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Today's Horoscope — April 20, 2021

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, April 20, 2021:

US awaits Chauvin's verdict

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury yesterday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the video of the black man with Chauvin's knee on his...

Vincentian man climbs volcano; scientist says action dotish

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — The lead scientist monitoring La Soufri�re volcano, Professor Richard Robertson, yesterday described as dotish and not an act of bravery the decision by a man to climb the erupting volcano on Sunday.

Czech, Russian envoys fly home amid depot explosion dispute

PRAGUE (AP) — The two Russian military agents believed to be behind a massive Czech depot explosion in 2014 likely targeted the ammunition, not the Czech Republic itself, the country's prime minister and prosecutor general said yesterday.

Leaders of Proud Boys ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — A federal judge yesterday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on charges they planned and coordinated an attack on the US Capitol to stop Congress from...

Some churches turn away worshippers after maximum 30

SOME churches had to turn away people yesterday after they reached the maximum 30 that the Government allows as part of measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A blind woman's desperate battle with COVID-19

KASSANDRA Smith of Coleyville, Manchester, is a blind woman who felt the sting of the novel coronavirus and vows, “I would never wish it on my worst enemy.” It's a thought frequently expressed by people who have had one of those excruciating encounters with...

'It's not anything anyone would want to experience'

AFTER more than two weeks of eruptions from La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent, there continues to be fear and worry among some citizens.

Bank sends relief items to St Vincent

CIBC FirstCaribbean has sent a shipment of much-needed supplies to St Vincent and the Grenadines as the region rallies to assist the thousands of people in the island who have been displaced by the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.

Car wash operator shot dead hours after party killing

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — The police theorise that yesterday's murder of a 48-year-old man was in reprisal for Saturday night's gun slaying of Andrew Campbell, popularly called Kid, at an illegal offshore party.

Young men hail articulated truck driving programme

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Participants enrolled in the inaugural articulated truck driving programme being offered by the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) in Flanker, St James, say the initiative will provide an opportunity for young men to eke out a...