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A ferry crosses Havana Bay past the Nico Lopez oil refinery where a Cuban tanker is anchored in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

What to know about the boat shooting in Cuban waters that killed 4

February 26, 2026 at 3:58 p.m.

Cuban soldiers confronted a speedboat carrying 10 people as the vessel approached the island and opened fire on the troops, who fired back, killing four and wounding six, according to...

FILE – A Puerto Rican national flag flies in front of the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

A new federal report scrutinizes Puerto Rico’s tax incentives luring wealthy Americans

December 12, 2025 at 6:09 p.m.

Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny.

A woman video chats with a friend ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s forecast arrival in Kingston, Jamaica, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica

October 28, 2025 at 8:17 p.m.

Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

Workers board up shop windows ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s forecast arrival in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island’s strongest recorded storm

October 27, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro holds up a portrait given to him by a supporter during a rally in Ibague, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/ Fernando Vergara)

President Donald Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and announces an end to US aid to the country

October 19, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and...

This Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, satellite image released by NASA shows Tropical Storm Imelda, left, and Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic Ocean. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)

Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda charge toward Bermuda as the tiny island prepares

September 30, 2025 at 3:10 p.m.

The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday as it approached the tiny British territory, with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind.

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Humberto on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (NOAA via AP)

1 man killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda

September 29, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda was expected to drop heavy rain...

In this Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, satellite image released by NASA, Hurricane Erin, left, continues its slow west-northwest trajectory across the Atlantic Ocean, as the National Hurricane Center is watching two more clusters of Cape Verde storms off the west coast of Africa, right, that could develop into tropical storms. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)

Where are the hurricanes this season? The Atlantic remains quiet.

September 16, 2025 at 4:06 p.m.

Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season.

FILE – An aerial view of the seaside neighborhood of La Perla, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is seen on Aug. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

Tourist from US mainland who flew to Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny concert was fatally shot, police say

August 11, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

A tourist from the U.S. mainland who was visiting Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny’s residency was fatally shot early Sunday at La Perla, a popular seaside shantytown, police said.

An ice cream vendor pushes his cart past Puerto Rico’s Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Puerto Rico seeks to lure manufacturing to boost its economy as Trump’s tariff war deepens

May 11, 2025 at 9:17 a.m.

A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the U.S. territory, attempts to strengthen its fragile economy.

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