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Think twice about a tropical getaway to the Caribbean this winter. The U.S. embassy in the Bahamas has released a security warning and travel advisory that the island nation is currently unsafe ...
The Nassau County mask ban is in response to “antisemitic incidents, often perpetrated by those in masks.” This New York County Signed The Nation's First Face Mask Ban Into Law Skip to main ...
Why is high heat so dangerous for kids? Anyone can be affected by high temperatures, but they can be especially tough on children, Dr. Daniel Ganjian, a pediatrician at Providence Saint John’s ...
The Raid on Charles Town, or Spanish raid on New Providence, was a Spanish naval expedition on 19 January 1684 (O.S.) led by Cuban corsair Juan de Alarcón against the English privateering stronghold of Charles Town (later renamed Nassau), capital of the Bahamas. The Bahamian settlements and defenses were reduced to ruins, and the Spanish ...
He then proclaimed that every pirate in the area would fall under his protection. Hornigold called this group of ruffians the Flying Gang and took over Nassau, making it a pirate haven. Hornigold remained reluctant to attack English ships, though he would encourage his allies, such as Samuel Bellamy, to do so. Hornigold's patriotism was ...
Cordell Farrington (born 1968) is a Bahamian serial killer who killed four children and his adult lover from 2002 to 2003. [1] Initially sentenced to death for killing 22-year-old Jamal Robins, he was later resentenced to another count of life imprisonment on the basis of his insanity.
Kids today have more access to information than their parents did, which can be good and bad. When those news stories pop up, parents should use it as a gateway to talk with their children about ...
Pirates established themselves in Nassau, and essentially established their own republic with its own governors. By 1713, the War of the Spanish Succession was over, but many British privateers were slow to get the news, or reluctant to accept it, and so slipped into piracy. This led to large numbers of unemployed privateers making their way to ...