Tornadoes tear through central US

Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

England to tour West Indies in February

England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...

Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster

The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. In fact, it is on the brink of calamity, according to a prominent ...

Celebrate Haitian Flag Day in Grand Rapids

GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM)- Haitian Flag Day is officially celebrated on May 18, but there is one group here in West Michigan celebrating this weekend. Sunday, at Grand Rapids West International Church of the Nazerene, the Haitian community of West Michigan will come together to eat, dance, sing, and celebrate 210 years of independence. We had two organizers, Ian Swanson of West Michigan Center for ...

Orlando native heading to Haiti to make a difference

As senior vice president of convention sales and services at Visit Orlando, Tammi Runzler would seem to have it all. But she's leaving it all behind to head to ...