Nation Jul 21 Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection, but won’t resign Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelection or continue as head of his pro-statehood political party.
Politics Mar 29 Puerto Rico seeks more food stamp funding as Congress stalls Many Puerto Ricans are still struggling to meet their basic needs after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.
World Feb 18 Haitians seek basic necessities in aftermath of government protests Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations by tens of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise over skyrocketing prices that have more than doubled for…
Nation Jan 07 Growing opioid crisis adds to Puerto Rico’s problems "Hardly anyone talks about this problem in Puerto Rico. It's like it doesn't exist," says Rafael Torruella, program director for a needle exchange program in Puerto Rico.
Nation Aug 28 Hurricane’s death toll in Puerto Rico put at nearly 3,000 The new estimate of nearly 3,000 dead in the six months after Maria devastated the island in September 2017 and knocked out the entire electrical grid was made by researchers with the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George…
Nation May 03 Investigators search for cause of deadly cargo plane crash in Georgia Military investigators began the arduous task Thursday of answering why a C-130 Hercules cargo plane dropped from the sky to crash on a Georgia highway as families of nine Puerto Rican airmen grieved Thursday over the deaths of an experienced…
Nation Apr 18 Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria. Officials said an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line.
Nation Apr 06 FEMA: Puerto Rico running out of time as storm season nears The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that Puerto Rico is not ready for another disaster.
Nation Dec 18 Puerto Rico governor orders review of all deaths reported since Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday ordered authorities to review all deaths reported since Hurricane Maria hit nearly three months ago amid accusations that the U.S. territory has vastly undercounted storm-related deaths.
Politics May 16 Bernie Sanders visits Puerto Rico amid debt crisis SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned of a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico Monday, calling on the U.S. government to support a debt restructure in the territory.