Dominican Republic

Watch Adam Jones steal a home run from Manny Machado in WBC

The United States and Dominican Republic were in the seventh inning of the World Baseball Classic in San Diego Saturday when the Baltimore outfielder robbed Orioles teammate Manny Machado.

Machado drilled a shot to the 396 mark in right-center where Jones tracked it and leaped, stealing a sure home run.

Machado tipped his helmet to the native San Diegan Jones for a stunning play.

 

Dominican Republic: Two radio journalists shot dead mid-broadcast

One of the journalists was filming his show on Facebook Live when he was shot.

The footage showed his broadcast interrupted by gunfire and a panicked woman shouting "Shots! Shots! Shots!".

Police said the shooting happened on Tuesday in San Pedro de Macoris, east of the capital Santo Domingo.

The two journalists killed were presenter Luis Manuel Medina and radio producer Leo Martinez.

A woman was also injured and is undergoing surgery, said local authorities.

The arrested men have not been charged and police say they do not know the motive.

Woman to airline: That's not my son!

The 38-year-old mother waited last month at John F. Kennedy International Airport for Andy, 5, to arrive from a visit to his family in the Dominican Republic. But the child never got off the designated JetBlue flight.

"She was petrified" and feared an abduction, said her lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein.

Tropical storm weakens, but leaves 20 dead in Caribbean

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said that mountains and an unfavourable environment would likely knock Erika below tropical storm force, though there's a small chance it could recover as it moves along Cuba and then approaches Florida late Sunday.

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in a televised address late Friday that damage inflicted by the storm set the island back 20 years. Some 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain fell on the mountainous island.

Dominican death toll rises as 'Erika' reaches Hispaniola

Authorities in Dominica had said at least four people were killed and about 20 were missing after Erika drenched the land and caused rivers to surge on the mountainous island.

But additional bodies have been recovered in the hard-hit southeast of the island, Police Chief Daniel Carbon said, declining to provide specifics. He predicted it would be another 24 hours at least before an official count would be released.