Dominican Republic court orders Washington Nationals to pay former scout $40K in damages A Dominican Republic tribunal has ordered the Washington Nationals to ...
Dozens of Dominicans in beach gear demand more access to country's beaches and rivers Dozens of Dominicans wearing flip-flops and swim suits and ...
Ex-President Carter seeks to boost campaign to rid Hispaniola of malaria Former President Jimmy Carter traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to meet political leaders, health workers and malaria victims Wednesday in hopes of jump-starting efforts to eradicate the disease in ...
Former US President Jimmy Carter, left, looks at his wife Rosalynn Carter holding a child, second right, during their visit to a hospital in Ouaniminthe, northeast of Haiti, on the border with the Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Carter is visiting ...
Dominican Republic legislators debate allowing access to private property to reach beaches Legislators in the Dominican Republic are debating whether to allow residents access rights to private property so they can reach beaches, rivers and lakes. President Leonel Fernandez recently submitted a ...
Suspected Colombian cocaine trafficker extradited from the Dominican Republic to US A Dominican official says an alleged Colombian cocaine trafficker arrested in the Dominican Republic has been extradited to the United States. The official says Luis Alberto Santacruz Echeverri, known by the ...
DomRep police seize drug fugitive's farm property teeming with ostriches, boars, other animals Police raiding a Dominican Republic farm allegedly owned by a drug fugitive found a menagerie of exotic animals including ostriches and a wild boar. Prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso says a ...
When baseball is the only escape from poverty, some Dominicans see steroids as worth the risk A monument to baseball greets visitors to this city known as "the cradle of shortstops." Children in San Pedro de Macoris grow up playing ball behind ...
Police: Giants' Dominican baseball prospect Angel Villalona main suspect in killing A baseball prospect for the San Francisco Giants is the main suspect in the killing of a 25-year-old man in the Dominican Republic, police said Sunday. Angel Villalona turned himself in ...
B is for busted: Dominicans find cocaine sewn into lining of dictionaries Dominican authorities have intercepted packets presumed to be cocaine sewn in the lining of dictionaries. The shipment was left at a Dominican post office to be mailed to an address ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Erika weakened as it edged over the Leeward Islands of the northeast Caribbean on Wednesday but it threatened to douse them with heavy rainfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The fifth tropical storm of the 2009 ...
A small mercury spill inside Puerto Rico's main airport has forced three terminals to close and authorities say many flights will be delayed. Ports Authority director Alvaro Pilar says the terminals were closed out of concern for dangerous fumes after a passenger ...
