August 16, 2019 Jeffrey Epstein's notorious island now a tourist destination -- and businesses happy to oblige Jeffrey Epstein has done more for the Caribbean island of St. Thomas in death than he ever did in life.
August 7, 2019 Texas tourists drown in Turks and Caicos after getting caught in fast-moving tide A vacation to paradise in the Turks and Caicos Islands morphed into tragedy on Monday when three tourists from Texas, including a married couple, drowned after getting caught in a fast-moving tide, authorities and locals said.
July 25, 2019 Indiana man falls down volcano during honeymoon, survives An Indiana man fell down a volcano in the Caribbean — and lived to tell the tale.
July 25, 2019 Crowds light fireworks, flood streets after Puerto Rico governor resigns; pols and celebs congratulate islanders Crowds in San Juan set off fireworks and flooded the streets, cheering and waving Puerto Rican flags Wednesday, moments after learning that Gov. Ricardo Rosselló had announced plans to leave office.
July 15, 2019 Georgia man confirmed dead in Dominican Republic only the latest case in string of American fatalities there The State Department on Sunday confirmed another American fatality in the Dominican Republic, a tourist who died of "respiratory illness" in March -- and who is the 11th American to die in the Caribbean country this year.
July 8, 2019 Americans killed in Bahamas helicopter crash included West Virginia Trump donor's daughter, her best friend: officials The Bahamas helicopter crash that killed billionaire coal magnate Chris Cline and six other people included his daughter and her best friend who were “inseparable.”
July 5, 2019 Trump donor from West Virginia among 7 Americans killed in copter crash in Bahamas, officials say A billionaire coal executive from West Virginia was among seven Americans killed in a helicopter crash near the Bahamas while traveling back to Florida on the Fourth of July, reports said.
July 3, 2019 Hard Rock's Dominican Republic resort, where two US tourists died, pulls minibar dispensers from all rooms The Hard Rock resort in the Dominican Republic, where two U.S. tourists died in the past year, says it is removing minibars from all its guest rooms.
June 26, 2019 New Jersey couple goes missing while on vacation in Barbados, going out to sea on jet ski, police say A couple from New Jersey vacationing on the island of Barbados has been reported missing after going out to sea on a jet ski, according to officials.
June 26, 2019 Virginia doctor murdered while vacationing with family in Belize: report A Virginia doctor on vacation with his his wife and three children was reportedly murdered on Sunday in Belize.