Dominican Republic Coverage

Schools mourns teacher murdered in the Dominican Republic

A school community in Michigan is mourning the loss of a friend and former teacher murdered in the Dominican Republic.

American couple's death in Dominican Republic not from poisoned alcohol, FBI says

The FBI ruled out poisoned alcohol as the cause of two American tourists' deaths in the Dominican Republic in May, bolstering the country's findings that a spate of tourist deaths this year were not the result of foul play, a State Department spokesperson said Friday.

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times

Wake woman wonders what caused dad to die during Dominican Republic vacation

With the recent deaths of American tourists in the Dominican Republic, a Raleigh woman is questioning her father's 2017 death at a resort in the country.

Wake County woman questions her father's Dominican Republic death

With the recent deaths of American tourists in the Dominican Republic, a Raleigh woman is questioning her father's 2017 death at a resort in the country.

Mandy Mitchell, WRAL reporter

After deaths, more tourists to Dominican Republic say they were stricken with illness

Their island getaways went bad in ways that sound similar: crippling stomach cramps, explosive diarrhea and malaise that lasted after they returned home.

By Ashley Fantz, CNN Investigates

Travel insurance, vigilance urged for Dominican Republic trips

At least one Raleigh travel agency has seen a number of people canceling trips to the Dominican Republic, where nine Americans have died under mysterious circumstances in the last year.

Travelers rethinking vacations in Dominican Republic after 9 mysterious deaths

At least nine Americans have died in the Dominican Republic over the last year. Because of the similarities among the deaths, family members of the deceased have suggested that they are connected and have raised suspicions about the resorts where they stayed.

Raw: Tons of plastic spoil Dominican Republic's Caribbean Sea

The video, taken off of Playa Montesinos in the Dominican Republic's capital, was filmed by members of PARLEY, an organization campaigning in defense of the world's oceans.

Raw: Tons of plastic spoil Dominican Republic's Caribbean Sea

The video, taken off of Playa Montesinos in the Dominican Republic's capital, was filmed by members of PARLEY, an organization campaigning in defense of the world's oceans.