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From oceanside bites to boundary-pushing chefs, Aruba proves the island's next big attraction is its food. Photo credit: Aruba Tourism Authority.

Aruba shifts its focus to foodie tourism in 2026

By Ksenia Prints - Associated Press

Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, where he is expected to plead guilty to trying to extort money from her mother and provide new information about what happened to the missing teen. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder

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FILE - Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, where he is expected to plead guilty to trying to extort money from her mother and provide new information about what happened to the missing teen. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Joran van der Sloot reveals new details of Natalee Holloway killing as part of plea deal

By Kim Chandler and Sudhin Thanawala - Associated Press

Beth Holloway, mother of Natalee Holloway, speaks during the opening of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center (NHRC) at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Court records filed Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, indicate Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Attorney: Joran van der Sloot plea deal contingent on disclosing details in Natalee Holloway death

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In this undated photo courtesy of the Heath family, Matthew Heath is seen at his mother's home in Knoxville, Tennessee. The former U.S. Marine corporal was arrested at a roadblock in Venezuela on Sept. 10, 2020, and accused by President Nicolás Maduro of being a terrorist and spying for Donald Trump, but the American’s plight has largely gone unnoticed. (Heath family via AP)

Mystery surrounds former Marine’s imprisonment in Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Indiana woman gets 3 years for stealing $540K from employer

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Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts stretches before a spring training baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

At 27, Bogaerts becomes leader for revamped Red Sox

By MAUREEN MULLEN - Associated Press

Man who claimed he buried Natalee Holloway fatally stabbed

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

Hugo Carvajal is Venezuela's former head of military intelligence. (Image: YouTube)

Former head of Venezuelan military intelligence detained in Aruba on U.S. request

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Md. man held in Aruba sued by insurer

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Economy Briefs: European Union’s credit rating outlook downgraded by Moody’s

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Indecency case dropped for Md. man held in Aruba

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Man held in Aruba sues over travel insurance claim

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Gary Giordano, 51, and Carol Ann Bock, 45, were arrested and charged with indecent exposure (Photo courtesy of Annapolis Police Department)

Gary Giordano arrested for indecent exposure

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Joran van der Sloot, 24, sits Jan. 13, 2012, in the courtroom at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, before he received a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores, a young woman he met at a Lima casino. (Associated Press)

Peru court sentences Van der Sloot to 28 years

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

**FILE** This undated family photo shows Natalee Holloway of Mountain Brook, Ala. (Associated Press/Courtesy of Marcia Twitty)

Missing teen Natalee Holloway declared dead

By Phillip Rawls - Associated Press

Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro Prison in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day after the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen, in which he remains the main suspect. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing Peru woman

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

Giordano talks about travel companion’s disappearance in Aruba

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

Gary Giordano

Aruban judge orders Giordano released

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Gary Giordano

Appeal hearing scheduled for suspect in Aruba disappearance

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times