Haiti

A local nonprofit is trying to find a new way into Haiti after the Federal Aviation Administration banned flights to and from the Caribbean country for 30 days.

A third flight from the US to Haiti has been struck by gunfire. This time, it was an American Airlines plane. The Fort Worth-based airline is joining Spirit Airlines and others in banning flights to Haiti due to gang violence. NBC 5’s Allie Spillards has more.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said it is banning U.S. planes from flying less than 10,000 feet above Haiti.

Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US Embassy reported Monday.

A Spirit Airlines flight Florida to Haiti was diverted to the Dominican Republic on Monday after the aircraft was struck by gunfire when it attempted to land in Port-au-Prince.

A Spirit Airlines flight traveling from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was diverted to the Dominican Republic after the aircraft was struck by gunfire Monday, the airline confirmed in a statement.

A strange moment in American politics surfaced at the U.N. General Assembly, brought up by a top Haitian official.

Local experts say there are only about 2,000 active cardiac surgeons in the country right now and in some other places, like Haiti, that number is zero. Tahera Rahman reports Baylor Scott & White Hospital is partnering with a charity organization to get Haitians the life-saving surgeries they need.

Baylor Scott & White Hospital is partnering with a charity organization to get Haitians the life-saving surgeries they need.

Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalized late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince just days after arriving in the country, the government said.

The attack happened Thursday evening in the community of Lizon in northern Port-au-Prince

Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker said his daughter and her husband were attacked as they left a church.

A U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who led a religious group were shot and killed by criminal gang members in Haiti’s capital after they were abducted.

Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence.

As gangs take over Port-au-Prince with rifles, machine guns and other weapons, the U.S. is trying to seize the weapons at a facility in South Florida before they leave the country.

Armed gangs are launching new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.

Unrest continues in Haiti as gangs terrorize citizens in a violent takeover. A Haitian native with North Texas ties wonders when he can return to the church he established there. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat has the story.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Kingston, Jamaica Monday where he spoke about the escalating crisis in Haiti.

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced early Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created, capitulating to international pressure that seeks to save the country overwhelmed by violent gangs that some experts say have unleashed a low-scale civil war.

The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave.