CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Officers assigned to the Criminal Investigation Bureau were dispatched to the Mariel Newton Command to investigate a report of unlawful sexual contact
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For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return
TIJUANA (AP) — When Vivianne Petit Frere fled her native Haiti for Brazil in 2019 and later walked through the Panamanian jungle and on to
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Golden Rock murder suspect arrested after two years on the lam
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man wanted on murder charges was arrested Friday, after evading police for two years. Daniel Ramos, 23, was arrested and
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As gangs rampage through Haiti’s capital, more than 33,000 people have fled in 13 days, report finds
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 33,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in a span of nearly two weeks as gangs continue to pillage homes and
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Haiti gang leader killed as transition council nears completion
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Attacks, including a shooting that left a gang leader dead, flared in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday as political groups appeared nearer to
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Gunmen kill 40 in attack at concert hall near Moscow, state news agency says
MOSCOW (Reuters) — At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons
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Mother charged with daughter’s murder to undergo psychiatric evaluation
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A mother charged with killing her 9-year-old daughter appeared in court this week and a judge ordered her to undergo a psychiatric
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Haitians emerge from homes during brief respite from gang violence. Hours later, gunfire erupts
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitians rushed to buy food and other basic supplies Thursday as they emerged from their homes during a rare respite from gang
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A team to choose Haiti’s next leader takes shape as gang violence engulfs the Caribbean nation
GEORGETOWN (AP) — Caribbean leaders said this week that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged
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Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence
DAJABON (AP) — Human rights activists are calling on the Dominican Republic’s government for a temporary reprieve in deportations as neighboring Haiti’s crisis spirals and people attempt
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