Martín Adames Alcántara

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco attends his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor Monday, June 23, 2025, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case and receives a 2-year suspended sentence

June 26, 2025 at 5:51 p.m.

Wander Franco was accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time and of transferring thousands of dollars to her mother to consent to...

A view of the Jet Set nightclub days after its roof collapsed, killing more than 200 people, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Dominican club collapse death toll rises to 226 after woman pulled from rubble dies in hospital

April 13, 2025 at 8:53 a.m.

A woman hospitalized after being rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic died on Saturday, raising the death toll to 226,...

Rescue workers carry the recovered body of a victim in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, April 10, 2025 who died when the roof collapsed two nights prior at the Jet Set nightclub during a merengue concert. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Memorials begin for some killed in Dominican Republic nightclub collapse as death toll reaches 221

April 10, 2025 at 12:35 p.m.

Memorials were taking place Thursday for a merengue star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic, as the number of dead...

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