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Fishermen sail on a boat at Port Royal in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Powerful Hurricane Matthew a threat to Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba

By David McFadden - Associated Press

The Latest: Matthew strengthens to Category 5 hurricane

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Matthew strengthens into Category 5 hurricane in Caribbean

By HOWARD CAMPBELL - Associated Press

Supporters of gay marriage in Wisconsin and Indiana attend a rally at the federal plaza in Chicago on Aug. 25, 2014. The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Aug. 26 on gay marriage fights from Indiana and Wisconsin, setting the stage for one ruling. Each case deals with whether statewide gay marriage bans violate the Constitution. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Federal judges debate bisexuality in immigration case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Jamaica’s Rudolph Austin, facing camera, celebrates with teammates Joel McAnuff, left, and Je-Vaughn Watson, right, as United States’ DeAndre Yedlin walks off the pitch after Jamaica defeated the United States 2-1 in a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer semifinal Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

United States searching for something positive after loss to Jamaica in Gold Cup

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in a historical car greets spectators during the opening ceremony of the Golden Spike athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. (Jaroslav Ozana/CTK via AP) SLOVAKIA OUT

Usain Bolt wins 200 at cold, wet Golden Spike meet

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Obama puts wrong date in Jamaican guest book

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 27, 2015 photo, Jamaican Jewish community leader Ainsley Henriques poses for a photo on the sand covered floor of Sha’are Shalom, Jamaica's last synagogue, in Kingston. The dwindling congregation of the historic Kingston temple is trying to preserve their history and attract tourists who can appreciate it. In Jamaica in the 1800s, there were as many as eight synagogues and roughly 2,500 Jews, including quite a few who had a notable influence on civic life. (AP Photo/David McFadden)

Jamaica hopes Jewish tourism can help fading community

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

Jamaican Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, front, wins the &quot;Mano a Mano&quot; men's 100m challenge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Jamaica sets campaign to develop sports tourism

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Joel Grant, Wes Morgan and Lloyd Doyley, from left, of Jamaika stop Xherdan Shaqiri of Switzerland, during the international friendly soccer match between Switzerland and Jamaica at the swissporarena in Lucerne, Switzerland, Friday, May 30, 2014. Switzerland are preparing for the upcoming FIFA soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sigi Tischler)

Drmic strikes again, Switzerland beats Jamaica 1-0

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Protest over Jamaica university firing AIDS doctor

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

Lobbyists call for Jamaica to decriminalize pot

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Athletes from right, Justin Gatlin of the United States, Michael Rodgers of the United States and Nesta Carter of Jamaica cross the finishing line during their 100m of the Diamond League Track and Field competition in Shanghai, China Sunday, May 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Gatlin wins 100 at Shanghai Diamond League meet

By JUSTIN BERGMAN - Associated Press

Netball tries to gain on basketball’s turf in US

By JENNIFER KAY - Associated Press

In this, April 4, 2014, photo, homeless youths hang out at the entrance of a sewer pipe along a trash-strewn canal where they live beneath a busy road in Kingston, Jamaica. They are part of a small group of young, gay and transgender Jamaicans who mostly sell sex to make money. In much of the world, giving out condoms and guidance to gay, bisexual and transgender sex workers is routine. But reaching out to men who have sex with men is practically revolutionary in parts of the English-speaking Caribbean, where homophobia and laws criminalizing gay sex have long driven people underground. (AP Photo/David McFadden) - JAMAICA OUT

New effort to halt spread of HIV in the Caribbean

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2010, file photo, DEA agents bring Jamaican gang leader Christopher &quot;Dudus&quot; Coke From Westchester County Airport to a waiting vehicle in White Plains, New York. Investigators in Jamaica have traced a relatively paltry sum of dirty money to a convicted gang kingpin who profited from government contracts while he oversaw an international crime syndicate, a senior official said Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/David Karp, File)

Jamaica traces just $300,000 to gang kingpin

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

Team USA wins 4 of 6 races in Penn Relays

By DAVE ZEITLIN - Associated Press

FILE- In this file photo dated Saturday, March 8, 2014, Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown runs in the 60m heats during the Athletics World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. Sport’s highest appeals body, The Court of Arbitration for Sport released its full report Tuesday April 15, 2014, saying Jamaican Olympic sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown was cleared of doping because of blatant flaws in the test collection procedures and possible ``environmental contamination’’ of her urine sample. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, FILE)

Jamaica agency admits sprinter’s test was flawed

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

LIRR warns of possible evening delays

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