Travolta testifies that Bahamas medic threatened to claim actor was at fault in son’s death

October 1st, 2009 Travolta attorney says he warned Bahamas defendantNASSAU, Bahamas — A lawyer for John Travolta testified Thursday that he warned a former Bahamas senator she would not get away with an alleged scheme to extort $25 million from the movie star. Attorney Michael McDermott said the defendant, Pleasant Bridgewater, contacted him by telephone and demanded the money on behalf of a paramedic who had treated the actor's 16-year-old son, Jett, following a seizure that led to his death.

September 30th, 2009 Coast Guard: Missing boaters located near BahamasLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Coast Guard officials in South Florida say three boaters reported missing on a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas have been located.

September 30th, 2009 Boaters traveling to the Bahamas reported missingLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Coast Guard officials in South Florida say a boat carrying three people went missing during a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas.

September 24th, 2009 Bahamas lawyer faces US federal corruption chargesNASSAU, Bahamas — A prominent Bahamian lawyer has been indicted on U.S. federal corruption charges in a case that allegedly involves a South Florida politician and nearly $1 million in laundered money.

September 19th, 2009 Bahamas cops probe fire deaths of 3 women, 1 girlNASSAU, Bahamas — Police in the Bahamas are investigating a fire that killed three women and a little girl. The Nassau Guardian reports that firefighters found the bodies of a grandmother, her teenage daughter, a neighbor and a 1-year-old scattered around the house after the Thursday blaze.

August 26th, 2009 AirTran seeking OK to launch Caribbean serviceORLANDO, Fla. — AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Tuesday it filed applications with the U.S.

August 26th, 2009 Tropical Storm Danny forms in the AtlanticMIAMI — Forecasters say people in the Bahamas and the southeastern U.S. should keep an eye on Tropical Storm Danny, which could slowly get stronger as it moves toward land.

August 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Florida man who sent an e-mail to the US Army Recruiting Command in November to kill president-elect Barack Obama pleaded guilty to threat charges in a court in Tampa Wednesday. He faces up to five years behind bars in federal jail.

August 19th, 2009 Police: Youth stabbed over Big Mac in the BahamasNASSAU, Bahamas — Bahamian police allege a 16-year-old boy stabbed a younger companion in the neck and back during an argument over a hamburger, gravely wounding him. Assistant Police Superintendent Paul Rolle says the older boy stabbed the 14-year-old with a knife during a disagreement over a Big Mac sandwich they bought at McDonald's shortly after departing a beachfront nightclub in Nassau early Tuesday morning.

August 15th, 2009 Bahamas bid to outlaw marital rape stokes debateNASSAU, Bahamas — Lawmakers are debating a bill that would make marital rape a crime in the Bahamas, overturning the current system in which consent to sexual intercourse is presumed in a legal marriage. Legislator Loretta Butler-Turner, who drafted the bill, said the attitude that wives are subordinate to husbands has put some women at risk of violence in the socially conservative archipelago.

July 21st, 2009 Governor: Man, sons open fire in Turkey, 6 deadANKARA, Turkey — A man and two of his sons opened fire at random in an eastern Turkish village Tuesday, killing six people and wounding seven others, an official said. The assailants fired their shotguns on their neighbors in the village of Karaali, said Muammer Musmal, governor of Elazig province.

June 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A poverty-stricken woman in an Uttar Pradesh village killed her two sons before committing suicide, police said Monday. "The incident took place today (Monday) in Karhi village in Hamirpur district, where Bati Vishwakarma (30) hacked her two sons, aged four and one, to death and later set herself afire," district police chief Suryanath told IANS over telephone.

April 29th, 2009 2 Bahamians plead not guilty in Travolta caseNASSAU, Bahamas — An ambulance driver and a former senator have pleaded not guilty to charges that they tried to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta following the death of his teenage son in the Bahamas. Former Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater remains free on $50,000 bail as does Tarino Lightbourne.

April 22nd, 2009 Soldier apparently killed self after failing testSAN ANTONIO — The military says a soldier who flunked out of combat medic training has been found dead in an apparent suicide at the Fort Sam Houston barracks. Spokesman Phil Reidinger at the base in Texas says Pfc.

April 19th, 2009 Man missing after falling overboard in BahamasMIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 39-year-old man who went overboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the Bahamas. The incident happened early Saturday morning, about 60 miles north of Nassau.