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Haiti’s human rights office says another journalist has been kidnapped in an area of the capital controlled by a gang

"The pain is unthinkable," Edgar Garay's brother said.

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has struck just south of the Dominican Republic and jolted people from their beds

A 27-year-old Indiana man died in Puerto Rico over the weekend after he fell 70 feet off a coastal cliff while trying to film a video for social media outlet TikTok.

Puerto Rico’s southeast coast has long been considered one of the U.S. territory’s most contaminated regions

Puerto Rico’s southeast coast has long been considered one of the U.S. territory’s most contaminated regions.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt told reporters Friday that he is baffled over how $12.7 million of his money has gone missing from a local private investment firm that authorities are investigating as part of a massive fraud that began more than a decade ago. When asked if he was “broke,” the retired star athlete laughed. Bolt’s attorneys have said the athlete’s account with Kingston-based Stocks and Securities Limited dwindled from nearly $12.8 million to some $12,000.

About half of American marriages unite people born in the same state. But in some places, the marriage market is even more insular.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is insisting on the deployment of an international specialized armed force to Haiti and calling on governments to consider halting deportations as the country’s situation spirals

Officials say the U.S. Coast Guard has detained a boat carrying 396 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas in one of the biggest human smuggling incidents in the region

The U.S. has released the results of an ongoing study to help Puerto Rico shift to clean energy amid the threat of powerful hurricanes and constant power outages blamed on a disintegrating power grid

A U.S. government study aimed at helping Puerto Rico shift to clean energy has found there’s not enough available land for large-scale solar farms and installation of wind generators.

FOX Bet has released World Baseball Classic odds, and MLB betting analyst Edward Egros offers up his three best futures bets to make now.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck near the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and was felt as far away as Puerto Rico

The governing board of Puerto Rico’s power company says it has approved a plan to privatize electric generation in the U.S. territory after meeting for nearly two hours behind closed doors.

The singing of the coquí—one of Puerto Rico’s national symbols—and Grecia Dianel Rivera Carrasquillo’s light guitar strumming echoed throughout the interview, enough to perfectly sum up her upbringing. Born and raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico, she would take advantage of anything that was accessible to her musically. Though she wasn’t raised by professional musicians, the self-proclaimed Latin pop singer-songwriter remembers her love for award shows and concerts on CDs growing up. Nonetheless, Grecia Dianel is here in the 305 for a reason. Her main mission as an artist includes, but is not at all limited to, putting women and Puerto Rico on the pedestal that they deserve.

Two suspected drug traffickers have been killed and four have been arrested following a shootout with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents off Puerto Rico, officials say.

Authorities in Puerto Rico say two suspected drug traffickers have been killed in a shootout with federal agents off the U.S. territory’s northeast coast

The Cayman Islands says it will start culling feral cats to help save a dwindling colony of brown booby birds

MBDA Programs in Florida, Puerto Rico, & USVI, operated by M. Gill & Associates, present the 2023 “Get in Gear for the New Year” Virtual Symposium

Five years after Hurricane Maria, PRoTechos, a local nonprofit, helps repair damaged roofs the government overlooked or that were fixed poorly. It also trains people to make future repairs themselves.

Not all destinations require U.S. tourists to carry a passport. Here are 6 places to travel without a passport.

Valentina Valldejuli and her partner live in Hato Rey, the financial district in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Team USA is the early favorite on FOX Bet to win the 2023 World Baseball Classic, but other talented teams loom not far behind. Get your first look at the tournament odds here!

The U.S. Coast Guard reported 34 Haitians abandoned by smugglers on a Puerto Rico cliff were rescued by crews on cutter Heriberto Hernandez, which is homeported in San Juan.

The House passed a bill that would allow Puerto Ricans to decide their future governing status, a long-sought goal on the island territory.

The proposal would commit Congress to accept Puerto Rico into the United States as the 51st state if voters on the island approved it.

The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate. “It is crucial to me that any proposal in Congress to decolonize Puerto Rico be informed and led by Puerto Ricans,” said Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, which oversees affairs in U.S. territories. The proposal would commit Congress to accept Puerto Rico into the United States as the 51st state if voters on the island approved it.

House Democrats are making a late push to give Puerto Rico the option of ending its political status as a U.S. territory, with just days left before the year's end.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued 34 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers on an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico

Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is expected to remain leader of the eastern Caribbean island after snap general elections that the main opposition party and its supporters boycotted

A whopping 1,987 pounds of cocaine was seized Monday by agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) unit from a boat off the coast of Guayama, Puerto Rico, authorities announced on Wednesday.

Anthony Steven Lobos-Ruiz was sentenced to 33 month in prison after admitting to his involvement in assaulting a transgender woman Puerto Rico.

The remains of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent killed in Puerto Rico arrived in South Florida Wednesday afternoon to a water cannon salute and full honors on the tarmac at Miami International Airport.

The FBI is investigating after a federal agent was killed in a shootout on the high seas of Puerto Rico Thursday morning.

Officials say U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been wounded after exchanging gunfire with people “on board a suspected smuggling vessel” off the coast of Puerto Rico

U.S. officials said three agents exchanged gunfire with individuals in a suspected smuggling vessel.

Three agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection were shot Thursday morning off the coast of Puerto Rico, one of whom has since passed away, officials confirmed.

Three agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection were shot Thursday morning off the coast of Puerto Rico, one of whom has since passed away, officials confirmed.

Multiple U.S. border agents have been shot in an anti-smuggling operation in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The three agents have been airlifted to hospitals.

Border agents discovered 198 pounds of cocaine and a dead person near a capsized boat in Puerto Rico.

Federal agents said they seized $2 million worth of cocaine on Wednesday that was strewn on a beach in Puerto Rico and discovered the body of a man trapped under a nearby boat that was carrying the drugs. Agents detected the boat traveling without lights near the northwest coastal town of Quebradillas in the pre-dawn hours and followed it at a distance, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Jeffrey Quiñones.

A dozen Haitian migrants who spent five days on a tiny, uninhabited island near Puerto Rico where human smugglers abandoned them have been rescued

A powerful drug lord from the Dominican Republic known as “The Abuser” has pled guilty to drug trafficking charges in U.S. federal court.

A powerful drug lord from the Dominican Republic known as “The Abuser” has pled guilty to drug trafficking charges in U.S. federal court

A powerful drug lord from the Dominican Republic known as “The Abuser” pled guilty to drug trafficking charges in U.S. federal court, authorities said Monday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Puerto Rico said César Emilio Peralta Adamez was accused of importing cocaine into the United States for a decade. Authorities said he led a Dominican-based drug-trafficking organization that imported tons of drugs from Colombia and Venezuela to Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland.

The Inter American Press Association says an eighth journalist has been killed in Haiti this year

At a campaign rally in Georgia, the senior senator from South Carolina scoffs at the idea to giving D.C. and Puerto Rico representation in the Senate.

An unusual and impactful late season storm developing north of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico – designated Invest 98L – will gradually organize over the next several days and slide westward toward Florida, bringing dangerous seas, widespread coastal flooding and beach erosion, gusty squalls, and the potential for heavy rain to a wide stretch of Florida’s Atlantic coast starting Tuesday into Wednesday.

Hundreds of cats have long slinked through the cobblestone streets of Puerto Rico’s historic district, stopping for the occasional pat on the head as delighted tourists and residents snap pictures and offer bits of food. The cats are so beloved they even have their own statue in Old San Juan. The idea has outraged many people, who worry the cats will be killed.

Two former beauty queens — Fabiola Valent�n of Puerto Rico and former Mariana Valera of Argentina — announced this week that they had secretly married

Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín competed as Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico together in the 2020 Grand Miss International pageant.

Scientists have published a huge study on near-Earth asteroids using data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

British officials say they have seized more than 880 pounds (400 kilograms) of cocaine from a boat in Caribbean waters

An attorney for Harvey Weinstein repeatedly challenged a woman over why she didn’t raise more objections or leave the hotel room in Puerto Rico where she said he sexually assaulted her during a 2003 film shoot.

The director of a nonprofit that helped disabled people in Puerto Rico has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in a case in which his center was set on fire by three other suspects, one of whom died in the act

Authorities are searching for at least eight migrants believed to be missing in waters near the historic area of Puerto Rico’s capital

The state of Puerto Rico's power grid has been a sore spot for many island businesses and residents, leading to backlash against Luma Energy.

The Puerto Rican artist returns with a new album, her first since protests galvanized San Juan and beyond in 2019.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has reached a settlement with United Parcel Service to resolve violations of hazardous waste regulations at more than 1,100 facilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico.

He is the most streamed artist on Spotify globally for the past two years.

Puerto Rico’s agriculture minister says Hurricane Fiona destroyed $159 million worth of crops in Puerto Rico when it hit a month ago, decimating fields of plantains, bananas and other crops

Puerto Rico's agriculture minister says Hurricane Fiona destroyed $159 million worth of crops in Puerto Rico when it hit a month ago, decimating fields of plantains, bananas and other crops.

The National Science Foundation has announced it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world’s largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago.

Senior U.S. officials say the U.S. government will revoke visas from current and former Haitian government officials involved with criminal organizations

Goya Foods, America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, is delivering much needed aid to victims of Hurricanes Ian and Fiona.

Canada has advanced to its first World Cup semifinals since 1986 as Kia Nurse scored 17 points in a 79-60 win over Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico’s governor requested that the U.S. government waive a federal law to allow for more fuel shipments to the island amid concerns over a dwindling supply of diesel in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.

Ezi Magbegor had 16 points and five blocks to help Australia beat Canada 75-72 in the women’s World Cup.

Officials are fanning out across Puerto Rico to gauge the damage inflicted by Hurricane Fiona.

Fiona, a Category 3 hurricane, pounded Bermuda with heavy rains and winds early Friday as it swept by the island on a route forecast to have it approaching northeastern Canada late in the day as a still-powerful storm.

Nirra Fields scored 17 points and Shay Colley added 11 to help Canada beat France 59-45 in the women’s basketball World Cup.

A growing number of businesses including grocery stores and gas stations are temporarily closing across Puerto Rico as power outages caused by Hurricane Fiona drag on in the U.S. territory, sparking concern about the availability of fuel and basic goods.

Lauren Jackson had one basket in her first game for Australia in 12 years as the Opals lost to France 70-57 on the opening day of the women's World Cup.

Hurricane Fiona strengthened into a Category 4 storm Wednesday after devastating Puerto Rico, then lashing the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week.

Thirty dogs and cats arrived to Miami International Airport Wednesday morning from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona tore through the island.

Hurricane Fiona was unencumbered after clipping the eastern shores of the Dominican Republic Monday morning, and steadily strengthened into the Atlantic’s first Category 3 hurricane of 2022 overnight.

Hurricane Fiona is blasting the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remain without electricity or running water.

Nearly five years to the day that Category 4 Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Category 1 Hurricane Fiona consumed the U.S. island territory with catastrophic flooding, with rainfall surpassing over two feet and flash flood warnings at times enveloping practically all municipalities, while plunging the entire island into intermittent darkness.

Fiona continued to steadily strengthen overnight, with its winds approaching hurricane strength (75 mph or stronger) this morning as its formative eyewall begins to scrape the southern reaches of Puerto Rico.

Nearly five years have passed since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of 3.2 million people.

The center of Tropical Storm Fiona passed over Guadeloupe – part of the chain of islands flanking the northeastern Caribbean – last night, bringing heavy rains and gusty winds, at times reaching nearly 60 mph, while hurricane watches went up this morning for Puerto Rico and portions of the Dominican Republic as the storm tracked westward into the eastern Caribbean.

A vigorous tropical wave moving through the central Atlantic – now dubbed Invest 96L by the National Hurricane Center – gathered steam overnight and could become a tropical depression or storm before reaching the Lesser Antilles, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico by this weekend.

Tropical Storm Earl, churning about 350 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, remains messy and disorganized Tuesday morning but is expected to grow into a strong hurricane as it passes near or to the east of Bermuda on Friday.

Despite continued struggles against wind shear over the past 24 hours, Tropical Storm Earl appears to be gathering steam as it begins its anticipated turn northward some 100 miles north of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands this morning.

Puerto Rico’s governor says all aggressive incidents stemming from a protest against a private power company that operates the island’s transmission and distribution system will be investigated.

Bahamian authorities said Tuesday that they have detained 111 Haitian migrants found on an overloaded sloop in waters around the archipelago.

Federal authorities have arrested seven people including a union leader and various dock workers accused in a $1.2 million extortion scheme that targeted shipping companies.

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing plants in 13 states and Puerto Rico about potential health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in their operations.

Authorities say at least five Haitian migrants have drowned and 68 others have been rescued after a suspected human smuggling boat dropped the group off in waters near an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.

World Cup qualifying resumes Thursday for USA Basketball.

The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies continue rescue efforts after a boat was spotted capsized in waters near an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico.

Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they step onto rickety wooden boats as they attempt to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.

Puerto Rico's Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into destruction in an ecological reserve that protects one of the island’s most extensive mangrove forests.

The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that’s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Police say the mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home was an unintended victim of a drug dispute that erupted into the firing of more than 20 gunshots.

The mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian has been killed by a stray bullet while sewing in her Connecticut home.

Hundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico remain without power nearly two days after a fire at a main power plant sparked an island-wide outage.

The first suspects arrested nearly a decade after the fatal shooting of renowned Puerto Rico boxer Héctor Camacho have appeared in court to face murder charges.

Unknown people have toppled a statue of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León ahead of a visit of Spain's King Felipe VI to the U.S. Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico.