WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the U.S. eases restrictions in a bid to return to pre-...

Two people have been confirmed dead following a motor vehicle accident along the Osborne Store main road in Clarendon this afternoon. The Star understands that a police officer was also injured and has been hospitalised. More details soon. We...

Employment of homeless persons is being considered as part of the programme of assistance to encourage economic independence and self-sufficiency among this population. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development...

The Montego Bay police are refuting claims of a standoff at the Accident and Emergency unit at the Cornwall Regional Hospital earlier today. Reports are that 25-year-old Tyrone Broomfield, a resident of Mafoota, in Mt. Horeb, St James was being...

Students from the Kingston College High School were this morning turned away at the school’s entrance by the principal and dean of discipline for unmet grooming standards. The process, which started at approximately 8:45 am, saw several...

Detectives from Half Way Tree Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) are currently probing the killing of a woman on Grayden Avenue, Kingston 10 on Monday. The woman has been identified as 29-year-old Saffia Davy, a Jamaican who resided in the United....

A 63-year-old ex-convict shocked persons in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday after he revealed that he was sentenced 20 times for removing dead bodies from the cemetery. The accused, Donovan Butler, also told the court that he...

A St Catherine man who is accused of swindling over $400,000 from his friend's bank account after offering assistance with online banking, was offered bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The allegations......

For Fabian Beepot, 68, her nephew Saiga Beepot, 31, was way more than just a taxi driver; he was a hero to his 10-year-old daughter. But last Saturday, Saiga's body was discovered about 6:05 p.m. in a gully along Newland Bridge, on Gem Road in...

Woman marries her cat A woman has married her cat, so that she doesn't have to give up the pet. Deborah Hodge tied the knot with her feline India last week in a park ceremony that was presided over by a legally ordained friend. Hodge wore a...

President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Service, Egerton Newman, says that he has been receiving at least two reports weekly from taxi companies, and even Uber drivers, that they are being robbed by men posing as passengers...

The St Mary Agricultural Show may have proven to be the ideal opportunity for aesthetician Roxanne Harrison to appeal to sun-soaked patrons to improve their beauty treatments. Harrison operates a holistic business, Coconut Creationz, a beauty...

Far removed from your typical vacation, a trip to the mystic Nanny Falls in Moore Town, Portland, is one that is filled with adventure that is much more than just something to get your feet wet. When we made our second attempt at the journey to.....

The leadership of the security forces is aware of the increase in contract killings on the island and will be developing various tactical approaches to remedy the worrying trend, says Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang. "It is a...

Elon Musk has reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform. The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world's wealthiest person, has said he wanted to...

Earlier today, residents and taxi operators protested deplorable road conditions in York Town, Clarendon. They claimed that heavy-duty vehicles transporting material to Foga Road where a bridge is being constructed are responsible for the...

Melorine Gizzard, the mother of slain teenage footballer Omar Laing, says that it was always his dream to make life better for her and the family. "Mi can't even bawl because him don't like when mi cry. Mi cyah sleep, mi cyah eat. Him always say.....

Last December, Denham Town resident Lorna Green received an enterprise development grant from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), which she said greatly improved her life financially. The 61-year-old not only operates a small clothes...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), through its National Safe Schools Unit, will seek to rename its annual Peace Day concert in honour of slain teenager Kenute Williams Jr, who was killed last month while he was on his way to school. National.....

Question: Can a squatter get the legal title to your property? There are certain things that have to be taken into consideration. Adverse possession Adverse possession can be defined as a doctrine under which a person in possession of...