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Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa made landfall near Chivirico, Cuba, early Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, after previously striking Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 mph on Tuesday.

Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba, 25 Dead in Haiti

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Hurricane Melissa Makes Category 5 Landfall in Jamaica

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US Deploys World's Largest Aircraft Carrier to Latin America

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Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa as It Strengthens to Category 5

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UN Urges Haiti to Hold Elections on Time, Head of Electoral Council Says 'It is Impossible'

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Cuba

Cuba suffered a new nationwide blackout on Wednesday due to a total disconnection of its electric system, state-run utilities provider Unión Eléctrica and the country's energy ministry confirmed in the morning.

Cuba Experiences New Nationwide Blackout

US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Foreign Officials Over Cuba's Medical Missions

Trump Signs Memorandum to Tighten US Policy Toward Cuba

US Sanctions Cuban President Over Alleged Human Rights Violations

ACLU Sues for Lawyer Access for Migrants at Guantánamo

Puerto Rico

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told Marines and Navy sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima amphibious assault ship off Puerto Rico on Monday that they were deployed to the Caribbean not for training, but rather for a real-world exercise "to end the POISONING of the American people."

Hegseth Visits Puerto Rico, Says Deployment in Caribbean 'Not Training'

Hurricane Erin Threatens East Coast With Swell, Rip Currents

New Year's Eve Blackout Leaves Most of Puerto Rico Without Power

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Ban on Trans Youth Treatments

Harris Makes Ellipse Speech While Biden's Comments Stir Controversy

Jamaica

Hurricane Beryl hit Jamaica on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, with heavy rains and 145 mph (233 kph) winds reportedly knocking down power lines in the country that has been declared a disaster area and is now under a curfew.

Hurricane Beryl Hits Jamaica After Leaving at Least 7 Dead

Clarence Thomas Discloses Trips Paid by GOP Donor

Guardian Owner Apologizes for Founders’ Links to Transatlantic Slavery

US Panel Votes to Expand Compassionate Release for Prisoners

Man Pleads Guilty in US Probe of Haiti President Assassination

Haiti

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on two Haitian individuals, Dimitri Hérard and Kempes Sanon, on Friday for their alleged roles in gang criminal activities.

Haiti: Former National Palace Security Chief, Gang Leader Hit With Sanctions

UN Security Council Approves 'Gang Suppression Force' for Haiti

Erik Prince's Vectus Global to Deploy Hundreds to Haiti

Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Ending of Venezuelan, Haitian TPS

Haiti Declares State of Emergency as Gang Violence Spreads

Dominica

Manuel Rocha, a former US diplomat and ambassador to Bolivia who was arrested Friday, appeared in federal court Monday to face charges he served "as a covert agent" and collected intelligence for the Republic of Cuba.

DOJ: Longtime US Diplomat Spied for Cuba

Deadly Flooding Strikes the Dominican Republic

US Senator Blocks Egypt Military Aid

Haiti Ex-Senator Pleads Guilty Over 2021 Assassination

Four Suspects in Haitian President Killing Sent to US

Bahamas

The U.S. Senate confirmed former NFL star and Senate candidate Herschel Walker, of Georgia, as the country's next ambassador to the Bahamas on Tuesday, filling a position that had been vacant since 2011.

Senate Confirms Herschel Walker as US Ambassador to the Bahamas

Bahamas Rejects Trump Plan to Accept Deported Migrants

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Sons Hire High-Profile Lawyer

Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison

Prosecutors Drop Plans for Second Trial of Bankman-Fried

Dominican Republic

Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty Thursday of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic, receiving a suspended two-year prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl when he was 21.

MLB's Wander Franco Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse, Gets Suspended Sentence

Dominican Nightclub Roof Collapse: Death Toll Reaches 184

Dominican Republic Tightens Border Control Amid Haiti Crisis

Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse Kills At Least 58

Dominican Republic: Person of Interest Named in Missing US Student Case

Barbados

Ardern: No Plans for New Zealand Republic After Queen's Death

Climate Finance Summit Opens in Paris

Bermuda

On Monday, Hong Kong's High Court ordered Evergrande Group, China's struggling real estate giant, to liquidate its operations after it failed to reach an agreement on how to restructure its vast debt.

China: Evergrande Ordered to Liquidate Amid Property Crisis

Hurricane Lee Rapidly Intensifies in the Atlantic

GOP Plans 'Collusion' Probe Into Climate Groups

NASA's Last Apollo 7 Astronaut Dies at 90

Canada Deploys Troops After Hurricane Fiona Landfall

US Virgin Islands

US Pres. Joe Biden has declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the US Virgin Islands this week, after tests on the Caribbean island of St. Croix showed lead levels 100 times above the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) limit, among the worst seen in decades in a US community.

Biden Declares Emergency Over Lead Contamination in US Virgin Islands Water

JPMorgan: Epstein Received $300M in Tax Incentives From Virgin Islands

JPMorgan Claims Virgin Islands Enabled Epstein

JPMorgan Agrees to $290M Settlement With Epstein Victims

Deutsche Bank To Pay $75M To Epstein Victims