SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Officials in the northern Caribbean warned Thursday of heavy rains and dangerous swells as Tropical Storm Erin approached the region.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen accused of conspiring with him to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities in the troubled Caribbean country, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Haiti’s government announced Saturday that it is implementing a three-month state of emergency in the country’s central region as gang violence surges.