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A person lights a candle at a makeshift memorial outside the Jet Set nightclub, in memory of the more than 200 people who died when its roof collapsed, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The first lawsuit is filed over the deadly nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic
The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic.
 
People light candles at a makeshift memorial outside the Jet Set nightclub, in memory of the more than 200 people who died when its roof collapsed, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Dominican club collapse death toll rises to 226 after woman pulled from rubble dies in hospital
Health officials say one woman hospitalized after being rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic died on Saturday. They said that raises the death toll to 226.
 
Zoe Saldana accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Emilia Perez during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Zoe Saldaña’s Oscar reminds Dominicans of the first time they won Miss Universe
Dominicans are celebrating Zoe Saldaña’s Oscar win for best supporting actress for her role in “Emilia Pérez,” marking a moment of immense national pride.
 
Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez waves a Venezuelan flag during a meeting with supporters in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Agustin Herrera)
Venezuelan opposition leader González lands in Guatemala days after Maduro sworn in for 3rd term
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González has landed in Guatemala, four days after the inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to a third term.
 
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco watches from the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Aug. 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl.
 
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appears before a judge on charges of carrying an illegal weapon, in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Millord)
Wander Franco released under supervision after gun arrest in Dominican Republic
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been granted supervised release after being arrested and charged for illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during an altercation in a parking lot in the Dominican Republic.
 
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco watches from the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Aug. 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Wander Franco charged with illegally carrying a gun in the altercation that led to his arrest
Dominican Republic prosecutors say Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was charged with illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during the altercation in a parking lot that led to his arrest over the weekend.
 
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco watches from the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Aug. 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Rays’ Wander Franco, who awaits sex abuse trial, arrested in armed altercation
Police say Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been arrested for his involvement in an armed altercation in a parking lot in the Dominican Republic countryside.
 
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco watches from the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will go to trial in sexual abuse case
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will go to trial on charges that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl, said a judge in the Dominican Republic on Thursday.
 
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who is charged with sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, arrives to court, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)
Sexual abuse trial of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is delayed until Sept. 26
The second phase of Wander Franco’s trial on charges of sexually abusing a minor was delayed until Sept. 26.
 
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, center, is escorted by police to court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Jan. 5, 2024. Dominican prosecutors formally accused Franco on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, of sexual abuse against a 14-year-old girl. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)
Rays’ Franco used his mother to pay the mother of a minor he is accused of abusing, documents say
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco used his mother to give money to the mother of a minor who he was accused abusing in an effort to hide the funds, according to documents prosecutors presented to a judge this week and viewed by The Associated Press.
 
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco looks on during a baseball game on Aug. 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Franco was arrested Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in the Dominican Republic after being interviewed by prosecutors investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor, according to an official in the Puerto Plata province prosecutor's office. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Rays shortstop Wander Franco arrested amid allegations of relationship with minor, AP source says
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after being interviewed by prosecutors investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor.
 
Dominican police arrest ‘mastermind’ in David Ortiz shooting