September 24, 2020 Pirates prospect arrested in deadly Dominican Republic crash: report Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz was reportedly arrested in a deadly crash in the Dominican Republic on Monday.
August 23, 2020 Tropical storms Marco, Laura near Gulf, expected to strengthen into hurricanes Tropical storm Marco could intensify into a hurricane Sunday and make landfall on the Louisiana coast by Monday as Tropical storm Laura heads for the same path.
August 22, 2020 MLB’s Washington Nationals fire employee after video shows coffee tossed in store cashier’s face The Washington Nationals say they have fired a team employee who was allegedly seen on video tossing two cups of hot coffee into the face of a convenience-store employee.
July 30, 2020 Tropical Storm Isaias: Americans should start preparing for 'winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge,' hurricane center says The U.S. National Hurricane Center is warning Americans Thursday to prepare for “a risk of impacts from winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge” as Tropical Storm Isaias is moving along its forecasted path toward the country’s east coast.
June 23, 2020 Red Sox legend David Ortiz hit with restraining order in Dominican Republic: report Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was handed a restraining order in the Dominican Republic last week after his former partner claimed he “intimidated and threatened” her last month, reports say.
May 7, 2020 NYC woman loses four family members to coronavirus in less than two weeks, sister fighting for life in ICU The tragedy suffered by Roman’s family is indicative of the disproportionate manner in which the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting black and Hispanic families in the United States.
March 1, 2020 Dominican Republic confirms 1st coronavirus case cruise denied entry Health officials in the Dominican Republic on Sunday reported the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean, a 62-year-old Italian citizen.
February 14, 2020 Dominican convicted murderer who escaped prison twice is recaptured in Panama Panamanian police on Thursday recaptured a Dominican man convicted of kidnapping and murdering five young people of Chinese descent, two weeks after he escaped prison for a second time.
February 7, 2020 Canadian tourist, 42, dies in Dominican Republic after falling down stairs at all-inclusive resort: report A Canadian man vacationing with his wife in the Dominican Republic died Wednesday morning after sustaining a head injury during a fall at an all-inclusive resort just outside of Puerto Plata, reports say.
January 8, 2020 Bill Clinton visits Dominican Republic, says island 'on its way to full recovery' after American deaths Former President Bill Clinton says the Dominican Republic is “well on its way to full recovery” following a series of deaths of American tourists in the island country last year.
