haiti
Tamarac, Florida couple Abigail and Jean-Dickens Toussaint were kidnapped during a visit to Haiti earlier this month and their family says they’re being held at ransom, CBS News reports. The 33-year-olds were kidnapped near Port-au-Prince on March 18 when they were on their way to visit a sick relative in Leogane, and on Sunday (March […]
Haitian gang leader Germine ‘Yonyon’ Joly has been charged by federal prosecutors in the U.S. in connection with the kidnapping of 17 Christian missionaries last year, the Associated Press reports. The 29-year-old leader of the 400 Mawozo gang is the first person charged in connection with the kidnapping of 16 U.S. and one canadian missionaries in […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Seventeen missionaries—made up of 16 Americans and 1 Canadian—were kidnapped in Haiti Saturday, and police believe a local gang […]
White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked Monday about a recent photo which appears to show a U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback wielding a horse rein as a whip as migrants attempt to cross the Rio Grande into the United States. “I have seen some of the footage. I don’t have the full context. I […]
The New England Patriots team plane was spotted heading to Haiti with supplies and doctors on board from Logan International Airport in Boston, TMZ reports. The jet was loaded with IV fluid and bags, surgical supplies, hospital beds, sterilizers, oxygen masks, and generators, as well as two orthopedic surgeons, three physicians, and a nurse when it left Saturday morning. The mission is to […]
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck near Haiti on Saturday has the U.S. Geological Survey claiming that casualties could be “high.” “High casualties are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,” the USGS shared. “Past events with this alert level have required a national or international level response.” There have been fatalities and damage in relation to the earthquake, Haiti’s Civil […]
Although Kodak Black has grabbed plenty of headlines throughout 2021, the vast majority of coverage has been non-music related; however, that all changes tonight with the release of his Haitian Boy Kodak project. The Florida-bred rapper announced the release on social media this week, about six months after he delivered his last full-length effort, Bill Israel. Kodak, […]
Celebrities are throwing their support behind the #FreeHaiti movement as a massive standoff continues between the current government and pro-democracy activists. According to the Miami Herald, the demonstrations began back in February, when thousands of Haitians took to the streets demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. The U.S.-backed leader has been accused of trying to […]
In wake of the devastating blaze that ripped through Notre-Dame Cathedral, billionaires and corporations have pledged over $1 billion toward the landmark’s reconstruction. Apple, L’Oreal, Disney, and the LVMH Group are just some of the companies that have announced their intentions to donate, while the White House has offered “assistance in the rehabilitation of this irreplaceable symbol of […]
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