Martin Jose Adames Alcantara

Relatives of missing people embrace while waiting at the National Institute of Forensic Pathology after the roof collapsed at Jet Set nightclub during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Officials scramble to identify victims of Dominican club roof collapse that killed at least 124

April 9, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.

A crowd of people grew increasingly agitated Wednesday as they waited at the Dominican Republic’s forensic institute for news of their loved ones still missing a day after a roof...

FILE – Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, center, is escorted by police to court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Jan. 5, 2024. Dominican prosecutors formally accused Franco on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, of sexual abuse against a 14-year-old girl. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco formally charged with sexual abuse of a minor

July 9, 2024 at 10:31 p.m.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was formally charged on Tuesday by prosecutors in the Dominican Republic with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.

El ex pitcher de Grandes Ligas Octavio Dotel tras ser detenido por presuntos vínculos con una red de narcotráfico y lavado de dinero en Santo Domingo.

Otro arresto por red narco con expeloteros de Grandes Ligas en Dominicana

August 21, 2019 at 3:01 p.m.

Las autoridades arrestaron el miércoles a otro individuo involucrado en una importante red de narcotráfico regional desde la República Dominicana, y en la que han sido vinculados dos exjugadores de...

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