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Dominican Republic Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera was shot to death in his office Monday and the alleged murderer is in custody, the presidency said in a statement.

(This June 6 story corrects to reflect President Salvador Jorge Blanco was in office from 1982-1986, not 2002-2006)

Officials say the Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his office by a close friend

NEW YORK — A beloved city Correction captain died after undergoing plastic surgery at a Dominican clinic run by a doctor who once pleaded guilty to practicing unauthorized medicine.

Goodfella actor Ray Liotta's body will be flown back to Los Angeles from the Dominican Republic for his funeral service

Last Thursday, Hollywood and the world were mourning the sudden loss of Ray Liotta, the prolific actor in hit films like Goodfellas and Field Of Dreams. He was 67 years old. So far, it's been reported that Liotta died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic where he was shooting…

Ray Liotta, who died overnight Thursday while filming in the Dominican Republic, will always be associated with his role in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mob masterpiece “Goodfellas” (streaming on HBO Max). But even within that one part, the actor showed incredible range. As Henry Hill, who goes from cocky young street…

Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta died in his sleep at the age of 67 while he was in the Dominican Republic to shoot a movie

Actor Ray Liotta, best known for his leading roles in Goodfellas and Field of Dreams, dies in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting a film. He was 67.

The actor who starred in Goodfellas and Field of Dreams was shooting a film in the Dominican Republic

Actor Ray Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic "Goodfellas," has died in the Dominican Republic at age 67, the country's cinema authority said Thursday. Liotta, whose blistering turn as real-life mobster Henry Hill in Scorsese's crime masterpiece won universal admiration, was shooting a new film in the country…