Bahamas

A woman who survived an explosion that made international headlines is now issuing an impassioned plea to people everywhere to donate blood — a gift she said saved her life. “All that I could do was desperately fight to stay alive,” Stefanie Schaffer said of the moments following an explosion that nearly killed her. Schaffer is the Vermont dancer who…

A woman who survived an explosion in the Bahamas is asking people everywhere to help improve and even save lives like hers.

Vermont native Stefanie Schaffer, 25, spoke Tuesday at Rutland’s Paramount Theatre about her long recovery after losing her legs — and nearly her life — in a boat explosion in the Bahamas in October 2018. Schaffer spoke of how blood donations kept her alive and urged people to give blood to help alleviate what American Red Cross has described a...

Unvaccinated travelers are gravitating to Caribbean islands that will let them in, while the vaccinated want places that keep the unimmunized out.

Parents of a group of Winthrop teenagers are speaking out after passengers blamed them for delaying their vacation to the Bahamas over a mask dispute.

An American Airlines flight to from North Carolina to the Bahamas was delayed overnight after a group of students refused to comply with the federal mask mandate, according to the airline.

Travel searches are surging, and bookings aren’t far behind. But it isn’t happening uniformly across continents. Here’s who is booking and where they’re going.

The Bahamian island Faith Hill and Tim McGraw spent years and many millions to develop is on the market for $35 million.

More than a year after cruising came to a standstill as Covid gripped cabins, holidaymakers are seeing signs that cruises could be making a comeback.

Travelers who test positive for Covid abroad can face unexpected quarantines and substandard medical options, unless they have a way to get home.

First it was Barbados and Estonia, now it’s the Bahamas, Croatia, Dubai and Madeira. See the newest places where digital nomads can live and work abroad.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a boat with about 20 people on board that was three days overdue to arrive in Florida after leaving the Bahamas

Newly formed Hurricane Isaias is bearing down on the Bahamas and the U.S. East Coast

After bringing heavy rain and wind to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Isaias has strengthened into a Hurricane and is moving toward Florida.

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Months after Hurricane Dorian flattened and flooded Great Abaco Island, the devastation looks much as it did when the storm swept through in September — the strongest ever to hit the Bahamas, NBC News reports. The official death toll stands at 70, but officials have said that more than 600 undocumented residents may have drowned and been washed out to sea.

A dog who survived for weeks in the rubble left in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has earned its new name — Miracle. Big Dog Ranch Rescue, a rescue base in Loxahatchee Groves, Florida, got word on Friday morning that there was a dog in need of emergency care. By 1 p.m. on Friday, Miracle had arrived...

President Donald Trump wants Pete Gaynor, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, to have the job permanently. Trump says in a statement Thursday that he intends to nominate Gaynor to be the permanent head of the government’s disaster response agency. Gaynor has filled the role on an acting basis since February, when Brock Long stepped down over questions about...

Authorities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands reported limited power outages, flooding and landslides as Tropical Storm Karen swirled away from the northeast Caribbean early Wednesday. Some schools and government offices were expected to reopen in the region with the exception of those in St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ernesto Morales, a meteorologist with the National...

The chef and restaurateur behind Common Man in New Hampshire us returning to his roots to help with the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.