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• Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti, causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba Play Video

  October 29, 2025 11:47 AM

  SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say. Jean Bertrand Subrème, mayor of the southern Haitian coastal town of Petit-Goâve, told The... more »

• Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category 5 storm Play Video

  October 28, 2025 11:55 AM

  KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. The streets in the capital, Kingston, remained largely empty as Melissa approached with... more »

• Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday Play Video

  June 5, 2025 12:56 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The ban takes effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., a cushion that... more »

• Haiti gang demands $17M ransom for kidnapped American missionaries

  October 19, 2021 9:55 AM

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - American missionaries have been traveling to the Carribean country of Haiti for decades. But in recent weeks, mission trips have become increasingly risky as the area experiences an increase in violence. Kidnappings have become a frequent occurrence due to the nation's political instability, civil unrest, and... more »

• Increasing number of Florida links to assassination of Haitian President

  July 14, 2021 6:48 AM

  Officials have tied an increasing number of Florida residents to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise and at least one of the suspects was a former U.S. law enforcement informant, according to CNN . A hit squad took Moise's life in a planned attack last Wednesday. The... more »

• Haitian police ID arrested suspect accused of orchestrating President's assassination

  July 12, 2021 9:19 AM

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti- A man has been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti's President, CNN reports. Haitian authorities announced Sunday that 63-year-old Christian Emmanuel Sanon helped orchestrate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Moise was killed Wednesday in his Port-au-Prince home and police say Sanon, who entered... more »

• Smiling selfie: Local missionaries leaving Haiti amid violent riots Play Video

  July 11, 2018 5:53 PM

  HAMMOND – A few days late, members of The Mission Church are headed back to Louisiana after being stuck in Haiti. The group shared a picture they took together as they waited for an airplane. The group was smiling, finally able to get to the airport after the United... more »

• Missionaries from area churches stuck in Haiti Play Video

  July 9, 2018 5:17 PM

  HAMMOND – Members of The Mission Church are eagerly awaiting the return of five members of its congregation who are stuck in Haiti. Large riots over the price of fuel have closed streets and forced the United States to warn its citizens there to shelter in place. Pastor... more »