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Hogs Gone Wild: Feral Pigs Invading Communities in Puerto Rico, Reproducing at Alarming Rate
Thousands of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs are snorting and squealing their way across Puerto Rico in what many fear has become an unstoppable quest to eat and reproduce.
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First Vaccination Administered in Puerto Rico
Vaccinations against COVID-19 in Puerto Rico officially began on Tuesday at Ashford Hospital in San Juan.
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Save These Dates: 2020 Holiday Shipping Deadlines
Want to make sure your holiday cards and gifts arrive in time for Christmas? Save these dates, and keep in mind there may be extra surcharges for rush delivery during the holiday season.
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What Do Senate Runoffs in Georgia Have to Do With Puerto Rico Statehood?
As Georgia’s GOP Sen. David Perdue was forced into a runoff with Democrat Jon Ossoff, Republicans warned about what is at stake in the coming election: statehood for Puerto Rico, NBC News reports.
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Puerto Rico Seeks to Arrest US Tourist Who Refused Face Mask
A judge has ordered the arrest of a tourist from the U.S. mainland who is accused of attacking a National Guard trooper at Puerto Rico’s airport after refusing to wear a face mask as required under pandemic restrictions
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WATCH: Huge Telescope Collapses in Puerto Rico
Scientists around the world are mourning the Arecibo Observatory after it collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope had been an integral part in making astronomical discoveries over the last half a century.
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Puerto Ricans in Unfamiliar Territory as Vote Count Delayed
For the first time in decades, voters across Puerto Rico are still waiting for officials to confirm the winners of some of the most high-profile races days after the U.S. territory held its general election.
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Puerto Rico, Unable to Vote, Becomes Crucial to US Election
The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in the battleground state of Florida.
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Grandfather Pleads Guilty in Granddaughter's Puerto Rico Cruise Ship Death
A grandfather accused in the fatal fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico last year pleaded guilty Thursday to negligent homicide. Salvatore “Sam” Anello of Valparaiso, Indiana, said earlier this year that he would drop a not-guilty plea to help end what he called “this nightmare” for his family. Eighteen-month-old…
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‘Hamilton' Musical Aims to Give Puerto Ricans Their Shot At Performing
Lin-Manuel Miranda held auditions for his hit musical “Hamilton” in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, June 13.
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Trump Shifts on Puerto Rico, Releases Aid as Election Nears
President Donald Trump has announced the release of $13 billion in assistance to repair the damage in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria three years ago, and has pledged to restore its economy
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Puerto Rico Reopening Beaches, Gyms, Theaters Amid Pandemic
Puerto Rico’s governor says she will reopen beaches, casinos, gyms and movie theaters across the U.S. territory as officials report a recent drop in COVID-19 cases and deaths that some experts worried would once again spike.
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New Project to Probe Hurricane Maria Deaths in Puerto Rico
U.S. researchers who estimated that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria are now investigating deaths that might have been missed and could be linked to infrastructure damaged by the Category 4 storm
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Puerto Rico Election Leader Resigns After Chaotic Primary Election
The president of Puerto Rico’s elections commission will be resigning immediately, nearly a month after a chaotic and unfinished primary forced a second round of voting in an unprecedented event for the U.S. territory, NBC News reports.
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US Agents Seize Record $27M in Cash on Ship Bound for USVI
Federal authorities in Puerto Rico say they have seized $27 million in undeclared cash aboard a ship bound for the U.S. Virgin Islands
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In the Face of Devastation, Rescue Groups Find Puerto Rican Pups Forever Homes
Over the past three years, the island of Puerto Rico has faced mounting disasters – the devastating Hurricane Maria in 2017, several large earthquakes and aftershocks in 2020, and, most recently, the coronavirus pandemic. The disasters have left non-profit animal rescue groups like Animal Lighthouse Rescue with a big problem on their hands as the population of stray dogs, called…
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Puerto Ricans Push Back on Kimberly Guilfoyle's ‘First-Generation American' Remarks
Puerto Ricans are pushing back against misleading remarks from Kimberly Guilfoyle, the national chair of the Trump Victory Finance Committee, during her speech at the Republican National Convention Monday night, NBC News reported. Guilfoyle, a former California prosecutor and the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., showed her support for President Donald Trump’s re-election as “a Latina and proud American,”...
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Ex-DHS Official Says Trump Denigrated Puerto Ricans, Wasn't Joking About Greenland-PR Swap
Former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor said in an interview with MSNBC Wednesday that he witnessed President Donald Trump describe Puerto Rico as “dirty” and “poor” when raising the possibility of exchanging the island for Greenland. The New York Times first reported in August 2019 that Trump had joked in a meeting about trading Puerto Rico for Greenland,…
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FBI Arrests Puerto Rico Lawmaker, Family in Corruption Probe
FBI agents have arrested Puerto Rico Rep. María Milagros Charbonier after the legislator who once presided over the island’s House Ethics Committee was charged in a public corruption case that officials say also involved her son, husband and an assistant
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Puerto Rico Governor Loses Primary of Pro-Statehood Party
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez has acknowledged losing the primary of her pro-statehood party to Pedro Pierluisi, who briefly served as the U.S. territory’s governor last year amid political turmoil.