PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- At least 20 people on a music group's packed Carnival float in the Haitian capital were killed Tuesday when they were electrocuted by a power line, officials said. The ...

A man takes pictures of the float on which a singer was electrocuted by an overhead power line as the float passed beneath it during a carnival parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, Feb. 17, ...

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The Jacmel City Hall and the Inter-institutional Organizing Committee for the Carnival have officially announced the theme for the 2026 Jacmel Carnival : « Jacmel in Our Dreams ...

People in Port au Prince are mourning today, a day usually reserved for celebration. At least 16 people died during a Mardi Gras parade. They were electrocuted in trampled after a float struck a power ...

The Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was on lockdown Monday after Haitian police attacked the army headquarters to demand better working conditions, sparking a gun battle that left two servicemen ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The Haitian government raised the death toll from Tuesday's electrocution of a Carnival float to 18 and said it was exploring measures to prevent future incidents involving ...

Haiti is gearing up for its annual Carnival celebration, but the Mardi Gras festivities are controversial in a country struggling with gang violence, kidnappings and political unrest. Dancers are ...

As ‘Sweet Micky,’ Haiti’s charismatic president built a reputation as the king of carnival by denouncing governments, mooning politicians and being outrageously anti-establish-ment. Now, as president ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least 20 people were killed during a Carnival parade in Haiti's capital early Tuesday when a music group's float hit a low-hanging power line, causing them to be ...

Fireworks and dancing erupted across Haiti in a reprieve from gang violence as people came together to celebrate their national team punching its ticket to the 2026 World Cup. Haiti, the poorest ...