Jan 06 5.8-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico, damaging homes By Dánica Coto, Associated Press A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Monday, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages and severely cracking some homes. It was one of the strongest quakes yet to hit the U.S. territory that has been shaking for the past… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 8:13 2 years later, U.S. island territories still hurting from Hurricanes Irma and Maria Although 2020 is only days away, Americans in the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are still recovering from devastating storms that hit back in the fall of 2017. Hurricanes Maria and Irma flooded and leveled parts… Continue watching
Dec 18 Puerto Rico defies federal ban and keeps cockfighting alive By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Cockfighting generates an estimated $18 million a year and employs some 27,000 people, according to the bill approved by Puerto Rico’s House and Senate. Continue reading
Nov 13 Google digitizes artworks in Puerto Rico for 1st time By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Puerto Rico artwork joins Google's current online exhibitions and stories from around the world. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 4:57 News Wrap: Iran's Rouhani calls U.S. sanctions 'economic terrorism' In our news wrap Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced the Trump administration's withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. He said Iran would only come to the negotiating table if… Continue watching
Sep 24 Earthquake strikes near Puerto Rico but no injuries reported By Dánica Coto, Associated Press A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck 49 miles off the island's northwest coast late Monday. Continue reading
Sep 24 Puerto Rico braces for flooding from Tropical Storm Karen By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Forecasters said Tropical Storm Karen would unleash heavy rains across the northeastern Caribbean on Tuesday that could cause flooding and landslides. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 3:30 News Wrap: At least 40 civilians die in Afghan raid on Taliban hideout Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 3:06 Angel Otero's brief but spectacular take on discovering his artistic voice Artist Angel Otero’s brand of visual storytelling is a unique one: he creates oil skins from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in sheets once it dries. But as a child growing up in Puerto Rico, Otero had a… Continue watching
Aug 31 AP fact check: Trump's swipe at Puerto Rico, G-7 comments By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump presented a distorted picture of the auto industry, told a fanciful story about Iran duping Barack Obama and took a misinformed swipe at Puerto Rico just as its residents braced for a catastrophe that didn’t come. Continue reading