ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A statehouse race in the 27th district is hitting the home stretch, with four candidates competing for two open seats in the New Jersey Assembly. Two Democratic lawmakers in the New ...

A massive, out-of-control inferno tore through a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic on Friday, killing a woman and forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,700 guests and staff. The fierce and fast ...

Video shared by local media showed thick black smoke billowing over the Caribbean coastline as flames engulfed large sections of the resort, including its thatched roof. A woman has died and almost ...

A fire broke out at a resort in the Dominican Republic, claiming the life of one tourist and triggering a large-scale evacuation. Emergency responders moved quickly to clear the property, relocating ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 1,690 guests were evacuated from the resort, according to the Emergency Operations Center of the Dominican Republic (known ...

The fire on Friday forced the emergency evacuation of nearly 1,700 guests. Authorities said at least one person, an Italian tourist, was killed. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Reporting from Mexico City A ...

The resort chain Viva Resorts has issued a statement following the death of a tourist at a Dominican Republic hotel over the weekend. The blaze broke out at the Viva Dominicus Beach by Wyndham in ...

Darializa Avila Chevalier has been targeted with false accusations about her ethnicity, as foes seek to portray her as an outsider hoping to usurp Dominican power in the district. By Jeffery C. Mays ...

A woman was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in the Dominican beach resort of Bayahibe, local authorities said on Friday. Francesca Valentino, a ...

A huge fire tore through a four-star beach resort in the Dominican Republic, killing one woman. About 1,700 tourists were evacuated as the fire appeared to destroy most of the hotel. A woman was ...

Dominican authorities on Saturday were working to ensure that foreign tourists caught up in a massive fire that almost completely destroyed a luxury resort the day before could return to their home ...