Dozens of people have gathered at the Dominican Republic’s forensic institute, hoping for news of their loved ones who are still missing.

Celebrities, officials and Dominicans from the U.S. were among the hundreds who went to see a renowned merengue star perform — then a roof collapse killed 221 people.

So far, authorities have identified 146 people who died and rescued 189 survivors from the rubble after disaster struck the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.

It’s unclear how often government officials inspect buildings in the Dominican Republic or when Jet Set was last inspected. Rescue workers carry a person pulled from the wreckage of the ...

The owner of the doomed Dominican Republic nightclub has broken his silence as the death toll has risen to 221 following the building’s nightmarish roof collapse, with the search and rescue ...

A roof that collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic and killed 232 people this month had filtration problems for decades and had been repeatedly fixed with plasterboard ...

Justice has been slow in coming to the Dominican Republic. Of the several thousand members of Trujillo’s dread S.I.M. (Military Intelligence Service), only a handful are under arrest ...

His cousin, Yadhira Elaine Estévez Serrano, was among 221 people who died when the roof collapsed early Tuesday at the Jet Set nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic. His cousin ...

The death toll from a roof collapse at a popular Dominican Republic nightclub has climbed to at least 124, authorities said Wednesday as they continued the search for survivors. More than 300 ...

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — Rescue crews in the Dominican Republic dug through the remains of a legendary nightclub Thursday whose roof collapsed earlier this week, killing at least 221 ...