One dead after plane from Florida crashes in Turks and Caicos Islands
COCKBURN TOWN — One person is dead after a small plane that departed from South Florida crashed Tuesday while attempting to land at an airport in the Turks and Caicos,…
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US warns of corruption and reported bribery aimed at destabilizing Haiti as crisis deepens
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — U.S. officials announced Friday they are aware of “reported bribery attempts” aimed at destabilizing Haiti, raising concerns that the troubled country could sink further into crisis. The announcements…
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Judge in Grenada sentences 3 escaped prisoners found guilty in killing of US yachting couple
ST. GEORGE'S (AP) — Three escaped prisoners from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada who were accused of killing an elderly U.S. couple last year after hijacking their catamaran have been sentenced. Ron Mitchell,…
Coast Guard rescues 4 seaman aboard disabled vessel
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard cutter Joseph Doyle and a Station San Juan boat crew assisted four mariners aboard the disabled vessel Sueño I off Carolina, Puerto Rico, Wednesday. Assisted…
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Haitians file class-action lawsuit to stop Trump administration from ending TPS
WASHINGTON — A group of Haitians with Temporary Protected Status is challenging the Trump administration’s end of legal protections from deportation for nationals of Haiti. The class-action lawsuit was filed…
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Royal Caribbean lifts annual profit forecast on steady cruise demand
MIAMI (Reuters) — Royal Caribbean raised its annual profit forecast this week, banking on resilient demand for its luxury destinations, even as the cruise operator faces pressure from higher fuel costs.…
A submersible finds sea creatures thriving in the deepest parts of the ocean
NEW YORK (AP) — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can…
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Dominican authorities chase a boat for more than 12 hours and net 1½ tons of coke
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday that they chased a boat for more than 12 hours and discovered 1½ tons of cocaine aboard it. It’s…
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Toddler bites cobra to death after venomous 3ft-long snake coiled itself around his hands in India
A two-year-old boy in India has stunned his community after he bit a three-feet-long cobra to death. Infant Govinda Kumar bravely fought back against the venomous snake when it coiled itself around…
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Police say 3 killed, 10 injured in the Turks and Caicos Islands’ first mass shooting
COCKBURN TOWN (AP) — Three young men were killed and 10 others injured at a popular nightspot in the Turks and Caicos Islands in what authorities called the British territory’s first mass shooting in…