/tags/bahamas Bahamas en-US WLRN Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:01:11 GMT /americas/2024-02-09/jamaica-and-the-bahamas-are-pushing-back-against-u-s-travel-warnings The State Department is discouraging tourists from traveling to the Caribbean islands. But government officials from both nations hope that won't keep tourists from coming. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:01:11 GMT /americas/2024-02-09/jamaica-and-the-bahamas-are-pushing-back-against-u-s-travel-warnings Vanessa Romo /government-politics/2024-01-31/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-the-bahamas-heres-what-you-need-to-know A string of gang-related murders in the local community prompted the U.S. embassy in the island nation to issue a security alert. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:25:47 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-31/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-the-bahamas-heres-what-you-need-to-know Shannon Sims | The New York Times /caribbean/2023-04-06/in-bahamas-a-struggle-to-save-conch-and-a-way-of-life The potential loss of conch in the Bahamas reflects the threat overfishing poses around the world to traditional foods. Thu, 06 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT /caribbean/2023-04-06/in-bahamas-a-struggle-to-save-conch-and-a-way-of-life Patrick Whittle | The Associated Press /immigration/2023-01-23/396-haitian-migrants-detained-on-50-foot-boat-near-bahamas 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. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:30:00 GMT /immigration/2023-01-23/396-haitian-migrants-detained-on-50-foot-boat-near-bahamas Associated Press /technology/2022-12-12/bankman-fried-is-arrested-as-feds-charge-massive-fraud-at-ftx-crypto-exchange 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. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:30:00 GMT /technology/2022-12-12/bankman-fried-is-arrested-as-feds-charge-massive-fraud-at-ftx-crypto-exchange David Gura, Bill Chappell, Lisa Lambert /weather/2022-11-09/tropical-storm-nicole-bears-down-on-the-bahamas-florida 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. Wed, 09 Nov 2022 15:33:18 GMT /weather/2022-11-09/tropical-storm-nicole-bears-down-on-the-bahamas-florida Freida Frisaro | Associated Press, Danica Coto /weather/2022-11-08/nicole-strengthens-threatens-bahamas-and-florida-coastline 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. Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:42:17 GMT /weather/2022-11-08/nicole-strengthens-threatens-bahamas-and-florida-coastline Freida Frisaro , Julie Walker /news/2022-09-09/the-queen-and-the-caribbean-elizabeths-death-is-likely-to-elevate-the-regions-republic-drive 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. Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:06:46 GMT /news/2022-09-09/the-queen-and-the-caribbean-elizabeths-death-is-likely-to-elevate-the-regions-republic-drive Tim Padgett /news/2022-07-25/17-died-in-the-bahamas-after-a-boat-believed-to-be-carrying-haitian-migrants-capsized 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. Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:50:42 GMT /news/2022-07-25/17-died-in-the-bahamas-after-a-boat-believed-to-be-carrying-haitian-migrants-capsized Dustin Jones /local-news/2022-06-03/tropical-storm-warning-for-parts-of-florida-cuba-bahamas 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. Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:02:19 GMT /local-news/2022-06-03/tropical-storm-warning-for-parts-of-florida-cuba-bahamas The Associated Press