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KINGSTON, Jamaica- This is the O-wrap: Here are the stories making headlines today.

WATCH: ‘God wasn’t ready for me to leave Jamaica yet’

Johnson Smith ran a distinguished, exemplary campaign — Holness

Highway 2000 toll operators seeking toll increase

Teacher sentenced to over 30 years for sexual assault, murder of 13-y-o

CISOCA seeks public’s assistance in finding man who exposed himself to child on JUTC bus

Hanover police unearth photos of triple murder suspects, appeal for public’s help

US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion

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