Caribbean

Obama gives Secret Service its 1st female director

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency’s first female director, signaling his desire to change the culture at the male-dominated service, which has been marred by scandal.

2013/03/26

Carnival Dream reports problems in St. Maarten

MIAMI (AP) – A month after a Carnival cruise ship was stranded for five days in the Gulf of Mexico, another of its cruise ships is reporting equipment problems in the Caribbean.

2013/03/14

Report: Sandy’s winds felt as far west as Wis.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy not only caused destruction up and down the East Coast, it also created wind gusts as far west as Wisconsin and as far north as Canada.

2013/02/12

Branford Marsalis headlines jazz festival in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Saxophone legend Branford Marsalis is headlining a jazz festival in Haiti. Click to watch a video and listen to some of Marsalis’ music.

2013/01/18

Wave of illness subsides on Caribbean cruise

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The cruise line that operates the Queen Mary 2 says an apparent outbreak of gastrointestinal illness has subsided as the ship heads back to port.

2013/01/02

McAfee hospitalized after being denied asylum

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Software company founder John McAfee was hospitalized briefly Thursday after being denied political asylum in Guatemala.

2012/12/06

McAfee blogs about police seeking him in Belize

SAN PEDRO, Belize (AP) – Software company founder John McAfee says he’s wearing a disguise and hiding in plain sight, watching police and reporters stake out his home and blogging about it. Seldom has there […]

2012/11/20

McAfee blogs about police seeking him in Belize

SAN PEDRO, Belize (AP) – Software company founder John McAfee says he’s wearing a disguise and hiding in plain sight, watching police and reporters stake out his home and blogging about it.

Seldom has there been more media coverage of someone on the lam since O.J. Simpson led police on a low-speed chase in 1994.

2012/11/20