a man identified...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump told a news network Sunday the United States could become involved in the Iran-Israel conflict, and that he would be "open" to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin being a mediator. The Republican president, according to ABC News, also said talks over Iran's nuclear program were continuing and that Tehran would "like to make a deal," perhaps more quickly now that the Islamic...

FLORIDA, United States — The Legacy Learning Foundation (LLF), a non-profit organisation based in South Florida, will honour the man of the house on June 21 with ‘Music For A King: Saluting Fathers’, a concert scheduled for the Hollywood Community Church Auditorium. Several artistes will perform at the annual event which has a theme of “fun, fellowship, friend-raising, and fundraising”. It helps raise funds to support LLF programmes which include a summer camp...

NASHVILLE, United States — Singer Gramps Morgan recently participated in an initiative by Free Guitars 4 Kids, where 100 children were gifted with guitars. The Nashville-based organisation’s mantra is to change the lives of children through the gift of music. “One of my friends from Wash House Music Group, Jonas Teele, reached out to me about it, that it was going down, and once I heard about it, I had...

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Councillor for the Bellefield division in Manchester Central, Mario Mitchell, has rubbished claims by the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) Rhoda Crawford that she is the hardest working MP the seat has seen. Crawford made the claim on Monday at a workers' meeting at Manchester High School. "I don't have to come to defend my record of performance; I know you know, every Jamaican in Jamaica and...

TRELAWNY, Falmouth — A man who fatally stabbed a taxi operator during a dispute and was subsequently beaten by angry onlookers on Friday night, is now in the custody of the Falmouth Police. The deceased has been identified as 34-year-old Steven Morris, a taxi operator of Duncans Hill, Trelawny. According to police reports, about 8:00 pm, Morris was operating his taxi when, upon reaching Tharpe Street in Falmouth, an argument...

INGLEWOOD, United States (AFP) -- Mexico launched their bid for a 10th CONCACAF Gold Cup crown with a nervy 3-2 win over the Dominican Republic in Los Angeles on Saturday. Mexico looked to be cruising to a comfortable win after Edson Alvarez and Raul Jimenez scored moments either side of half-time to put the defending champions 2-0 up at SoFi Stadium. Alvarez put "El Tri" into the lead with a...

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