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Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrants
Read full article: Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrantsThe Dominican Republic says it will start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country and expel up to 10,000 of them a week.
Dominican president warns of 'drastic measures' if anti-gang mission in Haiti fails
Read full article: Dominican president warns of 'drastic measures' if anti-gang mission in Haiti failsThe president of the Dominican Republic has warned that his administration would take โdrastic measuresโ to protect the country if a U.N.-backed mission in neighboring Haiti targeting gang violence fails.
11 killed and more than 30 injured after a truck plowed into a bar in the Dominican Republic
Read full article: 11 killed and more than 30 injured after a truck plowed into a bar in the Dominican RepublicAuthorities in the Dominican Republic say at least 11 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a truck plowed into a bar.
Hurricane warnings issued for Bermuda ahead of a strengthening Ernesto
Read full article: Hurricane warnings issued for Bermuda ahead of a strengthening ErnestoErnesto continued to strengthen on Thursday morning as it churned northward into the Atlantic about 250 miles northeast of the Turks and Caicos and the southeastern Bahamas.
Dominican activists protest against a new criminal code that would maintain a total abortion ban
Read full article: Dominican activists protest against a new criminal code that would maintain a total abortion banActivists in the Dominican Republic are protesting against a bill for a new criminal code that would retain a total abortion ban.
Wander Franco scheduled for Aug. 14 trial after being charged with sexual abuse of 14-year-old girl
Read full article: Wander Franco scheduled for Aug. 14 trial after being charged with sexual abuse of 14-year-old girlTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been formally charged by prosecutors in the Dominican Republic with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
5 migrants detained after landing on Hillsboro Beach, feds say
Read full article: 5 migrants detained after landing on Hillsboro Beach, feds sayBorder Patrol agents are investigating after they say five individuals from both Haiti and the Dominican Republic were apprehended following a โmigrant landingโ on Hillsboro Beach Sunday night.
Haiti's crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic
Read full article: Haiti's crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican RepublicAs soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries.
โNot just a random incidentโ: Florida murder of Miami-Dade mother remains unsolved
Read full article: โNot just a random incidentโ: Florida murder of Miami-Dade mother remains unsolvedKatherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas moved to the United States from the Dominican Republic about five years ago. Her life as a U.S. Citizen was short and detectives are trying to figure out why.
Rays' Wander Franco placed on administrative leave through June 1 as sexual abuse probe continues
Read full article: Rays' Wander Franco placed on administrative leave through June 1 as sexual abuse probe continuesTampa Bay All-Star shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative leave through June 1 under an agreement between Major League Baseball and the playersโ association while the investigation continues in an alleged relationship with a minor.
State emergency management director: Goal is to get hundreds of Floridians home from Haiti
Read full article: State emergency management director: Goal is to get hundreds of Floridians home from HaitiA Florida Division of Emergency Management flight from Haiti landed early Sunday morning at Orlando International Airport with 21 Floridians rescued from the crisis. Hundreds more want to leave.
โThereโs no excuse:โ Florida missionary speaks about rough mission to escape Haiti
Read full article: โThereโs no excuse:โ Florida missionary speaks about rough mission to escape HaitiMiriam Cinotti, a Florida missionary, was one of 13 U.S. citizens who were evacuated from Haiti over the weekend after gang violence sent the country into chaos.
This Week in South Florida: Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Read full article: This Week in South Florida: Sheila Cherfilus-McCormickThere is an ongoing scramble to staunch the street violence in Haiti's cities and neighborhoods and help the people whose families are watching from South Florida, helpless and bracing for the possibility of a Florida-bound mass exodus.
US forces fly in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel
Read full article: US forces fly in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnelThe U.S. military has flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel.
Superstar DJ Tiรซsto says he has to pull out of Super Bowl show for family reasons
Read full article: Superstar DJ Tiรซsto says he has to pull out of Super Bowl show for family reasonsDutch music producer DJ Tiรซsto has withdrawn from performing at Sunday's Super Bowl due to an undisclosed family matter.
Dominican judge orders conditional release of US rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine in domestic violence case
Read full article: Dominican judge orders conditional release of US rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine in domestic violence caseA judge has conditionally released U.S. rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine after he was arrested in the Dominican Republic last week on domestic violence charges.
Rays shortstop Wander Franco faces lesser charge as judge analyzes evidence in ongoing probe
Read full article: Rays shortstop Wander Franco faces lesser charge as judge analyzes evidence in ongoing probeWander Franco is facing a lesser charge after a judge in the Dominican Republic analyzed evidence that alleges the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and paid her mother thousands of dollars for her consent.
Dominican judge orders conditional release of Rays shortstop Wander Franco while probe continues
Read full article: Dominican judge orders conditional release of Rays shortstop Wander Franco while probe continuesA judge in the Dominican Republic has ordered the conditional release of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco.
Prosecutors accuse Rays shortstop Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation, money laundering
Read full article: Prosecutors accuse Rays shortstop Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation, money launderingDominican prosecutors have accused Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering following allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor whose mother also faces the same charges.
How Dominican women fight child marriage and teen pregnancy while facing total abortion bans
Read full article: How Dominican women fight child marriage and teen pregnancy while facing total abortion bansThe Dominican Republic is one of four Latin American countries criminalizing abortion without exceptions.
Tensions between Dominican Republic and Haiti flare after a brief armed standoff at the border
Read full article: Tensions between Dominican Republic and Haiti flare after a brief armed standoff at the borderThe Dominican Republic is accusing Haiti of multiple border violations in the latest dispute involving their shared frontier on the island of Hispaniola.
Biden will host Americas summit that focuses on supply chains, migration and new investment
Read full article: Biden will host Americas summit that focuses on supply chains, migration and new investmentPresident Joe Biden is gathering leaders from 10 other countries across the Americas in the U.S. capital to discuss the tightening of supply chains and address migration issues.
Biden meets with Dominican president on Haiti, sends Blinken to Israel, Jordan
Read full article: Biden meets with Dominican president on Haiti, sends Blinken to Israel, JordanPresident Joe Biden discussed the security situation in Haiti and the Israel-Hamas war zone on Thursday during a White House meeting with the president of the Dominican Republic.
Armed robbers target Tigers' Dominican complex in latest robbery of MLB facility in the country
Read full article: Armed robbers target Tigers' Dominican complex in latest robbery of MLB facility in the countryAuthorities say the Detroit Tigers complex in the Dominican Republic has been targeted in the latest robbery of a Major League Baseball facility in the country.
Armed robbery at St. Louis Cardinals complex in Dominican Republic leaves players, staff 'shaken'
Read full article: Armed robbery at St. Louis Cardinals complex in Dominican Republic leaves players, staff 'shaken'Authorities are seeking at least five people in an armed robbery of the St. Louis Cardinals complex in the Dominican Republic on Friday.
Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti. But a diplomatic crisis persists
Read full article: Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti. But a diplomatic crisis persistsThe Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier amid an ongoing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river.
Dominican Republic to reopen its border to essential trade but not Haitians
Read full article: Dominican Republic to reopen its border to essential trade but not HaitiansThe Dominican Republic government says it will temporarily allow the trade of essential Dominican products, including food and medications, on the border with Haiti.
Haiti's government to oversee canal project that prompted Dominican Republic to close all borders
Read full article: Haiti's government to oversee canal project that prompted Dominican Republic to close all bordersHaitiโs government is doubling down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that prompted the neighboring Dominican Republic last week to shutter land, air and sea borders that both countries share.
Dominican Republic's president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti
Read full article: Dominican Republic's president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with HaitiThe president of the Dominican Republic is defending his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in a dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river that runs through both countries.
Dominican Republic to close all borders with Haiti in a dispute over a canal
Read full article: Dominican Republic to close all borders with Haiti in a dispute over a canalThe Dominican Republicโs president has announced he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in a dispute over a canal on the Haitian side that would divert water from a border river.
Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute
Read full article: Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal disputeHaitiโs government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that countryโs president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal.
3 arrested in Dominican Republic as part of investigation into explosion that killed 34
Read full article: 3 arrested in Dominican Republic as part of investigation into explosion that killed 34Three people have been arrested in the Dominican Republic as part of an ongoing investigation into a powerful explosion at a plastics company that killed at least 34 people earlier this month.
The Dominican Republic, Australia and Italy reach the knockout stage of basketball's World Cup
Read full article: The Dominican Republic, Australia and Italy reach the knockout stage of basketball's World CupThe Dominican Republic, Australia and Italy have advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup.
Dominican's recovery, penguin peril and GOP denial: What to know about extreme weather now
Read full article: Dominican's recovery, penguin peril and GOP denial: What to know about extreme weather nowThe Dominican Republic is getting back on its feet after Tropical Storm Franklin struck the island nation, causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people and knocked out power and water to hundreds of thousands.
At least 1 person is dead and 2 are missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
Read full article: At least 1 person is dead and 2 are missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican RepublicTropical Storm Franklin is unleashing heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic after making landfall in the countryโs southern region.
Tropical Storm Franklin nears the Dominican Republic and Haiti bringing torrential rain
Read full article: Tropical Storm Franklin nears the Dominican Republic and Haiti bringing torrential rainThe Dominican Republic has shut down much of the country as Tropical Storm Franklin takes aim at the island of Hispaniola that it shares with Haiti and threatens to unleash landslides and heavy floods.
Dominican investigation of Rays' Wander Franco is being led by gender violence and minors division
Read full article: Dominican investigation of Rays' Wander Franco is being led by gender violence and minors divisionA prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says the investigation into Tampa Bay Rays All-Star shortstop Wander Francoโs alleged relationship with a minor is being handled by a division specializing in minors and gender violence in the province of Peravia.
Ecuador court says congress can pursue impeaching president
Read full article: Ecuador court says congress can pursue impeaching presidentEcuadorโs Constitutional Court has ruled the opposition-dominated National Assembly can take up the question of whether to impeach President Guillermo Lasso over allegations of crimes against state security and corruption.
Dominican sugar imports tied to forced labor rejected by US
Read full article: Dominican sugar imports tied to forced labor rejected by USThe U.S. government says it will detain all imports of sugar and related products made in the Dominican Republic by the country's largest sugar producer amid allegations that it uses forced labor.
Dominican Republic rejects criticism of Haitian deportations
Read full article: Dominican Republic rejects criticism of Haitian deportationsThe Dominican Republic said it โprofusely rejectsโ the denunciation of its crackdowns on Haitian migrants by a growing number of countries and human rights agencies.
Feds: Cocaine worth $450,000 seized from wheelchair wheels
Read full article: Feds: Cocaine worth $450,000 seized from wheelchair wheelsFederal authorities say customs officers at New Yorkโs Kennedy International Airport seized $450,000 worth of cocaine from a traveler who was smuggling the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair.
Developing late season storm to deliver nasty week of weather
Read full article: Developing late season storm to deliver nasty week of weatherAn unusual and impactful late season storm developing north of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico โ designated Invest 98L โ will gradually organize over the next several days and slide westward toward Florida, bringing dangerous seas, widespread coastal flooding and beach erosion, gusty squalls, and the potential for heavy rain to a wide stretch of Floridaโs Atlantic coast starting Tuesday into Wednesday.
Fiona grows into Category 4 storm, heads toward Bermuda
Read full article: Fiona grows into Category 4 storm, heads toward BermudaHurricane Fiona strengthened into a Category 4 storm Wednesday after devastating Puerto Rico, then lashing the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week.
Formidable Fiona strengthens, closely monitoring a new Atlantic disturbance
Read full article: Formidable Fiona strengthens, closely monitoring a new Atlantic disturbanceHurricane Fiona was unencumbered after clipping the eastern shores of the Dominican Republic Monday morning, and steadily strengthened into the Atlanticโs first Category 3 hurricane of 2022 overnight.
Fiona swipes Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico faces big cleanup
Read full article: Fiona swipes Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico faces big cleanupHurricane Fiona is blasting the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remain without electricity or running water.
Fiona dumps more rain on Puerto Rico; troops rescue hundreds
Read full article: Fiona dumps more rain on Puerto Rico; troops rescue hundredsHurricane Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island, and National Guard troops rescued hundreds of people who got stranded.
Fiona enters the Caribbean, hurricane watches hoisted for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
Read full article: Fiona enters the Caribbean, hurricane watches hoisted for Puerto Rico and the Dominican RepublicThe center of Tropical Storm Fiona passed over Guadeloupe โ part of the chain of islands flanking the northeastern Caribbean โ last night, bringing heavy rains and gusty winds, at times reaching nearly 60 mph, while hurricane watches went up this morning for Puerto Rico and portions of the Dominican Republic as the storm tracked westward into the eastern Caribbean.
Storm Fiona poses threat for Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
Read full article: Storm Fiona poses threat for Puerto Rico, Dominican RepublicTropical Storm Fiona was forecast to move across the Caribbeanโs easternmost islands Friday night before slowing to a spot just south of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico late Saturday and Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
5 dead, 68 Haitians rescued from waters near Puerto Rico
Read full article: 5 dead, 68 Haitians rescued from waters near Puerto RicoAuthorities say at least five Haitian migrants have drowned and 68 others have been rescued after a suspected human smuggling boat dropped the group off in waters near an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.
World Baseball Classic returning in 2023 and loanDepot park will see plenty of action
Read full article: World Baseball Classic returning in 2023 and loanDepot park will see plenty of actionThe World Baseball Classic will return in 2023 and on Thursday the dates, venues and pools for the tournament were revealed.
MIA officials: 1 runway reopens, other needs repairs after fiery landing
Read full article: MIA officials: 1 runway reopens, other needs repairs after fiery landingOne of two runways closed after the fiery landing of a Dominican airliner at Miami International Airport is likely to reopen Friday, according to airport officials.
Passengers recall fear after planeโs gear collapses, wing catches on fire at MIA
Read full article: Passengers recall fear after planeโs gear collapses, wing catches on fire at MIASome of the 126 people who were aboard an MD-82 jetliner that caught on fire on Tuesday during a rough landing at Miami International Airport said they feared for their lives.
Fatal boat trip highlights Haitians fleeing violence
Read full article: Fatal boat trip highlights Haitians fleeing violenceHaitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they step onto rickety wooden boats as they attempt to reach Puerto Rico โ a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.
$160 million in seized drugs offloaded in Miami Beach
Read full article: $160 million in seized drugs offloaded in Miami BeachThe drugs are worth more than $160 million and were offloaded at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach before returning to homeport in Pensacola by the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntlessโ crew.
Private investigator says drug kingpin targeted David Ortiz
Read full article: Private investigator says drug kingpin targeted David OrtizPrivate investigators hired by David Ortiz say a Dominican drug trafficker who was jealous of Ortiz and felt disrespected by him had Ortiz shot at a Dominican nightclub in 2019.
Suspect in Haiti presidentโs assassination extradited to Miami
Read full article: Suspect in Haiti presidentโs assassination extradited to MiamiU.S. authorities say a businessman accused in the July 7 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moรฏse was extradited to face criminal charges in Miami after he was detained in the Dominican Republic.
Music producer Flow La Movie killed when jet bound for Florida crashes in Dominican Republic
Read full article: Music producer Flow La Movie killed when jet bound for Florida crashes in Dominican RepublicPuerto Rican music producer Flow La Movie was among nine people killed when a private jet bound for Florida crashed in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday.
Child sex crimes fugitive arrives in Miami-Dade after 10 years of hiding in Dominican Republic
Read full article: Child sex crimes fugitive arrives in Miami-Dade after 10 years of hiding in Dominican RepublicA 54-year-old fugitive who was wanted for sexually abusing teenage boys flew from the Dominican Republic to Miami-Dade County on Thursday afternoon.
Henri continues to dump rain on the Northeast while there are two disturbances to watch
Read full article: Henri continues to dump rain on the Northeast while there are two disturbances to watchHenri dumped record rainfall on New York City and surrounding areas in the hours before landfall Saturday night. An outer band related to then-Hurricane Henri was enhanced by a strong upper-level low-pressure system to the west to produce the torrent that fell in some areas.
Grace tracks south, Fred will make landfall, and a new system has formed
Read full article: Grace tracks south, Fred will make landfall, and a new system has formedTropical Depression Grace is not going to head toward Florida. Just like Fred last week, it insists on tracking down the left side โ the south side โ of the cone.
Grace weakens to tropical depression; Tropical Storm Fred gains strength in Gulf
Read full article: Grace weakens to tropical depression; Tropical Storm Fred gains strength in GulfSouth Florida largely dodged Fred, which could now strengthen back into a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico, but weโll be carefully watching Tropical Storm Grace as it moves its way in this direction in the coming days.
Remnants of Fred enter lower Gulf, expected to restrengthen
Read full article: Remnants of Fred enter lower Gulf, expected to restrengthenRemnants of Fred have entered the lower Gulf of Mexico amid forecasts it would regain tropical storm strength late in the weekend as it moves toward the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.
Whatโs left of Fred is heading back over water โ Florida still has to pay attention
Read full article: Whatโs left of Fred is heading back over water โ Florida still has to pay attentionAs expected, Fredโs circulation was ripped to shreds by the tall mountains in the Dominican Republic and Haiti last night. Whatโs left of it has moved out over the Atlantic near the eastern tip of Cuba. The question is, can it recover? And if it does, how quickly?
Fred weaker, but likely to drench Florida as tropical storm
Read full article: Fred weaker, but likely to drench Florida as tropical stormTropical depression Fred is heading for a drenching of Cuba and the Bahamas on a forecast track that would carry it toward South Florida as a tropical storm by Saturday.
What happens today with Tropical Storm Fred will determine how it affects South Florida
Read full article: What happens today with Tropical Storm Fred will determine how it affects South FloridaTropical Storm Fred is a messy-looking tropical storm just south of the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic.
Power outages hit Dominican Republic as TS Fred weakens
Read full article: Power outages hit Dominican Republic as TS Fred weakensTropical Storm Fred has weakened to a tropical depression while sweeping over the Dominican Republic and dumping heavy rains that forecasters warn could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides there and in neighboring Haiti.
Caribbean disturbance on track to impact Florida late week
Read full article: Caribbean disturbance on track to impact Florida late weekThe tropical disturbance we are following โ officially designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Six โ has moved into the Caribbean Sea on a track that will take it near or over the mountains of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Tropical Storm Fred forms just south of Puerto Rico, Florida in cone of concern
Read full article: Tropical Storm Fred forms just south of Puerto Rico, Florida in cone of concernTropical Storm Fred officially became the sixth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season late Tuesday night as it strengthened and became better organized while moving south of Puerto Rico. The center of Fred is now just south of the eastern Dominican Republic.
Timely bunt rallies Japan past DR in 9th in Olympic opener
Read full article: Timely bunt rallies Japan past DR in 9th in Olympic openerKai Takuya drove in the tying run with a perfectly placed sacrifice bunt, Hayato Sakamoto followed with a game-ending, bases-loaded single and the Japanese rallied from three runs down in the ninth inning to beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the Olympic baseball opener.
Haitiโs interim PM confirms request for US troops to country
Read full article: Haitiโs interim PM confirms request for US troops to countryHaitiโs interim government has asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moรฏse.
3 dead as Elsa speeds through Caribbean, aims for Cuba
Read full article: 3 dead as Elsa speeds through Caribbean, aims for CubaTropical Storm Elsa is battering the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it speeds through the Caribbean, killing at least three people.
Florida remains in Hurricane Elsaโs long-range forecast path
Read full article: Florida remains in Hurricane Elsaโs long-range forecast pathHurricane Elsa was moving toward the west-northwest near 30 mph through the eastern Caribbean Friday evening, and the National Hurricane Centerโs long-range forecast path still included Florida.