The Virgin Islands Daily News

The Virgin Islands Daily News is a daily publication located in the United States Virgin Islands, with its main office situated on the island of Saint Thomas. In 1995, it achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming one of the smallest newspapers to receive the esteemed Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The paper is issued daily, except on Sundays. In addition to its primary office in Saint Thomas, it also has a smaller bureau located on Saint Croix.

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Perimenopause Is Ruining My Sleep. What Can I Do?

3 days ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Erica Sweeney

Q: I’m a woman in my 40s and never seem to get a good night’s sleep. How can I get some rest? A: Maybe you toss and turn before dozing off, or you wake at 3 a.m., drenched in sweat, and can’t fall back asleep. These are common scenarios during perimenopause, the time of transition just before menopause when a woman’s period becomes irregular and her estrogen levels start to dip.
Canada moves to protect steel and aluminum firms, considers higher tariffs

5 days ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Randy Thanthong Knight

Canada has opened the door to increasing its tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum next month if trade talks with the Trump administration stall. The government “will adjust its existing counter-tariffs on steel and aluminium products on July 21, to levels consistent with progress that has been made in the broader trading arrangement with the United States,” according to a statement Thursday.
Taylor Jenkins Reid follows ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ with ‘Atmosphere’

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Cory Oldweiler

By CORY OLDWEILERThe Minnesota Star TribuneTaylor Jenkins Reid has kept busy since publishing her last novel three years ago.
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Mark Sherman |Mark Sherman

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to Tennessee’s.
How to Tackle Your To-Do List if You Struggle With Executive Functioning

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Christina Caron

The pomodoro technique. Power poses. Planners. Denise Daskal has tried them all, searching for the right strategy to improve her executive functioning, or the mental skills used to manage time and pursue goals. Daskal has spent hours hunting through TikTok, reading books and taking classes to become better organized and more focused both at work and in her personal life. But the long list of strategies, while somewhat helpful, has felt exhausting, she said.
‘Landman’ co-creator Christian Wallace on Season 2 and growing up in West Texas

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Brayden Garcia

FORT WORTH, Texas — Christian Wallace is proud to make “Landman” in his home state. The West Texas native always wanted to be a writer, but before he picked up the pen, Wallace worked in the Permian Basin oil fields as a roughneck. Later, he would join Texas Monthly as a fact-checker and soon as staff writer, crafting stories about everything from oil field medics to Myrtis Dightman — the Jackie Robinson of rodeo.
I Was Sidelined by Illness. This Soup Got Me Back in the Kitchen.

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Yewande Komolafe

A good recipe offers a clear set of instructions and a satisfying result. A great one is much more, engaging our imagination with each step, offering a way to replicate a meal after it’s been considered, made, consumed. But what happens when our ability to cook the food we love suddenly changes? What does it look like to document a sensory experience through an intermediary?
A Meal Just for the Guys, Except Mom Is Also Invited

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Brett Anderson

When I first proposed Guys’ Night to our sons, Oscar and Julius, it wasn’t our first rodeo. We had spent plenty of nights alone together. Formalizing the ritual was my attempt to awaken the sense of opportunity presented by a family meal minus Mom that went beyond the established pillars of pizza and screen time. The boys are enthusiastic, if idiosyncratic, eaters.
‘The Age of Trump’ Enters Its Second Decade

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Peter Baker

The trip down that escalator took less than 30 seconds, but it opened a much longer journey for the man and his country. It has been 10 years now, as of Monday, since Donald Trump descended to the lobby of his namesake tower to announce his campaign for president. Ten years of jaw-dropping, woke-busting, scandal-defying, status quo-smashing politics that have transformed America for good or ill in profoundly fundamental ways.
Five Weeknight Dishes: Seven Ingredients or Fewer, Because Summer

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Mia Leimkuhler

I love grocery shopping. When I travel, I don’t always hit the landmarks and must-sees. Instead, I’m beelining to supermarkets, open-air markets, specialty stores, convenience stores. My corner grocer has only two aisles, and on every visit, I go up and down each one to see if there’s anything new or anything discounted. “Oh, does this recipe need something we don’t have? I guess I’ll go get it,” I fake-exasperatedly say as I’m already walking out the door, tote bag on arm. But maybe this isn’t you.