Puerto Rico

A White House spokesman cautioned that the process is early and said no decisions had been made for any of the three open spots on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year bankruptcy battle is ending after a federal judge signed a plan that slashes the U.S. territory’s public debt load as part of the largest municipal debt restructuring in U.S. history and allows the government to start repaying creditors

The U.S. territory has crypto-friendly policies, including huge tax breaks to those who spend at least 183 days on the island each year.

Scott’s Cheap Flights analyzed round-trip airfares from the U.S. to locations all over the world to find 22 spots where historically good fares are on offer.

Americans have never stopped dreaming about vacations abroad. Travel site ParkSleepFly analyzed Google search data to track where we’d like to go.

Along with “King of Reggaetón,” Daddy Yankee can now add “Airbnb Host” to his resume. In a limited time partnership with Airbnb, the “Gasolina,” “Con Calma,” and “Dura” star listed his private mountain retreat in Luquillo, Puerto Rico for just $85 per night.

If courts confirm the agreement, it would effectively cut annual public debt payments from $3.3 billion to $1.1 billion.

More than 4,000 people outraged over ongoing power outages in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico are marching to decry how the lack of electricity has affected their health, work and children’s schooling

Puerto Ricans like Brenda Otero say blackouts are worsening on the island. While power officials say the crisis will be resolved soon, lawmakers remain skeptical.

Puerto Rico’s governor has announced that he will be lifting a curfew and a ban on alcohol sales as the U.S. territory reports a drop in the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.

Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency due to the “critical condition” of its generating power plants.

A Spanish-language countdown will be included for the first time in the “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” show this year

Puerto Rico is in the process of declaring a state of emergency due to the “critical condition” of its generating power plants. The declaration would help speed up “the acquisition of essential goods and services required to fix their generation units,” Josué Colón, director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, said in a statement Wednesday evening. The Puerto...

Not a single hurricane has hit Puerto Rico this year, but hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. territory feel like they’re living in the aftermath of a major storm: Students do homework by the light of dying cellphones

Puerto Rico residents will see another increase in their electricity bill, even though they already pay twice as much as mainland U.S. customers for unreliable service.

Puerto Rico residents, who are U.S. citizens, are not eligible to get the advance child tax credit payments that have lifted many children out of poverty.

A man had to be detained on a flight from Boston to Puerto Rico after allegedly kicking a flight attendant, trying to get into the cockpit and telling crew members to shoot him, according to the FBI. The incident happened Wednesday night on JetBlue Flight 261. The FBI says the passenger rushed toward the flight deck a short time before…

Unvaccinated travelers are gravitating to Caribbean islands that will let them in, while the vaccinated want places that keep the unimmunized out.

Laid-off workers didn’t have to look for work to collect unemployment benefits early in the Covid pandemic. Most states have re-imposed the requirement.

Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won gold in the women’s 100-meter hurdles on Monday.