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Dominican Republic says it recovered cocaine from speedboat destroyed by US Navy

Officials said the boat was destroyed about 80 nautical miles south of Isla Beata

The Independent UK

Fentanyl Crisis Expanding Across Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic, According to International Reports

Puerto Rico's fatal overdoses tied to fentanyl outpace homicides, Costa Rica probes suspected pill labs after large tablet seizures, and the Dominican Republic surfaces in U.S. financial intelligence and indictments. The U.S. has escalated military and law-enforcement activity in nearby Caribbean waters, while Washington officials increasingly blame Venezuela's Maduro for…

Latin Times

Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco has been detained and admitted into a clinic for mental health issues

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been detained by police and admitted to a mental health clinic in the Dominican Republic

The Independent UK

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Andrea Lopez on Trusting Intuition, Embracing Uncertainty, and Finding Opportunity

A first-generation American whose parents emigrated from the Dominican Republic, Lopez has built her career not by following a blueprint, but by trusting her instincts, taking risks, and seizing opportunities as they appear, even when the odds seemed stacked against her.

International Business Times

Scammers accused of stealing $5 million from hundreds of seniors by posing as their grandkids in distress

Nine of the defendants are in custody while four remain at large, authorities say

The Independent UK

Who were 49 players traded at 2025 MLB Trade Deadline?

Who were 49 players traded at 2025 MLB Trade Deadline? We look at where these players are from, stats and where they went.

The Sports Daily

Mets' Edwin Diaz Shares Surprising Stance on Pitching in Next World Baseball Classic

Diaz tore his patellar tendon while celebrating Puerto Rico's victory over the Dominican Republic in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

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How bachata rose from Dominican Republic’s brothels and shantytowns to become a global sensation

What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation.

The Conversation

Who Will Represent the Dominican Republic in the Miss Universe? Latina Candidate's Resignation Shakes Pageant Scene

Magdelin Martínez's resignation comes one day after another Dominican woman represented Latinas in the United States by winning the Telemundo reality show Miss

Latin Times

'Always Hiding': Haitian Laborers Fear Dominican Deportation Push

Agamise Cheranfant hides as soon as he finishes his work at a banana plantation in the Dominican Republic.

International Business Times

Euro champs a huge test in Emus' World Cup medal hunt

The Emus have their sights set on a medal but must first overcome Under-19 World Cup heavyweights Germany, after powering past the Dominican Republic.

AAP

Too scared to go to hospital: the pregnant women in Dominican Republic dying because of deportation fears

Haitian Lourda Jean Pierre died shortly after giving birth at home after seeing images of pregnant women and new mothers being rounded up in hospitals by immigration agents

The Guardian - UK

Longtime DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high-level cocaine traffickers

A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic

The Independent UK

Mexico 3–2 Dominican Republic: Player Ratings from El Tri's Concerning Gold Cup Opener

Mexico secured all three points in their Concacaf Gold Cup opener despite some scares against the Dominican Republic.

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Mexico vs. Dominican Republic: Preview, Predictions and Lineups

Full preview for Mexico vs. the Dominican Republic in the Concacaf Gold Cup including score predictions, team news, lineups and more.

Sports Illustrated

Mexico Predicted Lineup vs. Dominican Republic: Will El Tri Go Full Strength?

Predicting Mexico's national team lineup in their Gold Cup opener against the Dominican Republic.

Sports Illustrated

The Brewers’ Blueprint for Small-Market Success Lies in Latin America

Despite competing with MLB’s big boys recently, Milwaukee hasn’t won a title. A new commitment to the Dominican Republic could change that.

The Independent UK

Teen girl testifies behind closed doors in Wander Franco trial in the Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has appeared in court in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl who testified behind closed doors

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For Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, ‘reproduction is like a death sentence’

On May 9, Lourdia Jean-Pierre, a 32-year-old Haitian migrant woman, died after giving birth in her rural home in El Ceibo, Dominican Republic. The cause of death was a postpartum hemorrhage, according to a news report in The Haitian Times.

The Independent UK

Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Monday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl

The Independent UK

Russia's foreign minister visits the Dominican Republic to strengthen economic and commercial ties

Russia expects to open its first embassy in the Dominican Republic as Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov defined the Caribbean country as a “promising partner."

International Business Times

'Cruel Measure': Dominican Crackdown On Haitian Hospitals

Still in pain from giving birth, a Haitian mother carrying her newborn was helped onto a migration services bus in the Dominican Republic, joining a family member who was arrested when he visited her in hospital.

The Guardian - UK

Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown

More than 130 women and children who fled Haiti to seek healthcare rounded up in hospitals and sent back

The Independent UK

The owner of a Dominican nightclub whose roof collapsed, killing 232, speaks for the first time

The owner of a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic whose roof collapsed and killed 232 people this month said it had filtration problems for decades and had been repeatedly fixed with plasterboard

The Independent UK

The first lawsuit is filed over the deadly nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic

The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic

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