The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he “shocked and horrified” to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana.

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood since 1910.

The Global Empowerment Mission in Doral continues its mission Thursday in spearheading a relief effort in response to Hurricane Beryl’s devastating impact on parts of the Caribbean.

As Hurricane Beryl continues to pummel Jamaica, residents and those with ties to the island are feeling the storm’s impact.

In a remarkable 24-hour period over the weekend, Beryl strengthened from a tropical storm to a 130 mph hurricane, and is now on the doorstep of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada in the easternmost Caribbean as a Category 4 hurricane.

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to Category 5 status as it crosses islands in the southeastern Caribbean.

Police say that three escaped inmates from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada have been charged in the killing of a U.S. couple whose catamaran they hijacked.

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran Simplicity when police say it was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada.

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean say they are trying to locate two people believed to be U.S. citizens who were aboard a yacht hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada.

Gio Reyna started in his first match with the U.S. after his parents disparaged then-coach Gregg Berhalter for his lack of playing time at the World Cup, a 7-1 rout of 173rd-ranked Grenada in the CONCACAF Nationals League at St. George’s.

The United Nations official now in charge of the fight to curb climate change has a personal stake in the battle to reduce emissions.

An explosive eruption has rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent.

CNN Weather(CNN) - Tropical Storm Karen formed just east of the Windward Islands and has sustained winds of 40 mph. A tropical storm warning has been issued for Trinidad and Tobago, along with Grenada and its dependencies. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within the next 12 hours. A tropical storm watch will likely be required for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands later Sunday, and tropical storm warnings may be issued for other areas in the Windward Islands later this morning. Karen will then approach Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Tuesday as a tropical storm.

Discussion At 500 a.m. AST (0900 UTC), the center of newly formed Tropical Storm Karen was located near latitude 11.9 north, longitude 60.2 west. SatelliteWatches and Warnings Changes with this advisory: The government of Trinidad and Tobago has issued a tropical storm warning for Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago meteorological service has issued a tropical storm warning for Grenada and its dependencies. Summary of watches and warnings in effect: A tropical storm warning is in effect for, * Trinidad and Tobago * Grenada and its dependencies A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within the next 12 hours. Tropical storm warnings may be issued later today for other portions of The Windward Islands.