Florida State

Key West, FL

The Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — A group of more than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the lower Florida Keys on early morning Wednesday, local and federal officials said. The boat arrived about 100 yards (91 meters) away from a condominium in Key West at 4:00 a.m., and shortly after that law enforcement officers arrived to the scene, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. Most of the 118 migrants were male, but the group also included women and children, the Sheriff’s Office said.

More than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the Florida Keys

At least 40 migrants have died after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN agency said Friday, with police saying the explosion was sparked by a voodoo ritual gone wrong. But "at least 40 migrants have died, and several others were injured," the IOM said.

40 Haitian migrants dead after voodoo ritual sets boat ablaze

At least 40 migrants have died after the boat they were travelling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a United Nations agency says. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 41 others were rescued by the Haitian Coast Guard. The vessel was travelling from Cap-Haitien to the...

Boat fire off Haiti kills at least 40 migrants, UN says

Latin Times

The first contingent of a Kenyan-led international force tasked with helping Haiti quash armed gangs controlling most of its capital, Port-au-Prince, arrived over two weeks ago in the country. And while authorities have highlighted progress, including retaking the country's main hospital, a new report by The Washington Post shows that residents are expecting swifter action.

Haitian gangs 'unperturbed' by arrival of international force to subdue them

Coral Gables, FL

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Edmond Thorne

Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

Haiti's gangs say they are gearing up for war as hundreds of police officers from Kenya prepare to deploy in upcoming days. Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as it welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country.

Gang leaders in Haiti say ready for war as Kenyan police prepare to deploy

The New Humanitarian

I am writing to you as a brother who believes in our common bonds as Black people across the globe. I think there is a common tapestry of history and culture that transcends the thousands of miles between us and binds us so uniquely as a people. Right from the...

Dear Haiti, our Kenyan police are a problem

CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico -- Last year, the Hernández Pacheco family began to notice a number of Haitians arriving at an apartment across the street from their medical clinic on the outskirts of Mexico City. Their two-story, mint-green office sits on a small street in working class Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl. The...

With Haitian migration growing, a Mexico City family of doctors is helping out

Jacksonville, FL

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Jacksonville Today

A man died in police custody Sunday after he was arrested when he scuffled with firefighters and police, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Joseph Lawson, 43, was the second person to die in the past week while in police custody. Both were hospitalized at the time they died, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Suspect dies in custody; he’s the second in six days

Kentucky State

Florence, KY

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Four people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting in Northern Kentucky where the suspected shooter led police on chase before turning the gun on himself. Police responded to a call just before 3 a.m. on Saturday morning for an active shooting situation at a home in Florence.

Four dead, three injured in birthday party shooting; suspected shooter dead after chase

Miami, FL

U.S. police say that in November 2022, a woman from Florida led an operation to bring Cuban migrants into the country using a boat that was overloaded with people who did not have life vests. It is believed that sixteen Cuban passengers killed when the ship sank 30 miles off...

Florida Woman is Being Charged With Leading a Group of 16 People to Drown While Trying to Escape Cuba

TIME

Catherine Norris reports from Port-au-Prince on the gang war that has utterly devastated the Caribbean nation.

'There Will Be a Genocide.' The Horror I Saw in Haiti

Haitian police said it's making progress in its fight with the country's criminal gangs, which control vast swaths of the capital, shortly after the arrival of the first contingent of an international force tasked with aiding it in the endeavor. Concretely, authorities said they took back control of the country's...

Haiti says it's making progress in its fight with gangs, retaking the country's largest hospital

Mexican officials investigating videos shared on social media showing bodies in a dumper truck have found 19 corpses in La Concordia, in the southern state of Chiapas. The victims were all male, dressed in black and wearing tactical vests, as worn by members of Mexico's powerful criminal gangs. Most of...

Mexican gang fight leaves pile of bodies

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Search teams rescued nine crew members, mostly Indians, and recovered the body of another as they searched the Arabian Sea waters for others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman, Omani state media said Wednesday. The tanker, the MT Prestige...

9 crewmembers rescued after oil tanker capsizes in Arabian Sea off Oman

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

UPI News

At least 40 people were killed in a fiery explosion on a boat leaving Haiti, authorities said Friday.

Explosion on migrant boat from Haiti kills 40

CBS News

Five men, some with their hands tied and heads covered, were found dead Monday on a Mexico road leading to Acapulco, a once-glamorous resort city now engulfed in cartel violence.Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero announced the discovery and said a probe had been opened into "aggravated homicide."Local media reported that residents had found the victims, four of whom had their hands tied. The reports said the men had a variety of different injuries.Guerrero is one of Mexico's regions worst-affected by violence linked to drug trafficking. Disputes between cartels led to 1,890 murders in the state in 2023. The...

5 people, some with their hands tied, found dead near Acapulco

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Reuters

BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -Chinese and Japanese coast guard vessels engaged in a stand off in around a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, according to statements from both countries.

Chinese and Japanese coast guard ships in stand-off around disputed islands

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40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti

At least 40 migrants have died and several others were injured after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti,...

40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti

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