LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors were put on notice as far back as 2016 that Alexander Smirnov, the confidential FBI informant whose alleged lies about
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Royal Caribbean Suspends Cruise Visits to Haiti’s Labadee Amid Gang Violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Royal Caribbean is suspending cruise ship ports of call in Labadee, on the northern coast of Haiti, as violence escalates in the
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17 charged in cocaine trafficking operation from Puerto Rico to Pittsburgh
SAN JUAN — More than a dozen people have been charged in connection with an operation trafficking “significant quantities” of cocaine from Puerto Rico to
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A plan to find new leadership for Haiti is moving forward, Caribbean officials say
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those
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Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential
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Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is
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Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case
ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others, but
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Author Mitch Albom evacuated from Haiti amid gang violence and unrest
PORT-AU-PRINCE — American author Mitch Albom was evacuated from Haiti amid ongoing gang violence and unrest. Albom, 65, was visiting his orphanage Have Faith Haiti when
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Haiti’s future is being planned on two tracks: traditional political power and gang power
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s future is being planned on two tracks — one involving traditional political power, the other focused on the power of gangs.
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Kenya’s government puts deployment of police to Haiti on hold after chaos grips the Caribbean nation
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti following the unprecedented violence that erupted in the Caribbean
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