The list of high-profile people who lost their lives included Major League Baseball players Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco, ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A roof collapse at a concert in a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has killed at least 221 people, authorities said on Thursday, with ...

Johnny Martinez, 65, from the Dominican Republic, holds the Dominican Republic flag near a makeshift vigil for the victims of the Jet Set club roof collapse, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A merengue icon, a baseball star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic were buried Thursday ...

The city is home to the largest Dominican diaspora community, with over 700,000 residents claiming roots in the island nation as of 2020.

Dominican Diaspora in New York Mourn Victims of the Nightclub Rooftop Collapse NEW YORK (AP) — Dominicans in New York City are mourning the deaths of over 200 people in Tuesday's roof collapse ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dominicans in New York City are mourning the deaths of over 200 people in Tuesday's roof collapse at a Santo Domingo nightclub. The city is home to the largest Dominican diaspora ...

“Today we are not from Licey or Las Aguilas, from the PRM or the PLD," it read in Spanish, using acronyms for political parties in the Dominican Republic. “Today we are simply a people united by grief ...

Dominican Republic authorities have ended their rescue operation and turned to recovery efforts following the collapse of a nightclub roof on Tuesday, which left more than 200 people dead.