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Immigration raids have been so rare in Puerto Rico that its only detention facility, in an office building next to a mall, can hold only about 20 detainees. Yet federal authorities in the U.S ...
Puerto Rico is a natural partner in reshoring the medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, and its leaders are working to ensure that efforts do not trap the island in its current territo… ...
The Associated Press// May 12, 2025 // A forklift worker transports goods at a warehouse in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo: Alejandro Granadillo) Home> Nation & World> ...
A massive island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as residents were making preparations for Easter weekend, marking the latest incident in a string of major blackouts in recent years.
All 1.4 million Luma Energy clients across Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday. The blackout comes less than five months after another island-wide power outage on New Year's Eve.
A power blackout hit all of Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the heavily Catholic U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend. All 1.4 million customers were affected, Hugo Sorrentini ...
An open invitation For Nolasco, who left Puerto Rico about 30 years ago to pursue acting, this is an opportunity to rekindle connections. “Puerto Rico is a place you carry with you,” he said.
Puerto Rico legislators on Monday held a contentious public hearing on a governor-backed bill that would eliminate renewable energy goals and extend operations of the island's lone coal-fired ...
Trump wants Canada to be the 51st state, but residents of Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. have been advocating for statehood for years. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images ...
Importantly, statehood for Puerto Rico doesn’t need to be coupled with D.C. statehood – a point of apprehension for some Republicans who view the issues as inseparable.
Puerto Rico suffered the latest in a string of widespread power outages Tuesday that at one point had nearly 1.3 million businesses or homes — most of the island — in the dark.
I think it's called Puerto Rico." That joke came after Trump made a similar comment last Thursday, calling the U.S. a "garbage can for the world" in an escalation of his anti-immigrant rhetoric.