Dominican Republic

Two friends who worked alongside each other at a Connecticut restaurant made a remarkable discovery: DNA testing revealed they are biological sisters

Julia Tinetti and Cassandra Madison always joked that they were sisters, but had no clue they shared a biological family in the Dominican Republic.

Hurricane Fiona left dozens of families stranded across Puerto Rico after smashing roads and bridges, with authorities still struggling to reach people four days after the storm smacked the U.S. territory, causing historic flooding.

As Hurricane Fiona continued its destructive path across the Caribbean on Tuesday, its victims were assessing the damage done to their homes and communities and turning to the Red Cross and other agencies for help. Here are some agencies offering assistance to the hurricane’s victims.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra and the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Francés Viejo

Hurricane Fiona has struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast after causing an island-wide power blackout and threatening to dump “historic” levels of rain.

Judicial documents that The Associated Press has obtained state that the childhood friend accused of fatally shooting the Dominican Republic’s Minister of Environment and Natural Resources this week allegedly did so because he was denied environmental permits he was seeking on behalf of various companies.

Officials say the Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his office by a close friend.

Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they board rickety wooden boats painted sky blue to blend with the ocean to try to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.

An aviation company says the small plane it operates crashed while attempting to land minutes after beginning a flight to Florida.

Human rights activists accuse the government of targeting vulnerable populations, separating children from their parents and racial profiling. They’ve deported Haitians born in the DR to Haitian parents but denied citizenship and even Black Dominicans born to Dominican parents whom authorities mistake for Haitians.

The number of unbanked Americans is at an all-time low, but the Covid-19 pandemic may push those numbers back up, the FDIC said.

Edwin Novas, arrested in the Dominican Republic in 2017 for a killing in Worcester, Massachusetts, was convicted of second-degree murder Friday afternoon by a Superior Court jury, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. He will be sentenced on Friday. The jury also found Novas guilty of armed assault and battery with intent to murder; carrying a…

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

The U.S. women’s volleyball team advanced to the semifinals after shutting out the Dominican Republic 3-0.

The United States’ baseball team held on to a 3-1 win over the Dominican Republic in the knockout stage of the baseball tournament.  Scott Kazmir pitched five shutout innings in the win as Triston Casas and Tyler Austin homered for the Americans.  Kazmir ran into trouble early in the first inning. An Erick Mejia double, a dropped fly ball...

A man fled Italy after a magistrate ordered his arrest for alleged drug trafficking in 2014. The man fled to the Dominican Republic and managed to avoid police for a few years until cooking videos on YouTube blew his cover.

Welcome to Casa De Campo an exclusive Dominican Republic community with the worlds best amenities, real estate agent Antonio Khoury took ‘Luxe Life With Derek Z’ on a tour.

Ultra luxury villas come with palatial grounds, private chefs and nightly rates that equal many people’s monthly mortgage payments.