Health officials in the Dominican Republic and France have reported the first confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean

Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz made his first public appearance in the Dominican Republic on Sunday nearly six months after he was shot in what authorities called a case of mistaken identity.

Hector Muñoz owns a coffee farm in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, and hurricanes aren’t the only natural disasters he’s worried about. “If a drought comes it could be catastrophic,” he said. He has reason to be concerned. Powerful El Niños are expected over the next decade and they typically bring drought conditions. Adding to the challenge is the possible impact...

A Dominican man accused of fatally shooting a bouncer in Boston over two decades ago was set to face a judge Monday, days after being extradited back to the United States. William Sanchez, 46, will face first-degree murder charges in the death of Jorge Medina, who was working as a bouncer at a house party in Dorchester in 1995 when...

A man is accused of killing another man after getting thrown out of a party in 1995 in Boston.

Family and friends are grieving the loss of a Waterbury woman.

Waterbury police say a body found in Wolcott Tuesday is that of 26-year-old Janet Avalo-Alvarez, who has been missing since Nov. 12, and the death has been ruled a homicide.

Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested six people in connection with the death of American teacher Patricia Ann Anton, who was found strangled in her apartment last week. Anton, 63, was robbed and killed in Puerto Plata, on the country’s northern coast, Dominican national police said. Police announced her death Nov. 12. National police on Sunday said six men,...

A 63-year-old Michigan woman working with a children’s education charity in the Dominican Republic was found strangled to death with her arms and feet bound, according to police.

Pedro Martinez knows the difference between his life in America and where he was born in the Domincan Republic. It’s the years he spent starving that developed his charitable spirit, he says. Friday night, at the fourth annual Pedro Martinez Foundation Gala in Boston, attended by Red Sox royalty like David Ortiz, thousands of dollars will be raised to...

Two men arrested for alleged drug trafficking were also found with thousands of dollars in cash and a ‘large machete’ at a traffic stop in Milton, according to authorities. More than $16,000 was discovered in the vehicle, along with 56 grams of a substance believed to be heroin, Massachusetts State Police said.

A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the United States by requiring those immigrants to prove they can afford health care before they get visas. Seven U.S. citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit in Portland, Oregon, over the rule that’s set to...

A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the United States by requiring those immigrants to prove they can afford health care before they get visas. Seven U.S. citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit in Portland, Oregon, over the rule that’s set to...

Toxicology reports on the deaths of three Americans in the Dominican Republic earlier this year are consistent with the findings of local authorities, according to the U.S. State Department, corroborating the Caribbean nation’s initial assertion that there was no foul play involved in the trio of deaths.

Gabriel Duvalesse squatted slightly as he prepared to push 50 gallons (190 liters) of cooking oil in an old wheelbarrow to an outdoors market an hour away so he could earn $1. It was his first job in seven days as deadly protests paralyze Haiti’s economy and shutter businesses and schools. Opposition leaders and thousands of supporters are demanding the...

Mexican women on Saturday marched for abortion rights, highlighting increased efforts across Latin America to lift some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws. Efforts to legalize abortion have emerged in the region as some societies become more liberal and the Roman Catholic Church loses sway amid clerical sex abuse cases. Mexico City, along with Cuba and Uruguay, are the...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Puerto Rico late Monday, rousing and scaring many from their sleep in the U.S. territory.

Legendary Red Sox slugger David Ortiz says that, despite not being 100% healed after he was shot in his native Dominican Republic in June, he’s not afraid of returning to the country he loves. But he will be more careful when he does return — just one of the many lessons he’s learned in the last 99 days.

The former Red Sox slugger spoke with NBC10 Boston’s Raul Martinez to discuss the long recovery from his June shooting in the Dominican Republic.

David Ortiz gave an emotional interview to the Boston Globe, saying he almost died after he was shot in the Dominican Republic