Dánica Coto

FILE – Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority workers repair distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Federal audit finds Puerto Rico awaiting billions of dollars nearly a decade after deadly hurricane

July 2, 2026 at 8:11 a.m.

A federal audit released Wednesday found that only 25% of some $14 billion in federal funds obligated for Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria razed it almost a decade...

Bryan Pérez hauls a five-gallon water jug to his apartment in the Villa Kennedy public housing complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Once beset by power outages, Puerto Ricans also hit with severe water shortages

June 12, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with water shortages so severe that the governor of the U.S. territory has activated the National Guard and emergency responders are fielding calls every...

Iceland's Andri Baldursson and Haiti's Oliver Pierre Woodensky battle for the ball during an International Friendly at BMO Field on March 31, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

US grants visa to Haitian soccer player to join team for World Cup

June 3, 2026 at 12:22 p.m.

The U.S. government has given a visa to Woodensky Pierre, the only member of Haiti’s national soccer team who lives in the Caribbean country, to travel and participate in the...

Haiti’s only player who lives in country still waiting for US visa as his squad prepares for World Cup

May 29, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

The only member of Haiti’s national soccer team who is based in the troubled Caribbean country is awaiting a U.S. visa just weeks before the start of the World Cup.

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.

All Stories