Bahamas

The potential loss of conch in the Bahamas reflects the threat overfishing poses around the world to traditional foods.

The U.S. Coast Guard detained a 50-foot boat carrying 396 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas in one of the biggest human smuggling incidents in the region.

Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas, based on a criminal indictment that was unsealed Tuesday. Authorities say he improperly diverted billions of dollars.

Crews evacuated dozens of people from vulnerable locations in the northwestern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Nicole approached Wednesday and residents of Florida braced for the storm.

Subtropical Storm Nicole began strengthening and transitioning into a tropical storm early Tuesday as it churned toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline, forecasters said.

Well before Queen Elizabeth II's death on Thursday, the popularity of the monarchy as head of state in British Commonwealth nations in the Caribbean was falling. Last year Barbados ditched the Commonwealth; as countries such as Jamaica and Bahamas consider their position, the reaction across the region is likely to be mixed.

A vessel carrying as many as 60 people people capsized off the coast of the Bahamas. The islands have seen a recent increase in human smuggling incidents, as Haitians flee dire conditions back home.

Tropical storm warnings were issued early Friday for much of the Florida peninsula, Cuba and the Bahamas as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of Mexico, bringing threats of heavy rain and wind for the weekend.

Three Americans were found dead at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort in the Bahamas over the weekend. Officials are still working to determine the cause of death.

The U.S. has launched a criminal investigation into whether a human smuggling ring is behind a boat that capsized off Florida with 40 migrants onboard.

A cruise ship with hundreds of passengers has diverted to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over $4 million in unpaid fuel.

The Bahamas held a snap election last week to face its COVID-19 crisis — while community leaders like Father Stephen Grant still struggle with Hurricane Dorian.