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Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Jamaica’s government has turned to the FBI for help as it investigates a massive fraud case involving a private investment firm where $12.7 million belonging to renowned sprinter Usain Bolt has gone missing. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) **FILE**

Jamaica: FBI to help probe massive fraud case targeting Usain Bolt

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Curling Jamaica, Jamaica's Ben Kong looks out at the sheet during a practice game against Hong Kong on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Unionville Curling Club in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The Jamaican curlers are sliding into the footsteps of the bobsledders that brought the tropical island nation to the Winter Olympics and became an international sensation. (Sandy Ewart/Curling Jamaica photo via AP)

Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

People protest to demand an apology and slavery reparations during a visit to the former British colony by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate, in Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The two-day visit to Jamaica is part of a larger trip to the Caribbean region encouraged by Queen Elizabeth II as some countries debate cutting ties with the monarchy like Barbados did late last year. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

Prince William expresses sorrow for slavery in Jamaica visit

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Bob Marley-branded marijuana shop planned for reggae great’s Jamaican home

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

USA's Sergino Dest, left, duels for the ball with Jamaica's Kasey Palmer during the international friendly soccer match between USA and Jamaica at SC Wiener Neustadt stadium in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

US beats Jamaica 4-1 in soccer exhibition in Austria

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, the Hotel Nacional stands devoid of tourists during the new coronavirus pandemic in Havana, Cuba. The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s most tourism-dependent regions. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, File)

Sun, sand, shots: Caribbean seeks vaccines to revive economy

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2014 file photo, legalization advocate and reggae legend Bunny Wailer smokes a pipe stuffed with marijuana during a &quot;reasoning&quot; session in a yard in Kingston, Jamaica. Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in his native Jamaica, according to his manager. He was 73. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, dies in Jamaica at age 73

By SHARLENE HENDRICKS - Associated Press

International court finds Jamaica violated rights of gays

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2013 file photo, farmer Breezy shows off the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a tour of his plantation in Jamaica's central mountain town of Nine Mile. While the island has a regulated medical marijuana industry and decriminalized small amounts of weed in 2015, it is running low on the illegal market, due to heavy heavy rains followed by extended drought, an increase in consumption and a drop in the number of traditional marijuana farmers. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)

Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle

By SHARLENE HENDRICKS and DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft prepares to demonstrate aerial refueling capabilities during an aerial refueling demonstration over Kyrgyzstan, June 8, 2012. The C-17's primary mission is to transport personnel and cargo into and out of the area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman) ** FILE **

U.S. ships field hospital to Jamaica to aid COVID-19 effort

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 3, 2018 file photo, Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. In a statement from a family member, Hibbert died on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 3, 2016 file photo, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness waves to the crowd after being sworn into office, in Kingston, Jamaica. Polls show Holness' Jamaica Labour Party, JLP, with double-digit leads over the center-left opposition, more than enough to maintain the JLP's parliamentary majority in the Thursday, Aug. 3, 2020 election. (AP Photo/Collin Reid, File)

Jamaica’s Holness wins big in bet on early elections

By SHARLENE HENDRICKS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 3, 2016 file photo, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness waves to the crowd after being sworn into office, in Kingston, Jamaica. Polls show Holness' Jamaica Labour Party, JLP, with double-digit leads over the center-left opposition, more than enough to maintain the JLP's parliamentary majority in the Thursday, Aug. 3, 2020 election. (AP Photo/Collin Reid, File)

Jamaica’s ruling party has strong poll lead as nation votes

By SHARLENE HENDRICKS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, file photo, Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts to his win in the men's 100-meter final t the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Jamaican official says Usain Bolt tests positive for COVID

Associated Press

Woman receives double lung transplant during pandemic

By BILL LYNCH and Charleston Gazette-Mail - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2019, file photo, silver medal winner Justin Gatlin, of the United States, smiles during the medal ceremony for the men's 100m event at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Gatlin and Jamaican Asafa Powell may be late 30-something sprinters but they feel as youthful as ever. There's no retirement talk even with the Tokyo Games delayed for a year due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

The old guards: Gatlin, Powell hanging on for games in 2021

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

Man arrested in Jamaica for Vermont killing to be arraigned

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Man wanted in girlfriend’s killing arrested in Jamaica

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A sinkhole is surrounded by police tape after it appeared when a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba, at Public Beach on West Bay, Grand Cayman, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The quake also hit the Cayman Islands, leaving cracked roads and what appeared to be sewage spilling from cracked mains. There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or more severe damage. (Taneos Ramsay/Cayman Compass via AP)

Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries

By Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

Prosecutors: Husband of speaker’s aide faces drug charge

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