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December 23, 2019

Family of US woman who died in Dominican Republic seeks answers after FedEx loses blood test sample

For William Cox, this will be the first Christmas he celebrates without his mother Leyla after she died under mysterious circumstances during a June vacation to the Dominican Republic. He attempted to have a blood sample shipped to a U.S. laboratory to hopefully uncover answers, but it was lost by FedEx, which said it has done everything in their power to locate it.

December 18, 2019

UN peacekeepers in Haiti fathered babies then abandoned mothers to lives of poverty, study finds

United Nations peacekeepers fathered children with women and girls in Haiti before abandoning the mothers to lives of poverty in the disaster-stricken Caribbean country, a new study has claimed.

December 14, 2019

Lindsay de Feliz, best-selling author, found dead in Dominican Republic in shallow grave: reports

A best-selling British author has become the latest victim of deadly violence in the Dominican Republic, according to reports.

November 15, 2019

Dominican Republic police arrest 8 following death of American teacher, report says

Police in the Dominican Republic reportedly have arrested eight people following the death of an American teacher who was discovered bound and strangled in her home there earlier this week.

November 14, 2019

American teacher found dead in Dominican Republic was tied up, suffocated, investigators say

The brutal murder of a former Michigan elementary school teacher discovered bound and strangled in her Dominican Republic home is being investigated as a potential robbery-gone-wrong, officials told Fox News on Thursday, emphasizing police were working diligently to “solve this case as quickly as possible."

November 12, 2019

Connecticut man accused of killing Anguilla hotel worker sought after skipping hearing, bench warrant issued

A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of Scott Hapgood, the Connecticut man charged in the death of a hotel worker who he claims attacked his family in Anguilla earlier this year, who's now been labeled a fugitive after he failed to show up for court on Monday.

October 2, 2019

Anguilla hotel worker's revised autopsy report upends asphyxiation narrative

The Anguilla resort worker believed to have died of asphyxiation during a struggle with a Connecticut banker earlier this year may have actually been killed from a cocaine overdose, a new autopsy report suggests.

September 25, 2019

Lorenzo becomes fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season, forecast to become major storm

A strengthening Lorenzo grew Wednesday morning into the fifth Atlantic hurricane of the season and is forecast to keep strengthening as another storm continues to swirl away from Puerto Rico. 

September 24, 2019

Tropical systems menace Puerto Rico, Bermuda as Lorenzo forecast to become 'large and powerful' hurricane

A trio of tropical systems are swirling in the Atlantic basin on Tuesday, with two of them forecast to impact land while a third is expected to become a major hurricane out in the open ocean. 

September 19, 2019

Jerry strengthens into a hurricane, eyes Puerto Rico and Bermuda

Tropical Storm Jerry strengthened into a hurricane Thursday morning and is expected to pass north of Puerto Rico on Saturday and east of the Bahamas on Sunday, before taking aim at an already storm-sacked Bermuda early next week.