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Budapest Metropolitan Police (BUDAPEST, Hungary) — A 31-year-old American tourist in Hungary who had been missing for several days was killed, and a suspect has been arrested for her murder, authorities said Friday. Mackenzie “Kenzie” Michalski, a nurse practitioner, was last heard from early Tuesday while visiting Budapest, according to her friends, who spread the […]

ABC News (NEW DELHI) — An American climber along with her British climbing partner have been rescued at an altitude of more than 20,000 feet after becoming stranded in the Himalayas for three days. American Michelle Dvorak and her British climbing partner, Fay Manners, were trying to climb Chaukhamba Mountain in northern India last Wednesday […]

Royal Bahamas Police Force (NEW YORK) — An American who traveled to the Bahamas to attend a yoga retreat has been missing for nearly a week, her family and police said. Taylor Casey, 41, of Chicago, was last seen on June 19 in the area of Paradise Island, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. […]

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants’ cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg’s Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The trial of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist charged with espionage in Russia, was convened on Wednesday behind closed doors, […]

Ryan and Valerie Watson talk to “Good Morning America,” June 20, 2024. — ABC News (PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands) — Ryan Watson, an American charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos, and who has remained on the islands since his arrest in April, avoided jail time in his sentencing Friday. Watson was fined […]

Getty Images – STOCK (GREECE) — An American tourist found dead over the weekend on a beach on the Greek Island of Mathraki has been identified by authorities. Toby Sheets, a 55-year-old New Yorker, died from drowning, Ioannis Aivatidis, the coroner in Corfu, Greece, who performed the autopsy, told ABC News on Tuesday. The U.S. […]

Getty Images – STOCK (GREECE) — An American tourist was found dead Sunday on a beach on the Greek Island of Mathraki, the latest in a series of foreign tourists found dead or reported missing in the scenic vacation paradise in the past week, authorities said.  The remains of the missing American were discovered at about 1:30 […]

Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (NEW YORK) — A Virginia man was sentenced to time served and fined $9,000 for bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos, avoiding a potential 12-year sentence under the islands’ strict gun laws. Tyler Wenrich, from Richmond, traveled to Grand Turk on a cruise ship for a bachelor party […]

amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. national has been mistakenly accused of involvement in last weekend’s attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cole Patrick Ducey, an engineer living in Eswatini, told ABC News Monday that he was not involved, despite reports online and in the media. DRC government officials also confirmed to […]

Turks and Caicos officers stand outside a police station. (ABC News/Nightline) (NEW YORK) — Police in Turks and Caicos have charged an American woman with ammunition possession — a crime that carries a minimum penalty of 12 years — after airport officials alleged they found illegal ammunition in her luggage. Sharitta Shinise Grier, 45, of […]