Schumer: ATF should investigate Dominican Republic deaths
The Senate's top Democrat said Sunday that the U.S. government should step up efforts to investigate the deaths of at least eight Americans in the Dominican Republic this year.
Ex-Boston slugger David Ortiz shot at Dominican Republic bar
Doctors removed Oritz's gallbladder and part of his intestine, but he is in stable condition in intensive care, a spokesperson said.
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Citizenship shift leaves Dominican-Haitians stateless
During the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of Haitians crossed into the wealthier Dominican Republic to escape poverty and political instability only to face color-based racism and repression. Recently, the Dominican government drew international outrage when it ended birthright citizenship…
PHOTOS: What Hurricane Irma left behind in the Caribbean
Hurricane Irma destroyed homes and upended cars in the Caribbean this week on its relentless northwestern journey. It is expected to crash ashore in Florida early Sunday.
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of an unusual law that treats fathers and mothers differently when it comes to conferring citizenship on children born outside the U.S.
More than 1,400 Americans contracted Zika while traveling outside the U.S. this year and a Caribbean-island nation is one of the top destinations where they caught the virus.
Wander Yon, 21, an aspiring singer who lives in the Dominican Republic, said he knew right away he took the winning photo of what life was like in his sugarcane working town.
A photo contest in the Dominican Republic is meant to show people what life is like in a batey, or sugarcane working community.
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