February 5, 2020 Vermont fugitive on US Marshals 15 Most Wanted list nabbed in Jamaica after international manhunt A Vermont man, who had the distinction of being on the U.S. Marshals' list of 15 most wanted fugitives following allegations he murdered his girlfriend nearly two years ago, has been nabbed in Jamaica after an international manhunt, investigators said Tuesday.
January 22, 2020 Arizona mother of 2 vacationing in Belize vanishes from small island, is 'feared no longer alive,' family says An American mother of two vacationing in Belize disappeared over the weekend while she and her boyfriend camped on an island less than an acre in size, officials said Wednesday.
January 16, 2020 Nearly 1 in 4 countries saw jump in protests, civil unrest in 2019, study finds A new report published Thursday claims that nearly one in four countries around the world saw jumps in protests and civil unrest in 2019.
January 15, 2020 US Virgin Islands sue Epstein's estate, claim he used island to abuse girls as young as 11 and 12 years old In an extraordinary move, the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday sued the estate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, claiming that the disgraced financier raped and abused girls as young as 11 and 12 years old at his private islands in the Caribbean.
January 15, 2020 Connecticut banker Scott Hapgood sues Anguilla resort over failing to ensure 'safety and protection' The Connecticut man accused of killing an Anguilla hotel worker while vacationing with his family on the Caribbean island last April is now suing the resort for negligence, claiming it “failed to ensure the safety and protection of its hotel guests” by employing Kenny Mitchel in the first place.
December 23, 2019 Family of US woman who died in Dominican Republic seeks answers after FedEx loses blood test sample For William Cox, this will be the first Christmas he celebrates without his mother Leyla after she died under mysterious circumstances during a June vacation to the Dominican Republic. He attempted to have a blood sample shipped to a U.S. laboratory to hopefully uncover answers, but it was lost by FedEx, which said it has done everything in their power to locate it.
December 18, 2019 UN peacekeepers in Haiti fathered babies then abandoned mothers to lives of poverty, study finds United Nations peacekeepers fathered children with women and girls in Haiti before abandoning the mothers to lives of poverty in the disaster-stricken Caribbean country, a new study has claimed.
December 14, 2019 Lindsay de Feliz, best-selling author, found dead in Dominican Republic in shallow grave: reports A best-selling British author has become the latest victim of deadly violence in the Dominican Republic, according to reports.
November 15, 2019 Dominican Republic police arrest 8 following death of American teacher, report says Police in the Dominican Republic reportedly have arrested eight people following the death of an American teacher who was discovered bound and strangled in her home there earlier this week.
November 14, 2019 American teacher found dead in Dominican Republic was tied up, suffocated, investigators say The brutal murder of a former Michigan elementary school teacher discovered bound and strangled in her Dominican Republic home is being investigated as a potential robbery-gone-wrong, officials told ӣƵ on Thursday, emphasizing police were working diligently to “solve this case as quickly as possible."