Aruba

Morelle and Suzanne Crawford of Maine will never forget their Aruba parasailing adventure in November — but sadly, it’s for all the wrong reasons. “They let us go, and we got about 8-10 feet off the boat, up in the air, and all of a sudden, we kind of flipped upside down, ended in the water,” said Suzanne Crawford. Their…

Morelle and Suzanne Crawford of Maine suffered injuries while parasailing in Aruba; the same company involved in that incident was also involved in a boating accident that killed 13-year-old Cassidy Murray of Milton, Massachusetts.

Cassidy Murray, a seventh grader at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, died Wednesday

Grief counselors were on hand at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge on Saturday as students mourn the loss of a fellow middle school student. Cassidy Murray, 13, of Milton, Massachusetts, was killed in a boating accident while on vacation with her family in Aruba. Murray was in seventh grade at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School. “It’s a tragedy…

Grief counselors will be on hand at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge on Saturday as students mourn the loss of a middle school student.

A boat crash in Aruba left a 13-year-old girl from Massachusetts dead.

A teenage girl from Milton, Massachusetts, was killed in a boating accident while on vacation with her family in Aruba, her family and officials at her school confirmed Friday. Cassidy Murray, a student at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, died Wednesday. Her family released a statement and a photo of Cassidy Friday afternoon. “It is with broken hearts…

Many pandemic protocols are ineffective public health measures and the risk perception among the vaccinated is “way off,” said Harvard’s Dr. Stefanos Kales.

About a dozen countries have added an insurance mandate for tourists during the pandemic era, to cover costs related to Covid-19.

Travel options for the unimmunized are starting to dwindle as nations prioritize safety and simplified entrance requirements over open-door policies for all.

Thousands of people crossed into Colombia on Saturday to buy food and medicine after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reopened a border between the countries that had been shut down for the past four months. Long lines of Venezuelans stood at two international bridges near the city of Cúcuta waiting to have their documents checked by Colombian officials, with some carrying...

Authorities in Curacao say 318 people aboard a Church of Scientology ship docked in the Dutch Caribbean island will remain quarantined at least until Wednesday while they determine how many might be infected with measles. Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth told The Associated Press late Sunday that a team of health officials took 277 blood samples and sent them to the Netherlands....

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts has agreed to terms on a new contract that would keep him in Boston through 2025 and guarantee him $132 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Sunday night.

There are many powerful story lines flowing out of the Boston Red Sox’ historic 2018 World Series title victory, including this piece today from Bleacher Report’s Joon Lee on shortstop Xander Bogaerts reuniting with his father after more than two decades apart. Bogaerts grew up in Aruba, raised primarily by his mother, Sandra Brown, along with his brother Jair and…

A retired NYPD officer is being hailed as a hero after saving the life of a little girl who suffered an accident while traveling in an SUV during a family vacation in Aruba.

Millions of Americans from Salem, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina, will be able to see the total eclipse on Aug. 21, according to NASA. Eclipse chasers say they’ve been preparing for the moment for years.

To board a flight at Logan International Airport, all some passengers will have to bring is their faces. JetBlue is testing the concept of using facial recognition technology.

A businessman accused of attacking a Muslim worker at a Kennedy Airport lounge has pleaded not guilty in New York to hate crime charges.

A Massachusetts businessman is facing hate crime charges after he allegedly shouted slurs at and kicked a Muslim airline employee in the Delta Sky Lounge at Kennedy Airport Wednesday night, prosecutors say.

Matthew weakened slightly to a Category 4 hurricane from a Category 5 early Saturday, while coastal Miami-Dade and Broward entered the forecast cone. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Matthew had maximum sustained winds near 155 mph Saturday morning and was centered about 365 miles south of Port Au Prince, Haiti. The storm is also about 420 miles southeast...