Cruise line adds free drink packages on cruises to the Caribbean through 2026
MIAMI (CF) — This special promotion from Costa Cruises will allow you to receive the “Cruise Plus Drinks” fare for the price of a “Cruise Only fare." The “Cruise Plus…
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The owner of a Dominican nightclub whose roof collapsed, killing 232, speaks for the first time
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — A roof that collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic and killed 232 people this month had filtration problems for decades and had been repeatedly fixed…
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Dominican Republic under fire as deportations of pregnant and breastfeeding women to Haiti rise
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United Nations and human rights activists are warning about an increase in pregnant women being deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti, where they say their lives are…
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The first lawsuit is filed over the deadly nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic. The family of…
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and…
Dominican club collapse death toll rises to 226 after woman pulled from rubble dies in hospital
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — A woman hospitalized after being rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic died on Saturday, raising the death toll…
53 frantic hours of searching for survivors after the roof collapses at an iconic Dominican club
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — A roof collapse at the legendary Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo has plunged the Dominican Republic into mourning. Authorities say the disaster early Tuesday killed 222 people and injured more than…
What to know about the roof collapse at the Jet Set club in the Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The roof of an iconic nightclub in the Dominican capital collapsed during a merengue concert, killing at least 124 people and injuring hundreds more. Politicians, athletes and a…
Frantic search for survivors as roof collapse in Dominican Republic kills at least 113
SANTO DOMINGO — At least 113 people died and more than 160 were injured after a roof fell at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic, authorities said.…
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Dominican Republic to crack down harder on migrants as Haitians flee violence
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Dominican President Luis Abinader has announced more than a dozen measures to crack down on migrants who have entered the Dominican Republic illegally as people in…