Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been granted supervised release after being arrested and charged for illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during an altercation in a parking lot in the Dominican Republic.

The Dominican Republic says it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week.

The Dominican Republic says it will start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country and expel up to 10,000 of them a week.

The president of the Dominican Republic has warned that his administration would take “drastic measures” to protect the country if a U.N.-backed mission in neighboring Haiti targeting gang violence fails.

Activists in the Dominican Republic are protesting against a bill for a new criminal code that would retain a total abortion ban.

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

The NHC has highlighted two areas of interest in the Atlantic

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is headed to a second term following general elections.

As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries.

Tampa Bay All-Star shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative leave through June 1 under an agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association while the investigation continues in an alleged relationship with a minor.

The U.S. military has flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel.

Dutch music producer DJ Tiësto has withdrawn from performing at Sunday's Super Bowl due to an undisclosed family matter.

A judge has conditionally released U.S. rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine after he was arrested in the Dominican Republic last week on domestic violence charges.

U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic since 2009.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested U.S. rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine on charges of domestic violence.

Wander Franco is facing a lesser charge after a judge in the Dominican Republic analyzed evidence that alleges the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and paid her mother thousands of dollars for her consent.

A judge in the Dominican Republic has ordered the conditional release of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco.

Dominican prosecutors have accused Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering following allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor whose mother also faces the same charges.

In Latin America, only Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic maintain total abortion bans.

The Dominican Republic is one of four Latin American countries criminalizing abortion without exceptions.

Hurricane season runs through November.

Fan reception was warm when a pair of Dominican Winter League teams met to start a three-game series at Citi Field.

The Dominican Republic is accusing Haiti of multiple border violations in the latest dispute involving their shared frontier on the island of Hispaniola.

President Joe Biden is trying to increase trade with Latin America.

Authorities say the Detroit Tigers complex in the Dominican Republic has been targeted in the latest robbery of a Major League Baseball facility in the country.

Authorities are seeking at least five people in an armed robbery of the St. Louis Cardinals complex in the Dominican Republic on Friday.

The Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier amid an ongoing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river.

The Dominican Republic government says it will temporarily allow the trade of essential Dominican products, including food and medications, on the border with Haiti.

Haiti’s government is doubling down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that prompted the neighboring Dominican Republic last week to shutter land, air and sea borders that both countries share.

The president of the Dominican Republic is defending his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in a dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river that runs through both countries.

The Dominican Republic’s president has announced he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in a dispute over a canal on the Haitian side that would divert water from a border river.

Three people have been arrested in the Dominican Republic as part of an ongoing investigation into a powerful explosion at a plastics company that killed at least 34 people earlier this month.

The Dominican Republic, Australia and Italy have advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup.

The Dominican Republic is getting back on its feet after Tropical Storm Franklin struck the island nation, causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people and knocked out power and water to hundreds of thousands.

Tropical Storm Franklin is unleashing heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic after making landfall in the country’s southern region.

The Dominican Republic has shut down much of the country as Tropical Storm Franklin takes aim at the island of Hispaniola that it shares with Haiti and threatens to unleash landslides and heavy floods.

A prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says the investigation into Tampa Bay Rays All-Star shortstop Wander Franco’s alleged relationship with a minor is being handled by a division specializing in minors and gender violence in the province of Peravia.

That experience of going without pushed Katherine Franco toward helping others in need.

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has ruled the opposition-dominated National Assembly can take up the question of whether to impeach President Guillermo Lasso over allegations of crimes against state security and corruption.

New York Mets fans began the year dreaming about a World Series closed out by Edwin Díaz.

New York Mets fans began the year dreaming about a World Series closed out by Edwin Díaz.

Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock, limits on shifts and larger bases will not be used during the World Baseball Classic.

The U.S. government says it will detain all imports of sugar and related products made in the Dominican Republic by the country's largest sugar producer amid allegations that it uses forced labor.

The Dominican Republic said it “profusely rejects” criticism of its crackdown on Haitian migrants from a growing number of countries and human rights agencies.

U.S. authorities say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler died during a shootout Thursday morning off the Puerto Rico coast.

Federal authorities say customs officers at New York’s Kennedy International Airport seized $450,000 worth of cocaine from a traveler who was smuggling the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair.

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Hurricane Fiona is dumping more rain on Puerto Rico.

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All eyes are on the projected path of Tropical Storm Fiona.

Authorities say at least five Haitian migrants have drowned and 68 others have been rescued after a suspected human smuggling boat dropped the group off in waters near an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.

Tributes are pouring in for actor Ray Liotta, who died at age 67 in the Dominican Republic.

Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died.

Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they step onto rickety wooden boats as they attempt to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.

Norwegian Cruise Line canceled a third straight sailing of a ship out of Port Canaveral after it ran aground in the Dominican Republic earlier this month.

A Norwegian Cruise Lines ship set to sail from Port Canaveral for a weeklong cruise has been canceled.

Private investigators hired by David Ortiz say a Dominican drug trafficker who was jealous of Ortiz and felt disrespected by him had Ortiz shot at a Dominican nightclub in 2019.

A Lakeland man scratched his way to $5 million.

A family captures on video a shark feeding close to Ponce Inlet shore.

The Norwegian Escape was leaving Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic when the cruise line says the ship “made contact with the channel bed.”

A small plane attempting to land minutes after beginning a flight to Florida crashed in the Dominican Republic, killing all nine people aboard.

Florida’s Attorney General is warning about how to help Haiti, saying though well-intentioned, a donation could end up in the wrong hands.

The remnants of Fred are expected to regenerate back into a tropical storm over the warm Gulf of Mexico waters Sunday.

The National Hurricane Center said Fred has regained tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico as parts of the Caribbean began seeing impacts from tropical depression Grace.

The remnants of Fred continues to produce heavy rainfall across portions of Central Cuba Saturday, ahead of its projected path toward Florida and Alabama late this weekend.

Tropical Depression Seven strengthened into Tropical Storm Grace on Saturday.

Remnants of Fred have entered the lower Gulf of Mexico amid forecasts it would regain tropical storm strength late in the weekend as it moves toward the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.

Tropical depression Fred was slowly strengthening and could regain tropical storm status soon.

Forecasters say tropical depression Fred is slowly strengthening and could regain tropical storm status on Saturday.

Tropical depression Fred is heading for a drenching of Cuba and the Bahamas on a forecast track that would carry it toward South Florida as a tropical storm by Saturday.

Fred is expected to strengthen and impact Florida this weekend.

Fred swirls on a projected path toward Florida.

Cyclones are nothing new.

Tropical Storm Fred has weakened to a tropical depression while sweeping over the Dominican Republic and dumping heavy rains that forecasters warn could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides there and in neighboring Haiti.

Tropical storm watches are issued for various Caribbean islands for what could soon become the sixth named tropical storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season.

Heavy rains are pelting the northern Caribbean as Tropical Storm Fred has formed just south of Puerto Rico following a quiet month of no named storms in the region.

Imagine Olympic swimming without the world’s top 100.

Kai Takuya drove in the tying run with a perfectly placed sacrifice bunt, Hayato Sakamoto followed with a game-ending, bases-loaded single and the Japanese rallied from three runs down in the ninth inning to beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the Olympic baseball opener.

An offshore tropical storm brought wind and rain to the Tokyo region and affected some Olympic events Tuesday as it headed toward northeastern Japan.

Haiti’s interim government has asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

Tropical Storm Elsa is battering the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it speeds through the Caribbean, killing at least three people.

Where will Elsa go, and how strong will she be when she gets there?

A 5.0 earthquake has struck off the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic.

Puerto Rico's Yadier Molina reacts after tagging out Venezuela's Ali Castillo during the first inning of a Caribbean Series baseball game at Teodoro Mariscal Stadium in Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals signed catcher Yadier Molina to a one-year, $9 million contract Tuesday, keeping the nine-time Gold Glove winner with the only organization for which he's played for an 18th season. The 38-year-old Molina hit .262 with four home runs in 42 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, his last under a $60 million, three-year deal. He is third on the franchise list in games played behind Hall of Famers Stan Musial (3,026) and Lou Brock (2,289). Molina is a career .281 hitter with 160 home runs, and he's played in at least 110 games every season but his first and this past season, which was shortened by the pandemic.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – On the first day of early voting in Central Florida, Alexandra Solano, a native of the Dominican Republic said she wanted to set an example for her fellow Latinos. According to the supervisor of elections of Osceola County, the first day of early voting saw a significant turnout in the first two hours with 1,300 voters processed through eight polling locations set up across the county. Mary Jane Arrington, Supervisor of Elections for Osceola County said about 50 percent of eligible voters are Hispanic or Latino. “They like early voting, so we expect to see a lot of 'em at early voting. The joy of early voting is you can go to any of our sites no matter where you live or where you work,” Arrington said.

The center of Laura will move away from Cuba and over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico overnight. As Marco was on its deathbed, the National Hurricane Center issued its first storm watches for Laura. Heavy rain was expected across portions of the north-central Gulf Coast overnight, according to the National Hurricane Center. Then a little less than a month later came Hurricane Rita which struck southwest Louisiana on Sept. 24 as a Category 3 storm. On the Louisiana coast at Holly Beach in an area nicknamed the “Cajun Riviera,” Eric Monceaux was frantically packing what he could take with him.

A girl wades towards her flooded home the day after the passing of Tropical Storm Laura in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti on it's way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where forecaster fear it could become a major hurricane. Now forecasters are turning their attention the Gulf Coast, where up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) of sea water storm surge could inundate the coastline from High Island in Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana, the hurricane center said. Hurricane Rita then struck southwest Louisiana that Sept. 24 as a Category 3 storm. We might have dodged a bullet with Marco, and obviously some people along the Gulf Coast are not going to be as blessed as us.___Martin reported from Marietta, Georgia.

A girl wades towards her flooded home the day after the passing of Tropical Storm Laura in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti on it's way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where forecaster fear it could become a major hurricane. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

The storm is expected to impact Central Florida as a tropical storm Sunday into early Monday. [MORE: Radar | Plan and prepare | Sandbag locations]As it does, parts of Central Florida are bracing for potential storm impacts. Here’s what you can expect in Central Florida on Sunday:Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, Seminole, Orange and Osceola counties. (WKMG)Tropical Storm Isaias' impacts for inland portions of Central Florida. (WKMG)Tropical Storm Isaias' impacts on inland portions of Central Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. With Tropical Storm Isaias projected to skirt Central Floridas east coast, News 6 will livestream team coverage at 6 p.m. on ClickOrlando.com. To watch the newscast, just click the play button in the video player at the top of this story. The system was a Category 1 hurricane for almost two days before it was downgraded back to a tropical storm Saturday afternoon. The storm is expected to impact Central Florida as a tropical storm Sunday into early Monday. Watch News 6 and stay with ClickOrlando.com for more coverage.

The government of the Bahamas has upgraded the tropical storm watch for the central Bahamas to a tropical storm warning and has issued a tropical storm watch for the northwestern Bahamas. Tropical storm conditions continued across portions of the Leeward Islands, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through Wednesday night. Tropical storm conditions are expected in the Central Bahamas beginning Friday morning and are possible in the northwestern Bahamas beginning late Friday. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for northwestern Bahamas including Andros Island, New Providence, Eleuthera, Abacos Islands, Berry Islands, Grand Bahamas Island, and Bimini. The timing and movement of this high will dictate where Tropical Storm Isaias will move.

It was centered about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east-southeast of Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas late Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was issued for the northwestern Bahamas, including Andros Island, New Providence, Eleuthera, Abacos Islands, Berry Islands, Grand Bahamas Island, and Bimini. It's a rather difficult experience because it reminds us of Maria.More than 50 people sought shelter in Puerto Rico, said Gov. There's no other alternative.U.S. President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration in Puerto Rico as a result of the storm. Isaias was expected to produce 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) of rain across Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and northern Haiti, with isolated maximum totals of 10 inches (25 centimeters).

Luis Abinader, presidential candidate of the opposition Modern Revolutionary Party, greets the crowd while he is surrounded by journalists at a voting center during the presidential elections, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)SANTO DOMINGO With COVID-19 cases still surging, the Dominican Republic on Sunday held presidential elections that had already been delayed by the pandemic, and polls indicated that a businessman with no previous experience in government was the favorite. Former President Leonel Feernndez, who served three previous terms, was also on the ballot, along with three minor parties. It went ahead Sunday even though the Health Ministry on Saturday reported the highest daily count of new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 1,241. The campaign was notably low key, with none of the mass meetings and street caravans common in previous years.

Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel San told a Dominican Republic newspaper he's being blackmailed, having been accused of kidnapping and assault. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)SANTO DOMINGO Authorities in the Dominican Republic are opening an investigation into allegations Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel San participated in the kidnapping and assault of a man, prosecutors said Thursday. The Twins, however, said they were told San was cleared of the accusations. Faced with a failure to reconcile, the Dominican justice system will open an investigation into the case, according to the prosecutor's office. They are what the ones who know, I dont know about this, San told The Associated Press when asked about what awaits him in the case.